untie

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNTI'E, verb transitive 1. To loosen, as a knot; to disengage the parts that form a knot. untie the knot. 2. To unbind; to free from any fastening; as, to untie an iron chain. 3. To loosen from coils or convolution; as snakes untied. 4. To loose; to separate something attached; as, to untie the tongue. 5. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
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