UNTWINE
untwine
(verb) undo what has been twined together; “untwine the strings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
untwine (third-person singular simple present untwines, present participle untwining, simple past and past participle untwined)
(transitive) To untwist the strands of (something entwined).
(transitive) To free (one thing that is entwined with another), disentangle, extricate.
(intransitive) To become untwisted or disentangled.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*twine", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + twine.]
Definition: To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie. It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old. Sir W. Hamilton.
Un*twine", v. i.
Definition: To become untwined. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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