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enfasten
English
Etymology
en- +? fast +? -en
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?fæs??n/
Verb
enfasten (third-person singular simple present enfastens, present participle enfastening, simple past and past participle enfastened)
- (rare, chiefly literary) To fasten, to bind tightly.
- c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V.?Claude tu Eustace
- Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly!
- I, who believed not in her, because I would fain believe nothing,
- Have to believe as I may, with a wilful, unmeaning acceptance.
- I, who refused to enfasten the roots of my floating existence
- In the rich earth, cling now to the hard, naked rock that is left me, —
- Ah! she was worthy, Eustace — and that, indeed, is my comfort, —
- Worthy a nobler heart than a fool such as I could have given her.
- Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly!
- c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V.?Claude tu Eustace
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unfasten
English
Etymology
un- +? fasten
Verb
unfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)
- (transitive) To detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
- (intransitive) To come unloosed or untied.
Synonyms
- undo
Antonyms
- do up
- button
- button up
- tie up
- zip
- zip up
Hyponyms
- unbutton
- untie
- unzip
Translations
References
- unfasten in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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