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Unswaddle

Unswaddle \Un*swad"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + swaddle.] To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.

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unswaddle

vb. To remove swaddling, to unwrap.

Usage examples of "unswaddle".

Monboddo would unswaddle each, then lift it to the light, his swart face beaming with pride.

Carefully she unswaddles a chubby pink baby arm, little fingers, tiny coral nails.

Standing there with the little unswaddled child on her breast, and smiling simply from her glowing brow, she made a picture which, in coming weeks, I saw imitated more or less vividly over many an altar and in many a palace.

He was holding aloft the unswaddled volume like a priest raising an infant at the font.

One of the men unswaddled the baby and set it out on the frozen ground.

As he unswaddled the manuscript, the transcriptor standing silently at the window caught his eye.

Standing there with the little unswaddled child on her breast, and smiling simply from her glowing brow, she made a picture which, in coming weeks, I saw imitated more or less vividly over many an altar and in many a palace.