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untent

untent verb: to bring out of a tent.

Verb

untent (third-person singular simple present untents, present participle untenting, simple past and past participle untented)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of a tent.
    • Why, will he not, upon our fair request,
      Untent his person, and share the air with us?c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of untent

third-person singular presentuntents
present participleuntenting
past participleuntented
pastuntented

Origin of untent

From un- + tent.

Questions about untent

What does untent mean?
Untent means to bring out of a tent.
What part of speech is untent?
Untent is a verb.
What is the past tense of untent?
The past tense of untent is untented.

Words near untent in the dictionary

  1. untense
  2. untensed
  3. untenses
  4. untensing
  5. untensioned
  6. untent
  7. untentacled
  8. untented
  9. untentered
  10. untenting
  11. untents

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