UNFIX

Etymology

Verb

unfix (third-person singular simple present unfixes, present participle unfixing, simple past and past participle unfixed)

(transitive) To unfasten from a fixing.

Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature?

Source: Wiktionary


Un*fix", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fix.]

1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.

2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.] The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix her frosts. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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