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unwreath

unwreath is the alternative form of unwreathe.

Meaning of unwreathe

Verb

unwreathe (third-person singular simple present unwreathes, present participle unwreathing, simple past and past participle unwreathed)

  1. (transitive) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed).
    • 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...1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

Forms of unwreath

third-person singular presentunwreaths
present participleunwreathing
past participleunwreathed
pastunwreathed

Origin of unwreath

From un- + wreath.

Questions about unwreath

What is unwreath the alternative form of?
Unwreath is the alternative form of unwreathe.

Words near unwreath in the dictionary

  1. unwrapt
  2. unwrathful
  3. unwrathfully
  4. unwray
  5. unwreaked
  6. unwreath
  7. unwreathe
  8. unwreathed
  9. unwreathes
  10. unwreathing
  11. unwreaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unwreath (page history and authors); unwreathe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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