untwistv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtwɪst/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtwɪst/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1

a. transitive. To restore from a twisted state; to untwine. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] > untwine or untwist

untwinec1407

outtwinea1500

untwist1538

unknit1599

unravel1603

ravel1607

spret1832

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

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Retexo, to vntwyste.

1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. B^v A shift to make her work endlesse, by vntwisting as much in the night as she woue in the day.

1595 L. Bryskett Mourning Muse Thestylis in E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home sig. H3^v Which made them eftsoones feare the daies of Pirrha shold..their fatall threds vntwist.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 89 The Sonne of God..began to untwist that triple cord, wherewith our first Parents,..were bound by Satan.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 36 Untwisting all the chains that ty The hidden soul of harmony.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 517 Restless they soon untwist the Web they spun.

1731 J. Swift Nymph going to Bed 19 She..Untwists a wire, and from her gums A set of teeth completely comes.

1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 68 Hempen ropes cut small and un~twisted, are beneficial [as manure] for lands.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 54 Hop plants, growing round a pole..; if you untwist any, and confine them in the contrary direction, they die.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) III. 213 Cutting the knot which it cannot untwist.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. vi. 90 ‘I'll tell you how it is, Master Tom,’ said Bob, beginning to untwist his canvass bag.

in extended use.1834 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk (1835) II. 295 A serpent..makes a fulcrum of its own body, and seems for ever twisting and untwisting its own strength.

b. figurative and in figurative context. To dissolve, break up, decompose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)]

resolvea1398

analyse1606

untwist1611

refract1646

disband1695

decomposea1751

decompounda1751

to break up1751

disintegrate1794

to break down1859

dissociate1869

factor1958

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. vii. 407/1 The English supposing the Normans to haue fled,..began in eager pursuit carelesly to vntwist, and display their rancks.

1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes i. 3 Whose error-chaceing Beames..untwist The Clouds of Ignorance.

1640 Sir J. Wray Speech in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 40 The Divisions of Great Britain have half untwisted our Long Union.

1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xiii. 168 The faith of very many men, seems a duty so weak.., is so often untwisted by violence, or ravel'd and intangled in weak discourses.

1727 J. Thomson To Mem. Newton 98 Ev'n light itself..Shone undiscover'd, till his brighter mind Untwisted all the shining robe of day.

1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope I. 174 (note) The prismatic glass..untwisting, by its obliquities, those threads of light.

1896 A. Austin England's Darling i. i The outlandish dogs..Untwisting what he bound, and to their will Enserfing all.

†2. To disentangle by explanation or exposition; to expound, make plain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]

arecchec885

unloukOE

overrunOE

sutelec1000

trahtnec1000

unfolda1050

belayc1175

openc1175

onopena1200

accountc1300

undo?a1366

remenea1382

interpret1382

unwrap1387

exploitc1390

enlumine1393

declarec1400

expoundc1400

unplait?c1400

enperc1420

planea1425

clearc1440

exponec1440

to lay outc1440

to give (also carry) lightc1449

unwind1482

expose1483

reducea1500

manifest1530

explicate1531

explaina1535

unlock?1536

dilucidate1538

elucidate1538

illustrate1538

rechec1540

explicate1543

illucidate1545

enucleate1548

unsnarl1555

commonstrate1563

to lay forth1577

straighten1577

unbroid1577

untwist1577

decipherc1586

illuminate1586

enlighten1587

resolvec1592

cipher1594

eliquidate1596

to take (a person) with one1599

rivelc1600

ravel1604

unbowel1606

unmist1611

extricate1614

unbolta1616

untanglea1616

enode1623

unperplexa1631

perspicuate1634

explata1637

unravel1637

esclarea1639

clarify1642

unweave1642

detenebrate1646

dismystery1652

undecipher1654

unfork1654

unparadox1654

reflect1655

enodate1656

unmysterya1661

liquidatea1670

recognize1676

to clear upa1691

to throw sidelight on1726

to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731

eclaircise1754

irradiate1864

unbraid1880

predigest1905

to get (something) straight1920

disambiguate1960

demystify1963

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. i. sig. A.iij/2 This is the brief summe of the holy fathers tradition, whiche it is best to vntwist more largely.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 77 Hee..at pleasure frees Such Doubts, as..might haue taskt, t' vntwist, The Brachman, Druïde, and Gymnosophist.

a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffff2/2 Tis a Witch sure, And by her meanes he came to untwist this Riddle.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant Introd. 8 The Holy Communion..is too much untwisted and nicely handled by the writings of the Doctors.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 418 A. Toplady: You have untwisted this difficult subject with great dexterity.

