unrip

American  

[uhn-rip] / ʌnˈrɪp /

verb (used with object)

unripped, unripping

1. to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.

2. to make known; disclose; reveal.

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unrip British  

/ ʌnˈrɪp /

verb

1. to rip open

2. obsolete to reveal; disclose

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Etymology

Origin of unrip

First recorded in 1505–15; un- ² + rip ¹

Example Sentences

When these were gone, we heard as high a contention amongst the beggars, whether it was easiest to rip a cloak, or to unrip a cloak ?

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

He then asked me for my penknife and proceeded to unrip the bag, and took out of it a large piece of paper closely folded up. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert

She scolded Denas for working so slowly, she made her unrip whatever she did.

From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

I've got a sewing kit in the car—we'll unrip the upholstery and I can stitch you up a suit in no time.

From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart

By doing this you cannot fail to unrip the seam of any of these transmutations.

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey