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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unstring  \Un*string"\,  v.  t.  [1st  pref.  un-  +  string.] 
  1.  To  deprive  of  a  string  or  strings;  also  to  take  from  a 
  string;  as  to  unstring  beads. 
 
  2.  To  loosen  the  string  or  strings  of  as  to  unstring  a  harp 
  or  a  bow. 
 
  3.  To  relax  the  tension  of  to  loosen.  ``His  garland  they 
  unstring.''  --Dryden.  Used  also  figuratively;  as  his 
  nerves  were  unstrung  by  fear. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unstring 
  v  :  remove  the  strings  from  "unstring  my  guitar"  [ant:  {string}] 




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