UNTWINES

Verb

untwines

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of untwine

Source: Wiktionary


UNTWINE

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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