˜yÐÄvlog

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unpen

[ uhn-pen ]

verb (used with object)

unpenned, unpenning.
  1. to release from confinement.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unpen1

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 2 + pen 2
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Unpen, un-pen′, v.t. to free from captivity.

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There are who lord it o’er their fellow-men With most prevailing tinsel; who unpen Their baaing vanities to browse away The comfortable green and juicy hay From human pastures; or, oh torturing fact!

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There are who lord it o'er their fellow-men With most prevailing tinsel: who unpen Their baaing vanities, to browse away The comfortable green and juicy hay From human pastures; or, O torturing fact!

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Yet, wherefore, then "Rise, and go up to Bethlehem," and unpen To wolf and jackal all their hapless fold So they might "see these things which had been told In heaven's own voice"?

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