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  1.  trans. To restore from a crumpled state.

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1611.  Cotgr., Deffroncer, to vnfrounce, vnwrinckle, vncrumple. Ibid., Desplissure, an vnfoulding, vnplaiting, vnwrinkling, vncrumpling.

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1863.  Lytton, Caxtonian, I. vii. 92. No hand save his own could uncrumple the rose-leaf that chafed him.

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1887.  Browning, Parleyings, G. de Lairesse, v. Crisp buds a struggling bee Uncrumples.

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  2.  intr. To become free from crumples.

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1866.  M. Arnold, Thyrsis, 84. Next year he will return,… With whitening hedges, and uncrumpling fern.

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