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unriddle

[uhn-rid-l]

verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.

to solve (a riddle, mystery, etc.).

Origin:
1580–90; un-² + riddle¹

Related forms

un·rid·dler, noun

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unriddle (ʌnˈrɪd^əl)

—vb
	(tr) to solve or puzzle out

[C16: from un-² + riddle¹]

un'riddler

—n

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"Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now."

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