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unfold
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synonyms: elucidate, explicate, unbolt ???
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Definition:1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.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;3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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the stranger: Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place back in the early 90's — just about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis.
Joel and Ethan Coen. The Big Lebowski (1998)
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Pardon me gentlewomen if I unfold every wile and shew every wrinkle of women’s disposition.John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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Ber. Who's there?
Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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Jack Power could a tale unfold
James Joyce. Ulysses
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you must remember that four evenings have also been spent together—and four evenings may do a great deal.”
“Yes; these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both like Vingt-un better than Commerce; but with respect to any other leading characteristic, I do not imagine that much has been unfolded.”
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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