Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Unlock

Unlock , transitive verb

[Compare Anglo-Saxon unl{not transcribed}can. See 1st Un-, and Lock, transitive verb]

1.
To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
2.
To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. — Pope
[Lord] unlock the spell of sin. — J. H. Newman