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unchain

[uhn-cheyn]

Origin

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

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Word Origin & History

unchain

1582, from un- (2) + chain (v.). Fig. sense of "to liberate" is recorded from 1793.

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