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unyoke

[uhn-yohk]

verb (used with object)

to free from or as if from a yoke.

to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.

verb (used without object) Obsolete.

to remove a yoke.

to cease work.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un-², yoke¹

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unyoke (ʌnˈjəʊk)

—vb
1.	to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
2.	(tr) to set free; liberate
3.	(tr) to disconnect or separate
4.	archaic (intr) to cease working

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