undouble

[ uhn-duhb-uhl ]

verb (used with object),un·dou·bled, un·dou·bling.

to unfold; render single.

Origin of undouble

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First recorded in 1590–1600; un-² + double

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How to use undouble in a sentence

To undouble him, that he might fit into a coffin, they had been forced to lug him to a fire and thaw him out a bit.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction | Various
His gum boots screeched, the bench creaked as he began to undouble himself.
First Fam'lies of the Sierras | Joaquin Miller
The rheumatiz stiffened me so I couldn't double up, and now it has stiffened me so I can't undouble.
Giles Corey, Yeoman | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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