What does unbow mean?
Unbow means (transitive) To unbend (something)..
Unbow
/ʌnˈbəʊ/ · verb
Meaning
(transitive) To unbend (something)..
Example Sentences
Richard [I of England] was well ſtored with men, the bones; and quickly got money, the ſinews of warre; by a thouſand Princely skills gathering ſo much coin as if he meant not to return, becauſe looking back would unbowe his reſolution
As in little pieces of wood naturally bow'd like a Man's Elbow, the Carver doth not unbow it, but carves an hand at the one end of it, and shapes it into the compleat figure of a Mans Arm.
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Word Forms
- unbows
- unbowing
- unbowed
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Richard [I of England] was well ſtored with men, the bones; and quickly got money, the ſinews of warre; by a thouſand Princely skills gathering ſo much coin as if he meant not to return, becauſe looking back would unbowe his reſolution
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