unroost

English

Etymology

un- +‎ roost

Verb

unroost (third-person singular simple present unroosts, present participle unroosting, simple past and past participle unroosted)

1. (transitive) To remove from the roost.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Give her the bastard,
     Thou dotard; thou art woman-tired, unroosted
     By thy Dame Partlet here.

References

• “unroost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Routons, Routson, sunroot, unroots