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un⋅yoke

  [uhn-yohk] verb, -yoked, -yok⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to free from or as if from a yoke.
2. to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.
–verb (used without object) Obsolete.
3. to remove a yoke.
4. to cease work.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME unyoken, OE ungeocian. See un- 2 , yoke 1
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un·yoke   (ŭn-yōk')   
v.   un·yoked, un·yok·ing, un·yokes

v.   tr.

  1. To release from or as if from a yoke.

  2. To separate; disjoin.

v.   intr.

  1. To remove a yoke.

  2. Archaic To stop working.

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