un·knit \|ən+\verb Etymology: Middle English unknitten, from Old English uncnyttan, from un- (II) + cnyttan to tie, bind, fasten — more at knit transitive verb 1.: to cause to become undone or unraveled < unknit that threatening unkind brow — Shakespeare > 2.: to cause to become disunited : disperse, dissolve, relax intransitive verb : to become unknitted