Definition of "unlace" []

• To loosen or undo the lacing or laces of. (verb-transitive)
• To loosen or remove the clothing of. (verb-transitive)
• Obsolete To disgrace. (verb-transitive)

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• ""And I've made you unlace me, Captain, when you thought I was croaking, and it was all I could do to keep from snickering in your face.""
• "But unlace me they did, rolling me out of the fetid jacket and upon the floor, an inert, helpless thing."
• "Now I had but one fear, namely, that they would unlace me; so that it must be understood that my reply was not uttered in braggadocio but was meant to forestall any possible unlacing."