3. To loosen, detach, or set free, by untwining. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > extricate from difficulties

windc1535

unreave1593

disentangle1611

explicate1614

extricatea1631

districate1632

untwist1637

exintricate1661

untwinea1568

untwist1637

unknock1680

unkey1802

unturn1816

1637 S. Marmion Morall Poem: Cupid & Psyche i. iii. 394 He took her wrist, And wrung it hard, and did her hands untwist.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 167 A raging storme..separated us; insomuch as we had hardly recovered our companies, had not the..jingling of the Cammells bells revoked, yea untwisted us out of these Caspian or Zagrian straits.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. iii. 80 Our Souls,..untwisting themselves from all corporeal complications.

1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 49 Alm. How can we better dye than close embrac'd, Sucking each others Souls while we expire?.. Emp. No I'll untwist you: I have occasion for your stay on earth.

4. intransitive. To pass out of a twisted condition; to become untwined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > become uncoiled or unwound [verb (intransitive)] > untwine or untwist

untwist1589

untwine1592

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 156 I will well that ye wist, The thred is spon, that neuer shall vntwist.

a1703 J. Wallis tr. in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 282 If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hygrometer The Cord or Gut twisting and untwisting..will indicate the Change of Moisture.

1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 184 As the thread untwists, the globe..will turn round its axis.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 435 Either of the two palls x and y may..prevent the strands from untwisting.

1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl i There..you shall see spring buds untwisting.

figurative.1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. ii. 22 His purposes untwist as easily as the rude conjuncture of uncombining cables.1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 67 Sometimes the words naturally fall asunder;..sometimes they untwist.

Derivatives

unˈtwist adj. = untwisted adj.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents

resolveda1600

analysed1601

untwist1607

separated1661

decompounded1797

reduced1810

broken-down1816

dissociated1882

degraded1927

1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i My spirit is untwist; My heart is raveld out in discontents.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 30 When States dishelv'd [= dishevelled] are, and lawes untwist, Wise-men keep their tongues.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xv. 190 By little and little our strongest resolutions be untwist, and crack in sunder.

