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▪ I. unˈriddle, n. rare—1.
[un-2; cf. next.]
A solution of a riddle.
1756Connoisseur No. 107 ⁋7 Reading over the Riddles, and Unriddles, the Questions, and the Answers.
▪ II. unˈriddle, v.
[un-2 3. Cf. G. enträtseln.]
trans. To solve, explain (a mystery, etc.). (Cf. riddle v.1 2.)
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. vii, But nowe Amphialus helped to unriddle his doubts; for he [etc.]. 1634Peacham Compl. Gent. xii. 111, I will give you..examples of these, with which..you may easily unriddle the rest. 1648Prynne Plea for Lords 63 Let him..unriddle and assoyle..his owne Dilemma. 1714Addison Spect. No. 567 ⁋7 If any sagacious Person can fairly unriddle it, I will print his Explanation. 1785Reid Intell. Powers iv. ii. 371 Take this description altogether, and it would require an Œdipus to unriddle it. 1820Keats Hyperion ii. 150 No, no-where can [I] unriddle..why ye..Should cower beneath..untremendous might. 1858Merivale Rom. Emp. liii. VI. 218 To unriddle some of the perplexing questions. 1885M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. 194 If we can unriddle the railway mystery, all may yet come right.
refl.1653R. C[odrington] Lloyd's Marrow of Hist. 1 This at first may seem a paradox; but upon a deliberate consideration it will easily unriddle itself.
absol.a1642Suckling Goblins i. i, Pray, unriddle. 1710Parnell Hermit 207 Confess th' Almighty just, And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. 1768H. Walpole Myst. Mother iv. vi, Unriddle, priest. My soul is too impatient To wait [etc.].
Hence unˈriddling vbl. n.
a1680Butler Char. Religion Wks. (1908) 306 They..are wonderfull acute at unriddling of Mysteries. 1821Byron Juan iii. xxviii, The cause being past his guessing or unriddling. |