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Webster 1913 Edition
Unweave
Un-weave′
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ weave
.] To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
Definition 2024
unweave
unweave
English
Verb
unweave (third-person singular simple present unweaves, present participle unweaving, simple past unwove, past participle unwoven)
- (transitive) To undo something woven.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
- Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
Usage notes
- The regularly formed simple past tense and past participle unweaved is also attested.