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单词 unwreathe
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unwreathev.1

Etymology: un- prefix2 1a. Compare unwrithe v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwreathe.
transitive. To free from a wreathed or entwined condition; to disentwine, untwist. Also reflexive.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc.
untwinec1407
unlacea1450
untwindc1460
untwist1538
unweave1542
distwine1562
feaze1568
unpleat1572
unspin1587
unplat1589
unwreathe1591
unreave1593
unravel1603
ravel1607
unwrithe1611
uncluea1616
unwork1623
unperplex1660
untwirla1703
unlay1726
disentwine1814
unbraid1828
unmesha1849
disintertwine1861
unplait1865
tiffle out1880
unleeze1889
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Destorcer To vnwreath, detorquere.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 379 The Beards of wilde Oats..continually wreath and unwreath themselves according to the even, light variations of the temperature of the ambient Air.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Unwrithen, unwreathed, untwisted, straitened.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvi. 183 The Beast..Unwreathes his rings and strives to fly.
a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 386 Leafy vine, unwreathe thy bower.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

unwreathev.2

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwreathe.
transitive. To divest of a wreath or wreaths. In quot. 1852 absol.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [verb (transitive)] > arrange into garland or wreath > not
unwreathe1852
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxx. 137 Probably the operations of wreathing and unwreathing must here have been performed by the soldiers symbolically.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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