unweave
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unweave
Example Sentences
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Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine-- Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made The tender-person'd Lamia melt into a shade.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
If man and beast and tree and flower Unweave not Love's rich beauteous dower, All Dana� again earth darkles Beneath His ceaseless and golden shower.
From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)
Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air and gnomèd mine, Unweave a rainbow.”
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air and gnomed mine, Unweave a rainbow.
From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
Unweave my age, O time, to my first thread; Let me lose fifty years, in ignorance spent; That, being made an infant once again, I may begin to know.
From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618
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