dewrinkle

de- +‎ wrinkle

dewrinkle (third-person singular simple present dewrinkles, present participle dewrinkling, simple past and past participle dewrinkled)

1. (transitive) To remove the wrinkles from; to smooth.
   • 1976, Clara Pierre -, Looking Good: The Liberation of Fashion, page 106:

     They know how to work an unbelievable variety of little machines that peel, exfoliate, dermabrase, and claim to dewrinkle and smooth facial skin

   • 1991, Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Volume 1:

     Pulls and aligns heels, toes, and toe openings of hose, and lifts, extends, and smooths hose to dewrinkle and flatten edges and folds of hose legs.

   • 2000, Tiffany White, Forbidden Fantasy, page 181:

     "Then you could be happy living there again?" he asked, hanging a rumpled dark suit in the bathroom and turning on a hot shower to dewrinkle it.

2. (intransitive) To become unwrinkled or less wrinkled.
   • 1979, Advances in Organic Geochemistry - Volume 9, page 509:

     Correspondingly, in macropore walls, carbon layers suddenly “dewrinkle” and become stiff"

   • 1999, Michael Lafavore, Men's health today 1999, page 275:

     What you do need to know is that many wool blends dewrinkle quickly, wool crepe being the quickest and the most comfortable.

   • 2012, Lillian Bridges, Face Reading in Chinese Medicine, page xxv:

     A balanced life might include frequent retreats to the country to destress and dewrinkle.