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UNBUTTON
unbutton
(verb) undo the buttons of; “unbutton the shirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unbutton (third-person singular simple present unbuttons, present participle unbuttoning, simple past and past participle unbuttoned)
(ambitransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
(intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*but"ton, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + button.]
Definition: To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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