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debend

verb

Etymology

From de- + bend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. prefixed as debend — “de + bend”

Definitions

  1. To unbend

    To unbend; to make or allow to become straight from a bent position.

    • From my personal experience with both typew^([sic]) of cards, US and Belgian made, it seems that the American cards bend much more easily, and they are also very much tougher to 'debend'.

The neighborhood

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