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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unharness .
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Examples
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Then, while she secures the cart, he unharnesses the cart horse and leads both animals to the edge of the stream.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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The driver unharnesses the horses, I jump out into the water in my felt boots and hold them ....
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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When we say _it_ thunders, they said Indra thunders; when we say, _it_ rains, they said Par_g_anya pours out his buckets; when we say, _it_ dawns, they said the beautiful Ushas appears like a dancer, displaying her splendor; when we say; _it_ grows dark, they said Sûrya unharnesses his steeds.
India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Alexander Wilder 1861
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Twice every week, he comes into the city in a strange vehicle, drawn by two fine Lombardy ponies, and unharnesses them in the very centre of the square.
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