2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.]

The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix her frosts.

Dryden.

Un*fledged" (?), a. Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully

developed; immature. Dryden.

Un*flesh" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + flesh.] To deprive of flesh; to

reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.

Un*flesh"ly (?), a. Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.

Un*flex"i*ble (?), a. Inflexible.

Un*flinch"ing (?), a. Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. —

Un*flinch"ing*ly, adv.

Un*flow"er (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + flower.] To strip of flowers.

[R.] G. Fletcher.

Un*fold" (?), v. t. [AS. unfealdan. See 1st Un-, and Fold, v. t.] 1. To

open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a

tablecloth.

Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.

Herbert.

2. 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.

Shak.

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