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unriddles

unriddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unriddle.

Meaning of unriddle

Verb

unriddle (third-person singular simple present unriddles, present participle unriddling, simple past and past participle unriddled)

  1. (transitive) To figure out the answer to (a riddle).
    Synonyms:
    deduce, riddle
  2. (broadly, transitive) To solve (a perplexing problem).
    • It vvill be found, vvhen the Myſterie of iniquitie ſhall be unriddled, that, as they vvere their ſpavvn the Anabaptiſts, the obſtructers of our Doctrinal Reformation, ſo, they are by their Miſſionaries ſent unto Corners and Hillie Countreys the obſtructers of our practical.1702, [John Wilson], An Essay wherein National Love and Unity is Recommended, Its Opposits Exposed, Arguments for It Propounded, and Its Standard Expounded, and All Contenders Blamed. […], Edinburgh...

Questions about unriddles

What is unriddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unriddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unriddle.

Words near unriddles in the dictionary

  1. unriddle
  2. unriddleable
  3. unriddled
  4. unriddler
  5. unriddlers
  6. unriddles
  7. unriddling
  8. unriddlings
  9. unrideable
  10. unrideably
  11. unridered

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