untent

U1N1T1E1N1T1

verb

To bring out of a tent.

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Meanings

verbuntent (third-person singular simple present untents, present participle untenting, simple past and past participle untented)

present singular third person untents · participle present untenting · participle past untented · past untented

  1. transitiveTo bring out of a tent.

    Why, will he not, upon our fair request, Untent his person, and share the air with us?

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From un- + tent.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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