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verb

Unfold v. t.

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. "Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns."

To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. "Unfold the passion of my love."

To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.

Unfold v. i. To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed. "The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold."

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Etymology of 'Unfold'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unfold" Quotes from Famous Books

... first unfold! Her image floating on that noble tide, Which poets vainly pave with sands of gold, But now whereon a thousand keels did ride Of mighty strength, since Albion was allied, And to the Lusians did her aid afford A nation swoll'n with ignorance and pride, ...

— Childe Harold's Pilgrimage • Lord Byron

... wives or more at once, for that these things are not prohibited by God's law, but by the Bishop of Rome's law; so that by such evil and fantastical opinions some have not been afraid indeed to marry and keep two wives." Here, as in the bud, we may unfold those subsequent scenes of our story which spread out in the following century; the branching out of the non-conformists into their various sects; and the indecent haste of our reformed priesthood, who, in their zeal to cast off the yoke of Rome, desperately ...

— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli

... you know, my child?" continued Lucille. "State your errand quickly; as my time is short, to unfold the mysteries of the future. Like the Wandering Jew, I must forever advance upon my mission. What do you seek ...

— The Somnambulist and the Detective - The Murderer and the Fortune Teller • Allan Pinkerton

... things of old people expert in the ways of life, he thought of confiding his case to the said lady d'Amboise. But he made first awkwardly and shyly certain twists and turns, finding no terms in which to unfold his case. And the lady was also perfectly silent, since she was outrageously struck with the blindness, deafness and voluntary paralysis of the lord of Braguelongne; and said to herself, walking by the side of this delicate morsel, a young innocent of whom she did not think, ...

— Droll Stories, Volume 2 • Honore de Balzac

... th' Athenian raise to him they stoned A statue. Anaxagoras is dead! To you who mourn the master, called him friend, Beat back th' Athenian wolves who fanged his throat, And risked your own to save him—Pericles— I now unfold the manner of ...

— Mosaics of Grecian History • Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson

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