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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.