unswathe

[ uhn-swoth, -sweyth ]

verb (used with object)

, un·swathed, un·swath·ing.

1. to free from something that swathes:

   to unswath the child of her bandages.

Other Words From

• un·swathea·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of unswathe¹

1350–1400; Middle English unswaden; un- ², swathe ¹

Example Sentences

This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer.

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"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.

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Why should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls?

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Living beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!

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