unguard
English
Etymology
un- + guard
Verb
unguard (third-person singular simple present unguards, present participle unguarding, simple past and past participle unguarded)
- (transitive) To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected.
- a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon
- When the gay and smiling aspect of things has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded
- a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unguard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)