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unswathe
[ uhn-swoth, -sweyth ]
/ ʌnˈswɒð, -ˈsweɪð /
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verb (used with object), un·swathed, un·swath·ing.
to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
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How to use unswathe in a sentence
This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. HowellsWhy should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls?
Living beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti