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verb

Unlock v. t.

To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. "Unlock your springs, and open all your shades." "(Lord) unlock the spell of sin."

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Etymology of 'Unlock'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unlock" Quotes from Famous Books

... have been converted by the phenomena appealing to their outward senses, and know little and care little for effects that can only be traced by shrewd, careful and scientific experiment. Yet such facts as come to the surface in those experiments with sensitives in France, are keys with which to unlock some of life's darkest mysteries, and expose the harsh treatment ...

— Buchanan's Journal of Man, July 1887 - Volume 1, Number 6 • Various

... through the hall with long, rapid strides, and as he did so the Rovers and their friends watched him from various doorways and side halls. They saw him unlock his door and throw it open. The next instant came a sudden yell of alarm, and then a tremendous bump. Asa Lemm's feet had struck the sheets of ice on the floor, and they had gone out from under him very suddenly, letting him down flat on ...

— The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island - or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box • Edward Stratemeyer

... wine-bibber! old diamond-thief! Look thou not upon the German beer when it is light yellow, or it shall surely get thee, sooner or later!" shouted Holmes in triumph, while Tooter was so surprised and scared he could hardly speak. "Watson, you can unlock the door up there now, and we'll proceed to the Earl's usual place of business and disburse unto him his tenth stolen cuff-button. You fooled me all right yesterday morning, Tooter, but,—by ...

— The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons • James Francis Thierry

... a while," the journeyman responded and began to unlock the forms that had stood since the issue of the week before. It was a revelation to the boy to see how the trained fingers of the printer sorted, classified, and arranged the type. Talking steadily, in his Irish fashion, the journeyman explained how the type ...

— The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men • Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

... To unlock the ferry, and pull himself across the swift-running waters, on which the faint moonlight was making a silver ripple, were matters that engaged not more than six or seven minutes. He drove the nose of the boat through the decaying ...

— Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini

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