v. [UN-2 3.] trans. a. To uncoil, straighten out. b. To restore from being warped or prejudiced.

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  [In the transl. of Maison Neuve’s Gerileon (1583), I. 64 b, app. a misprint for vnwrap, rhyming with hap.]

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a. 1659.  Osborne, Essex’s Death, Wks. 239. This had not been said, but … to unwarp their judgements … that may be drawn aside, by the goodness of Sir Henry Woottons parts.

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1670.  Evelyn, Sylva (ed. 2), xxv. 122. When the bark is off, they unwarp it before the fire.

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1733.  Hervey, Mem. Geo. II. (1848), I. 257. The Queen herself was enough prejudiced too on this side, till Sir Robert Walpole unwarped her from it.

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1802.  Leyden, Mermaid, xii. Unwarp, unwind his cozy coils.

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