Definition for UN-BENT'

UN-BENT', pp. [of Unbend.]

  1. Relaxed; remitted; relieved from strain or exertion. Denham.
  2. In seamen's language, taken from the yards; loosed; as, the sails are unbent; the cable is unbent.
  3. Not strained; unstrung; as, a bow unbent.
  4. Not crushed; not subdued; as, the soul is unbent by woes.

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