unclose
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From his brows White, terrible in meekness, didst thou see The lifted eyes unclose?
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
All doors open to him, while to you ordinary mortals they only unclose when you knock as honest finders of property, or--rascally seekers.
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
When he did unclose his eyes, to blink for a moment, he saw that the stars were still vivid in the blue-black sky overhead.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
Disclose, dis-klōz′, v.t. to unclose: to open: to lay open: to bring to light: to reveal.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The sound was so startling that the greyhound leaped to his feet and set up an answering howl, which almost froze Katie with fright, and caused even Mrs. Gerome’s heavy eyelids to unclose.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans