untwine

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untwine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twine.]
     To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted;
     to disentangle; to untie.
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           It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a
           nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a
           people to the established and the old.   --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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  Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. i.
     To become untwined. --Milton.
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untwine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  untwine
      v 1: undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings"
           [ant: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine,
           lace, twine]