单词 | unwreathe |
释义 | unwreathev.1 transitive. To free from a wreathed or entwined condition; to disentwine, untwist. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ 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 transitive. To divest of a wreath or wreaths. In quot. 1852 absol. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.11591v.21852 |
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