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unwreathe en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + wreathe.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed).
   • the splendid rhythms and harmonies that wreathed and unwreathed themselves in his mind 1927, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, The Old Countess, Chapter 6:
   • But sin it is, no less;—a blot, foul as the crater-pool of hell; it puts out the sun at noon; it parches all fertility; and, conscience or no conscience—ere he die—let every master who wrenches bond-babe from mother, that the nipple tear; unwreathes the arms of sisters; or cuts the holy unity in twain; till apart fall man and wife, like one bleeding body cleft 1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
   • Yes, our last farewell is breathed, And we part, for ever part; Every tie is now unwreathed Which had bound us heart to heart; 1861, Sarah Parker Douglas, Poems (poem), Farewell:

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