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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unstiffen .
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Examples
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Pragmatism unstiffens all our theories, limbers them up and sets each one at work.
Pragmatism William James 1876
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You see by this what I meant when I called pragmatism a mediator and reconciler and said, borrowing the word from Papini, that he unstiffens our theories.
Pragmatism William James 1876
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