unrip

American  

[uhn-rip] / ʌnˈrɪp /

verb (used with object)

unripped, unripping

1. to undo by ripping; rip; 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

Unrip, un-rip′, v.t. to rip up or open.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

The assembled company eyed them with wonder; which you may be sure was not diminished, when they began to unrip the linings and the patches of those old clothes, and as the seams were opened, poured out before them a prodigious quantity of jewels.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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All this they should discuss in their room at night, assured that they would be overlooked and overheard; and when quite certain that eyes were watching them, Lord Claud was to unrip his doublet and take thence a packet of papers, sealed with the signet of the Duke of Marlborough, and sew this same packet firmly into Tom's coat.

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