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

单词	untwist
释义	untwistn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtwɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈtwɪst/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 2 A reversive twist. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > a spiral twist > specifically in a rope > reverse untwist1889 1889 Telegr. Jrnl. 26 Apr. 467/2 Each coil of the cable..as it comes out receives a twist in the opposite direction, or ‘untwist’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). untwistv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtwɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈtwɪst/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1 1. a. transitive. To restore from a twisted state; to untwine. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] > untwine or untwist untwinec1407 outtwinea1500 untwist1538 unknit1599 unravel1603 ravel1607 spret1832 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 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Retexo, to vntwyste. 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. B^v A shift to make her work endlesse, by vntwisting as much in the night as she woue in the day. 1595 L. Bryskett Mourning Muse Thestylis in E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home sig. H3^v Which made them eftsoones feare the daies of Pirrha shold..their fatall threds vntwist. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 89 The Sonne of God..began to untwist that triple cord, wherewith our first Parents,..were bound by Satan. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 36 Untwisting all the chains that ty The hidden soul of harmony. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 517 Restless they soon untwist the Web they spun. 1731 J. Swift Nymph going to Bed 19 She..Untwists a wire, and from her gums A set of teeth completely comes. 1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 68 Hempen ropes cut small and un~twisted, are beneficial [as manure] for lands. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 54 Hop plants, growing round a pole..; if you untwist any, and confine them in the contrary direction, they die. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) III. 213 Cutting the knot which it cannot untwist. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. vi. 90 ‘I'll tell you how it is, Master Tom,’ said Bob, beginning to untwist his canvass bag. in extended use.1834 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk (1835) II. 295 A serpent..makes a fulcrum of its own body, and seems for ever twisting and untwisting its own strength. b. figurative and in figurative context. To dissolve, break up, decompose. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] resolvea1398 analyse1606 untwist1611 refract1646 disband1695 decomposea1751 decompounda1751 to break up1751 disintegrate1794 to break down1859 dissociate1869 factor1958 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. vii. 407/1 The English supposing the Normans to haue fled,..began in eager pursuit carelesly to vntwist, and display their rancks. 1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes i. 3 Whose error-chaceing Beames..untwist The Clouds of Ignorance. 1640 Sir J. Wray Speech in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 40 The Divisions of Great Britain have half untwisted our Long Union. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xiii. 168 The faith of very many men, seems a duty so weak.., is so often untwisted by violence, or ravel'd and intangled in weak discourses. 1727 J. Thomson To Mem. Newton 98 Ev'n light itself..Shone undiscover'd, till his brighter mind Untwisted all the shining robe of day. 1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope I. 174 (note) The prismatic glass..untwisting, by its obliquities, those threads of light. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling i. i The outlandish dogs..Untwisting what he bound, and to their will Enserfing all. †2. To disentangle by explanation or exposition; to expound, make plain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. i. sig. A.iij/2 This is the brief summe of the holy fathers tradition, whiche it is best to vntwist more largely. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 77 Hee..at pleasure frees Such Doubts, as..might haue taskt, t' vntwist, The Brachman, Druïde, and Gymnosophist. a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffff2/2 Tis a Witch sure, And by her meanes he came to untwist this Riddle. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant Introd. 8 The Holy Communion..is too much untwisted and nicely handled by the writings of the Doctors. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 418 A. Toplady: You have untwisted this difficult subject with great dexterity. 3. To loosen, detach, or set free, by untwining. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > extricate from difficulties windc1535 unreave1593 disentangle1611 explicate1614 extricatea1631 districate1632 untwist1637 exintricate1661 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > and release > by specific means untwinea1568 untwist1637 unknock1680 unkey1802 unturn1816 1637 S. Marmion Morall Poem: Cupid & Psyche i. iii. 394 He took her wrist, And wrung it hard, and did her hands untwist. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 167 A raging storme..separated us; insomuch as we had hardly recovered our companies, had not the..jingling of the Cammells bells revoked, yea untwisted us out of these Caspian or Zagrian straits. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. iii. 80 Our Souls,..untwisting themselves from all corporeal complications. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 49 Alm. How can we better dye than close embrac'd, Sucking each others Souls while we expire?.. Emp. No I'll untwist you: I have occasion for your stay on earth. 4. intransitive. To pass out of a twisted condition; to become untwined. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > become uncoiled or unwound [verb (intransitive)] > untwine or untwist untwist1589 untwine1592 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 156 I will well that ye wist, The thred is spon, that neuer shall vntwist. a1703 J. Wallis tr. in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 282 If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hygrometer The Cord or Gut twisting and untwisting..will indicate the Change of Moisture. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 184 As the thread untwists, the globe..will turn round its axis. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 435 Either of the two palls x and y may..prevent the strands from untwisting. 1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl i There..you shall see spring buds untwisting. figurative.1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. ii. 22 His purposes untwist as easily as the rude conjuncture of uncombining cables.1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 67 Sometimes the words naturally fall asunder;..sometimes they untwist. Derivatives unˈtwist adj. = untwisted adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents resolveda1600 analysed1601 untwist1607 separated1661 decompounded1797 reduced1810 broken-down1816 dissociated1882 degraded1927 1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i My spirit is untwist; My heart is raveld out in discontents. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 30 When States dishelv'd [= dishevelled] are, and lawes untwist, Wise-men keep their tongues. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xv. 190 By little and little our strongest resolutions be untwist, and crack in sunder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1889v.1538
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untwistn.

untwistv.

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