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unchain
un·chain
/
ʌnˈtʃeɪn
/
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uhn-
cheyn
]
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verb (used with object)
to free from or as if from
chains
;
set
free.
Origin:
1575–85;
un-
2
+
chain
Related forms
un·chain·a·ble,
adjective
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unchain
(ʌnˈtʃeɪn)
—
vb
1.
to remove a chain or chains from
2.
to set at liberty; make free
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unchain
1582, from
un-
(2) +
chain
(v.). Fig. sense of "to liberate" is recorded from 1793.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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