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Webster 1913 Edition


Unyoke

Un-yoke′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
yoke
.]
1.
To loose or free from a yoke.
“Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses.”
Shak.
2.
To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unyoke

UNYO'KE

, v.t
1.
To loose from a yoke; to free from a yoke.
Unyoke the steers.
2.
To part; to disjoin.

Definition 2024


unyoke

unyoke

English

Verb

unyoke (third-person singular simple present unyokes, present participle unyoking, simple past and past participle unyoked)

  1. (transitive) To release something from a yoke or harness.
  2. (transitive) To disconnect, unlink.
  3. (transitive) To liberate, deliver from oppression.
  4. (intransitive) To unyoke an animal.
  5. (intransitive) To cease from labour.

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References

  • unyoke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913