unscreen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]unscreen (third-person singular simple present unscreens, present participle unscreening, simple past and past participle unscreened)
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To reveal by removing a screen.
- 2005, Stephen Barber, Jean Genet:
- Rembrandt's paintings undertake an unscreening and excoriation of the human body […]
- 2012, Lillian Beckwith, The Small Party (Bello):
- The mist dispersed to unscreen a scattering of stars which in turn retreated as the moon rose to lean over the shoulder of the hill like a curious neighbour leaning over a fence.