untwine

t. & i. [Pref. un- (2), and English twine, v.] A. Transitive : 1. To untwist; to open and separate, as something that has been twined or twisted. "There ends thy glory! there the Fates untwine The last black remnant of so bright a line." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xvi. 950. 2. To separate, as that which clasps or winds; to cause to cease winding round and clinging. "And let the stinking elder, grief, untwine His perishing root." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iv. 2. *3. To explain; to solve. "This knot might be untwined with more facilitie thus."-Holinshed: Sundrie Invasions of Ireland . B. In trans.: To become untwined or untwisted. "His silken braids untwine , and slip their knots."- Mil ton: Divorce, bk. i., ch. vi. IMG:content-0280.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia ununiform *un-ū-ni-form, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English uniform.] Not uniform; wanting uniformity. "An ununiform piety is in many so exactly apportioned to Satan's interest." - Decay of Piety. *un-ū-ni-form-i-ty, s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. uniformity .] Want of uniformity. "An annular band was, therefore, whirled off, as twice before, which on rupture, through ununiformity became consolidated into the planet Saturn."-Poe: Eureka ( Works , 1864, ii. 166). IMG:content-0282.png:[blocks in formation] "The accents unuttered Died on his lips." Long fellow: Evangeline , ii. 5. ŭn-văc-çin-at-ěd, a . [Prefix un- (1), and Eng. vaccinated.] Not vaccinated. "The large number of cases belonged to the vaccinated instead of the unvaccinated as stated."-London Echo. *ŭn-văç-il-lāt-ing, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. *un-u-ni-form-ne , s . [Eng. ununiform: -ne .] vacillating . ] Not vacillating; not wavering; steady. The quality or state of being ununiform; want of uniformity. "A variety of parts, or an ununiformne ." -Clarke: Answer to Sixth Letter. *un-u-nit-ěd, a . [Prefix un- (1), and English united.] Not united; disunited. "Separated, compound, ununited parts."- Clarke : Ans. to Sixth Letter. *ün-ū-ni-ver-si-tỹ, v . t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. university.] To deprive of a university; to reduce from the rank of a university. ( Special coin age .) "North amp ton was ununiversitied." - Fuller: Hist. Camb. Univ., 1. 50. *un-ürged, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. urged.] Not urged; not pre ed with solicitation; unsolicited. "A voluntary zeal and an unurged faith." Shakesp.: King John, v. 2. *un-üş-a-ble, a. [Prefix un- (1), and English usable.] Incapable of being used; unfit for use. "It is true that old and unusable books have been forwarded."- London Star . *un ūş-age (age as Ig), s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. usage . Want of usage. "For defaulte of unusage and enter communing of merchandize." -Chaucer: Boecius , bk. ii., p. 7.