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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNBUT'TON, v.t. To loose from being fastened by buttons; to loose buttons.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt" [ant: button]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to loose the buttons of 2. to open by or as if by loosing buttons intransitive verb to undo buttons

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a unfasten (a coat etc.) by taking the buttons out of the buttonholes. b unbutton the clothes of (a person). 2 (absol.) colloq. relax from tension or formality, become communicative. 3 (as unbuttoned adj.) a not buttoned. b colloq. communicative; informal.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unbutton Un*but"ton, v. t. [1st pref. un- + button.] To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unbuttons, unbuttoning, unbuttoned) If you unbutton an item of clothing, you undo the buttons fastening it. She had begun to unbutton her blouse. ...his unbuttoned blue coat. VERB: V n, V-ed

Moby Thesaurus

cast off, detach, disengage, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unstick, unstrap, untie, weigh anchor