unbolt

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bolt

Verb

unbolt (third-person singular simple present unbolts, present participle unbolting, simple past and past participle unbolted)

(transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
  Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down;
  He shall unbolt the gates.

Translations

unlock by undoing bolts

Bulgarian: отлоствам (otlostvam)
French: déboulonner (fr), déverrouiller (fr)
Greek: ανοίγω (el) (anoígo)
Ido: desboltagar (io)
Italian: sbullonare

Anagrams

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