unclasp

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Unclasp those pretty hands of yours, and come away from the darkening window.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Unclasp, un-klasp′, v.t. to loose the clasp of.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Unclasp your arms, wife; how can I fight while you hang about my neck?

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider

I no sooner Unclasp the winged sandals from my feet, Than I again must clasp them, and depart Upon some foolish errand.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Prophets, whose brows of pale, unearthly glow Reflect the twilight of celestial dawns, And bards, transfigured in immortal song, Like eager children, kneeling at thy feet, Unclasp the awful volume of thy lore.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various