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Unpen

Unpen \Un*pen"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pen.] To release from a pen or from confinement. ``If a man unpens another's water.''
--Blackstone.

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unpen

vb. (context transitive English) To release from a pen.

Usage examples of "unpen".

He would unpen the sheep, and the lurking dingoes, coming up from the creek to worry the lambs, would prove work for the dog.

Five minutes earlier, that would have been enough to unpen a frightened herd of words, butting and bleating and trampling each other in their stampede for the exit.

He would unpen the sheep, and the lurking dingoes, coming up from the creek to worry the lambs, would prove work for the dog.