unweavev.

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1 Compare (Middle) Dutch ontweven, Old High German antwepan (Middle High German and German entweben).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈweave.

a. transitive. To take out of a woven, intertwined, or entangled state or condition; esp. to unravel or undo (a woven fabric).Frequently in figurative context, and in allusion to the story of Penelope ( Odyssey ii. 96–105).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)]

reversea1393

converta1425

undo1426

unmakec1450

recommencea1513

unweave1542

mismake1575

resubstantiate1584

unspin1587

remit1591

retrievea1596

remetamorphose1598

remorphize1603

reconvert1609

unlive1621

unravel1637

relapse1652

to bring about1680

uncoin1833

unpay1842

reset1846

revert1856

unweb1882

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

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 63^v Then used she this policie, to unweave in the night as much werke, as she had made up in the daye before.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Texta soluere, to vnweaue that one hath wrought.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. G^v Now she [sc. love] vnweaues [printed veweaues] the web that she hath wrought, Adonis liues.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods ii. ix. 50 in Wks. (1640) III Nor doe wrongs, nor wrongs receave; Nor tie knots, nor knots unweave.

1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion i. 81 That I should thus unweave the web of Fate.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 59 She,..pluck'd the grass.., And into many a listless annulet, Now over, now beneath her marriage ring, Wove and unwove it.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 461 Weaving instead of un~weaving her Penelope's web.

absolute.1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 49 Chuse rather with Penelope to weaue and vnweaue, than to giue Idlenesse the least leaue.figurative.1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. G4^v Vnweave my age O time, to my first thread.a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure v. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sssss5/1 Custome..You did unweave, and had the power to charme A new creation in me.1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 41 Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings,..Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine—Unweave a rainbow.1849 T. De Quincey Vision Sudden Death in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 753/2 Light unwove the mazes of darkness.

b. To untwine (the fingers).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > arms or hands > specific hand

clutch1609

span1676

unweave1863

outfinger1880

strain1888

tent1966

steeple1968

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 271 Several of the men came up, and endeavoured to unweave the fingers [from the sword].

1897 S. Baring-Gould Guavas the Tinner xviii She plaited the fingers together and unwove them, to again re-plait them.

†2. To make clear by exposition; to expose, disclose. Also absol. 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

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. H8^v They're mixt, soild and contaminate, But truth doth clear, unweave, and simplifie.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 48 Dædalus, who flying viewed the whole world (if we believe the poets), or that (if we unweave their fables) made discoveries of the world by sea with his winged sailes.

3. intransitive. To become disentangled. In quot. 1798 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > be (able to be) simplified

simplify1790

unweave1798

1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iv. lviii How wonderfully strange my fate unweaves!

Derivatives

unˈweaving n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untwisting or unravelling

untwisting1591

unravelling1606

unplaiting1611

unweaving1706

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Desteximiento, unweaving.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 89 The sleep-inducing weavings and unweavings of political combination.

1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 112 What unweavings and siftings and cleansings we shall have to undergo!

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

单词	unweave
释义	unweavev. Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1 Compare (Middle) Dutch ontweven, Old High German antwepan (Middle High German and German entweben).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈweave. 1. a. transitive. To take out of a woven, intertwined, or entangled state or condition; esp. to unravel or undo (a woven fabric).Frequently in figurative context, and in allusion to the story of Penelope ( Odyssey ii. 96–105). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)] reversea1393 converta1425 undo1426 unmakec1450 recommencea1513 unweave1542 mismake1575 resubstantiate1584 unspin1587 remit1591 retrievea1596 remetamorphose1598 remorphize1603 reconvert1609 unlive1621 unravel1637 relapse1652 to bring about1680 uncoin1833 unpay1842 reset1846 revert1856 unweb1882 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 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 63^v Then used she this policie, to unweave in the night as much werke, as she had made up in the daye before. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Texta soluere, to vnweaue that one hath wrought. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. G^v Now she [sc. love] vnweaues [printed veweaues] the web that she hath wrought, Adonis liues. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods ii. ix. 50 in Wks. (1640) III Nor doe wrongs, nor wrongs receave; Nor tie knots, nor knots unweave. 1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion i. 81 That I should thus unweave the web of Fate. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 59 She,..pluck'd the grass.., And into many a listless annulet, Now over, now beneath her marriage ring, Wove and unwove it. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 461 Weaving instead of un~weaving her Penelope's web. absolute.1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 49 Chuse rather with Penelope to weaue and vnweaue, than to giue Idlenesse the least leaue.figurative.1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. G4^v Vnweave my age O time, to my first thread.a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure v. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sssss5/1 Custome..You did unweave, and had the power to charme A new creation in me.1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 41 Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings,..Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine—Unweave a rainbow.1849 T. De Quincey Vision Sudden Death in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 753/2 Light unwove the mazes of darkness. b. To untwine (the fingers). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > arms or hands > specific hand clutch1609 span1676 unweave1863 outfinger1880 strain1888 tent1966 steeple1968 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 271 Several of the men came up, and endeavoured to unweave the fingers [from the sword]. 1897 S. Baring-Gould Guavas the Tinner xviii She plaited the fingers together and unwove them, to again re-plait them. †2. To make clear by exposition; to expose, disclose. Also absol. 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 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. H8^v They're mixt, soild and contaminate, But truth doth clear, unweave, and simplifie. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 48 Dædalus, who flying viewed the whole world (if we believe the poets), or that (if we unweave their fables) made discoveries of the world by sea with his winged sailes. 3. intransitive. To become disentangled. In quot. 1798 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > be (able to be) simplified simplify1790 unweave1798 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iv. lviii How wonderfully strange my fate unweaves! Derivatives unˈweaving n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untwisting or unravelling untwisting1591 unravelling1606 unplaiting1611 unweaving1706 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Desteximiento, unweaving. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 89 The sleep-inducing weavings and unweavings of political combination. 1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 112 What unweavings and siftings and cleansings we shall have to undergo! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1542
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