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un⋅hand

  [uhn-hand]
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–verb (used with object)
to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go: Unhand me, you wretched coward!
Origin:
1595–1605; un- 2 + hand
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un·hand   (ŭn-hānd')   
tr.v.   un·hand·ed, un·hand·ing, un·hands
To remove one's hand from; let go.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

unhand 
1602, "to release from one's grasp," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of hand (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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