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untie |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt?gan. See 1st {Un-}, and {Tie}, v. t.] 1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of as to untie a knot. Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain. --Waller. Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope. 2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. --Shak. All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: untie v : undo the ties of "They untied the prisoner" [syn: {unbrace}, {unlace}] [ant: {tie}]
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