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Webster 1913 Edition


Untwine

Un-twine′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
twine
.]
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′

,
Verb.
I.
To become untwined.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Untwine

UNTWI'NE

, v.t.
1.
To untwist.
2.
To open; to disentangle.
3.
To separate, as that which winds or clasps.

Definition 2024


untwine

untwine

English

Verb

untwine (third-person singular simple present untwines, present participle untwining, simple past and past participle untwined)

  1. To untwist the strands of something entwined
  2. To disentangle
    • Sir W. Hamilton
      To untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old.