unwreathe

present singular third person unwreathes · participle present unwreathing · participle past unwreathed · past unwreathed · alternative unwreath

1. transitiveTo untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed).

   the splendid rhythms and harmonies that wreathed and unwreathed themselves in his mind

   1927, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, The Old Countess, Chapter 6

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   But sin it is, no less;—a blot, foul as the crater-pool of hell; it puts out the sun at noon; it parches all fertility; and, conscience or no conscience—ere he die—let every master who wrenches bond-babe from mother, that the nipple tear; unwreathes the arms of sisters; or cuts the holy unity in twain; till apart fall man and wife, like one bleeding body cleft

   1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

   Yes, our last farewell is breathed, And we part, for ever part; Every tie is now unwreathed Which had bound us heart to heart;

   1861, Sarah Parker Douglas, Poems (poem), Farewell