unworkv.

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1c Compare Old English unwyrcan to undo; also Old High German intwurchen, -wirken, Middle High German entwürken, -wirken to destroy.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwork.

rare.

†1. transitive. To undo or detach (from something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)]

undoc1275

unwork1548

ungluea1617

unhinge1655

disattach1658

disengage1662

untacka1677

unglutinate1683

detach1686

unshackle1694

unship1793

unhitch1876

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viij But his workyng vnwrought king Richard from his croune.

†2. To spoil, mar, or destroy. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]

to bring to noughteOE

forspillc893

fordilghec900

to bring to naughtOE

astryea1200

stroyc1200

forferec1275

misdoa1325

destroyc1330

naught1340

dingc1380

beshenda1400

devoida1400

unshapea1400

to wend downa1400

brittenc1400

unloukc1400

perishc1426

defeat1435

unmake1439

lithc1450

spend1481

kill1530

to shend ofc1540

quade1565

to make away1566

discreate1570

wrake1570

wracka1586

unwork1587

gaster1609

defease1621

unbe1624

uncreate1633

destructa1638

naufragate1648

stifle1725

stramash1788

disannul1794

destructify1841

locust1868

to knock out1944

dick1972

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 308 The punishments bewray..that wee chastise in vs, not that which God hath made or wrought in vs, but that which wee our selues haue vndone or vnwrought.

3. To release from an intertwined condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc.

untwinec1407

unlacea1450

untwindc1460

untwist1538

unweave1542

distwine1562

feaze1568

unpleat1572

unspin1587

unplat1589

unwreathe1591

unreave1593

unravel1603

ravel1607

unwrithe1611

uncluea1616

unwork1623

unperplex1660

untwirla1703

unlay1726

disentwine1814

unbraid1828

unmesha1849

disintertwine1861

unplait1865

tiffle out1880

unleeze1889

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) v. sig. M3 If they light in..a dead hedge, your best way is softly to vnworke the hedge till you come to them.

4. To undo by contrary action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > reverse the doing of

undo1426

reverse1612

unwork1726

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 177 The woof unwrought the Suitor-train surprize.

1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese xiv, in Poems (new ed.) II. 451 These things..may Be changed, or change for thee,—and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.

1909 W. Ogilvie Whaup o' the Rede vii. vii Thy lady mother..Unwrought the wrong of Wat Harden's hate With her love.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	unwork
释义	unworkn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwork. (un- prefix¹ 6.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > unemployment disemployment1651 unwork1854 worklessness1881 unemploy1887 unemployment1888 out-of-workness1903 joblessness1911 1854 J. G. Whittier Yankee Gypsies in Prose Wks. (1889) I. 343 The comfortable philosophy..is the real life of this city of unwork. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). unworkv. Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1c Compare Old English unwyrcan to undo; also Old High German intwurchen, -wirken, Middle High German entwürken, -wirken to destroy.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwork. rare. †1. transitive. To undo or detach (from something). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] undoc1275 unwork1548 ungluea1617 unhinge1655 disattach1658 disengage1662 untacka1677 unglutinate1683 detach1686 unshackle1694 unship1793 unhitch1876 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viij But his workyng vnwrought king Richard from his croune. †2. To spoil, mar, or destroy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 308 The punishments bewray..that wee chastise in vs, not that which God hath made or wrought in vs, but that which wee our selues haue vndone or vnwrought. 3. To release from an intertwined condition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc. untwinec1407 unlacea1450 untwindc1460 untwist1538 unweave1542 distwine1562 feaze1568 unpleat1572 unspin1587 unplat1589 unwreathe1591 unreave1593 unravel1603 ravel1607 unwrithe1611 uncluea1616 unwork1623 unperplex1660 untwirla1703 unlay1726 disentwine1814 unbraid1828 unmesha1849 disintertwine1861 unplait1865 tiffle out1880 unleeze1889 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) v. sig. M3 If they light in..a dead hedge, your best way is softly to vnworke the hedge till you come to them. 4. To undo by contrary action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > reverse the doing of undo1426 reverse1612 unwork1726 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 177 The woof unwrought the Suitor-train surprize. 1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese xiv, in Poems (new ed.) II. 451 These things..may Be changed, or change for thee,—and love so wrought, May be unwrought so. 1909 W. Ogilvie Whaup o' the Rede vii. vii Thy lady mother..Unwrought the wrong of Wat Harden's hate With her love. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1854v.1548
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