UNHINGE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

2.
v.

To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore.

3.
v.

To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind South. His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole.


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