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Webster 1913 Edition


Unreave

Un-reave′

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Unreeve
.]
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unreave

UNRE'AVE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Reave, Unreeve and Ravel.]
1.
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
2.
Not to rive; not to tear asunder; not to unroof. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


unreave

unreave

English

Verb

unreave (third-person singular simple present unreaves, present participle unreaving, simple past and past participle unreaved)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
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