Un*hinge" (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hinge.]
1.
To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
2.
To displace; to unfix by violence.
Blackmore.
3.
To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.
Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?
South.
His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind.
Walpole.
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