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unknit

verb

Etymology

From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.

  1. inherited from uncnyttan
  2. inherited from unknitten

Definitions

  1. To unravel.

    • Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
    • Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
    • [S]he unknit her fingers from those of the King, and rose and stood before him.

  2. To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.

  3. Not knitted.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA