[UN-2 4 b.] trans. (and refl.). To restore from weariness; to refresh or rest.
Chiefly in translations of Fr. (se) delasser.
1530. Palsgr., 769/1. I unwerye,… je delasse.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Se delasser, to vnweary himselfe.
1650. Earl Monm., trans. Senault’s Man bec. Guilty, 175. Are not Allegories impertinent? when to un-weary men’s minds, they abuse them.
1652. Loveday, trans. Calprenede’s Cassandra, I. 43. Having taken a house in the Towne, we there unwearied ourselves for some dayes.
1687. Etheredge, Lett., Wks. (1888), p. xxv. Not being able to prevail with him to stay a day and unweary himself.
absol. a. 1698. Temple, Health & Long Life, Wks. 1720, I. 281. Bathing … unwearies and refreshes more than any thing, after too great Labour and Exercise.
b. refl. To relieve or ease (oneself) of something.
1633. Earl Manch., Al Mondo (1636), 161. A good man … by this surplus of paine, unwearies himselfe of paine.
