disbend

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verb

To unbend (figurative senses)

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Meanings

verbdisbend (third-person singular simple present disbends, present participle disbending, simple past and past participle disbent)

present singular third person disbends · participle present disbending · participle past disbent · past disbent

  1. obsoleteTo unbend (figurative senses)

    Is it that God euen then, would hautie thoughts disbend?

    1613, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, An Elegie on the Death of Prince Henrie
    2 more examples

    You allegate the ſenseſ Diſbending cominous defects, In your abſurd pretence

    a. 1645, William Lithgow, Rare Adventures and Paineful Peregrinations

    Let not your zeale disbend, proove faithfull in your places

    1635, David Lindsay, An eclog on the death of Patricke Forbes

Origin

From dis- + bend.

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APA

disbend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbend

MLA

“disbend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disbend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbend.

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