untire

U1N1T1I1R1E1

verb

To free (someone) from tiredness.

Scrabble 6

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verbuntire (third-person singular simple present untires, present participle untiring, simple past and past participle untired)

present singular third person untires · participle present untiring · participle past untired · past untired

  1. transitiveTo free (someone) from tiredness.

    […] a shed, with ranges of jars, glasses, oranges, lemons, &c., and a bench or two, for the drinkers to descansarse un ratito, to untire themselves.

    1845, Richard Ford, A Hand-book for Travellers in Spain, page 72
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    [A] Chriſtian may not ſeek in his divertiſement any more than a ſimple untiring of his ſpirit and of his body in order to render himſelf more capable to act Chriſtianly; […]

    1678, [Alexander Louis Varet], “Important Advices for the Christian Education of Children. [6. Advice. Against Gaming, and against the Soft and Idle Life of Worldlings.]”, in [anonymous], transl., The Christian Education of Children, according to the Maxims of the Sacred Scripture, and the Instructions of the Fathers of the Church. […], Paris [actually London?]: […] John Baptist Coignard, […], →OCLC, page 260

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