unweave
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unweave
Example Sentences
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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
Unweave, un-wēv′, v.t. to undo what is woven.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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 Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
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
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)
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