unmuffle

[ uhn-muhf-uhl ]

verb (used with object),un·muf·fled, un·muf·fling.

to strip of or free from something that muffles.

verb (used without object),un·muf·fled, un·muf·fling.

to throw off something that muffles.

Origin of unmuffle

¹

First recorded in 1605–15; un-² + muffle¹

Words Nearby unmuffle

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How to use unmuffle in a sentence

Milton has unmuffle in Comus, 321: "unmuffle, ye faint stars."
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare
"unmuffle, and show your face, if you be not ashamed of it," cried the sergeant.
The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45 | William Harrison Ainsworth

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