unfix

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNFIX', verb transitive 1. To loosen from any fastening; to detach from any thing that holds; to unsettle; to unhinge; as, to unfix the mind or affections. 2. To make fluid; to dissolve. Nor can the rising sun unfix their frosts.
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