to bring out of a wreathed condition; untwist; untwine
Word origin
[1585–95; un-2 + wreathe]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: competence, develop, puzzle, sine, titularun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)