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Untie v. t. (past & past part. untied; pres. part. untying)

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. "Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain." "Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink."

To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. "Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches." "All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness."

To resolve; to unfold; to clear. "They quicken sloth, perplexities untie."

Untie v. i. (past & past part. untied; pres. part. untying) To become untied or loosed.

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"Untying" Quotes from Famous Books

... strokes of the oar sent their boat out from the little wharf of stones, and soon he was untying the sails from the gunwales and preparing the ropes. The unfurled canvas whistled and swelled in bellying whiteness. "There we are! Now for ...

— Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) - A Novel • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... the natives believed, that whoever untied that knot was destined to become lord of all the world. Most historians say that as the knot was tied with a strap whose ends could not be found, and was very complicated and intricate, Alexander, despairing of untying it, drew his sword and cut through the knot, thus making many ends appear. But Aristobulus tells us that he easily undid it by pulling out of the pole the pin to which the strap was fastened, and then drawing off the yoke itself from ...

— Plutarch's Lives Volume III. • Plutarch

... led away against his higher nature by the chance of falling in with bad companions. Aunt Jane thought her resemblance to Chris's aunt a remarkable coincidence and an opportunity for appealing to his better self which should be improved. She wanted to improve it by untying his hands, because he had sprained his wrist in his childhood and it was sensitive. He had sprained it in rescuing a little companion from drowning, the child of a drunkard who had unfeelingly thrown his offspring down a well. This episode had been an example ...

— Spanish Doubloons • Camilla Kenyon

... bursting into tears, dropping her parcel, and untying her bonnet-strings] Oh, Mr. David, I won't mix ...

— The Melting-Pot • Israel Zangwill

... left Jim, to go to bed, I had heard him walking back and forth in his room, and once during the night, I heard him shut his door. Thinking perhaps he might want me with him, I went to his door and knocked. Jim was untying his shoes and explained that, unable to sleep, he had gone out for a walk. The clock on the mantel-piece showed half ...

— 32 Caliber • Donald McGibeny

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