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Unpurse vs Unpursed - What's the difference?

unpurse | unpursed |

As verbs the difference between unpurse and unpursed

is that unpurse is to bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression while unpursed is past tense of unpurse.

As an adjective unpursed is

not pursed.

unpurse

English

Verb

(unpurs)
  • To bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression.

    • unpursed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unpurse)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Not pursed.
  • * 1975 , George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources (page 14)
    • Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face.