Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove or withdraw a curtain from; hence, to disclose; reveal; unveil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove a curtain from; to reveal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To remove a
curtain from; toreveal .
Etymologies
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un- + curtain
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Examples
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Who shall unravel your tangle of travel, uncurtain your history?
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"Keep, sealed with precious musk, for those they love, -- [133]" I will myself uncurtain in your sight
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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"pay no attention to the detail behind the" curtain / uncurtain / uncertain? posted by ion on 2006-07-12 01: 31: 08
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