unlute

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verb

To separate, as things cemented or luted

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Meanings

verbunlute (third-person singular simple present unlutes, present participle unluting, simple past and past participle unluted)

present singular third person unlutes · participle present unluting · participle past unluted · past unluted

  1. transitiveTo separate, as things cemented or luted
  2. transitiveto take the lute from, to unseal

    carelesly unlute the vessels

    1673, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the title)”, in Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums. […], London: […] W[illiam] G[odbid] for M[oses] Pitt, […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    Let the Vessels be cool'd, and unluted, and the Panacæa will appear at the bottom of the Cucurbite

    1696, M. le Clerc, The Compleat Surgeon

Origin

From un- + lute.

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APA

unlute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlute

MLA

“unlute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlute. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlute,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlute.

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