unpen

American  

[uhn-pen] / ʌnˈpɛn /

verb (used with object)

unpenned, unpenning

1. to release from confinement.

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Etymology

Origin of unpen

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ² + pen ²

Example Sentences

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unpen unpenned

There are who lord it o’er their fellow-men With most prevailing tinsel; who unpen Their baaing vanities to browse away The comfortable green and juicy hay From human pastures; or, oh torturing fact!

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

Yet, wherefore, then "Rise, and go up to Bethlehem," and unpen To wolf and jackal all their hapless fold So they might "see these things which had been told In heaven's own voice"?

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)

There are who lord it o'er their fellow-men With most prevailing tinsel: who unpen Their baaing vanities, to browse away The comfortable green and juicy hay From human pastures; or, O torturing fact!

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John

He could see the fugitive, as he came to the corner; and like an unpenned bull he swung about and made after him.

From Never-Fail Blake by Stringer, Arthur

The meeting afar from the crowd, And the love-looks and laughters unpenned, The parting when much was avowed,    How it came to an end!

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Marc'antonio must have unpenned the hogs; for the sty was empty.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

In the bottle, what magnificence of unpenned stuff lies cool and liquid: what fluency of essay, what fonts of song.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

You with your few words make me feel a small thing with all my unpenned rabble about me.

From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence