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unriddle

[ uhn-rid-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, un·rid·dled, un·rid·dling.

unriddle

/ ʌnˈrɪdəl /

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ² + riddle ¹

C16: from un- ² + riddle ¹

Morton could not unriddle the conduct of his friend, for he knew that his most trivial action was not meaningless.

Meanwhile he looked back at that box on the grand tier, striving to unriddle the mystery of his knowledge of those two persons.

Cecil, who had no idea that labour could be its own reward, was very desirous to unriddle my perseverance in the study of Gaelic.

Who knows better than you, Marquis, what enigmas they are to unriddle?

I'll not be seen; but to my old appointment with Theodosia, and desire her to unriddle it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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