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un·string
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tr.v.
un·strung (-strŭng'), un·string·ing , un·strings
To remove from a string.
To unfasten or loosen the strings of.
Informal To deprive of composure or emotional stability; unnerve.
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unstring verb remove the strings from; "unstring my guitar" [ant: string ]
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Unstring
Un*string"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + string.]
1. To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
2. To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
3. To relax the tension of; to loosen. "His garland they unstring." --Dryden. Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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