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un⋅twine

  [uhn-twahyn]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -twined, -twin⋅ing.
to bring or come out of a twined condition.
Origin:
1300–50; ME untwinen; see un- 2 , twine 1

Related forms:
un⋅twine⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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un·twine   (ŭn-twīn')   
v.   un·twined, un·twin·ing, un·twines

v.   tr.

  1. To separate the twisted strands of: untwine a rope.

  2. To disentangle.

v.   intr.
To become untwined.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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