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Webster 1913 Edition


Unweave

Un-weave′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
weave
.]
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

Definition 2024


unweave

unweave

English

Verb

unweave (third-person singular simple present unweaves, present participle unweaving, simple past unwove, past participle unwoven)

  1. (transitive) To undo something woven.
    • 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
      Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought.

Usage notes

  • The regularly formed simple past tense and past participle unweaved is also attested.