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• unknit — unknittable, adj. /un nit /, v., unknitted or unknit, unknitting. v.t. 1. to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, etc.); unravel (something knitted); undo. 2. to weaken, undo, or destroy. 3. to smooth out (something wrinkled). v.i. 4. to become… …   Universalium

• unknit — /ʌnˈnɪt/ (say un nit) verb (t) (unknitted, unknit, unknitting) 1. to untie or unfasten (a knot, etc.); unravel (something knitted). 2. to dissolve, destroy, unloose, weaken, etc. {Middle English unknytte(n), Old English uncnyttan. See un 2, knit… …  

• unknit — [unnit′] vt., vi. unknitted or unknit, unknitting [ME unknytten < OE uncnyttan] to untie, undo, or unravel …   English World dictionary

• unknit — v.tr. (unknitted, unknitting) separate (things joined, knotted, or interlocked) …   Useful english dictionary

• renodate — † renodate, v. Obs. rare 0. [ad. ppl. stem of L. renōdāre to untie: see re and node.] ‘To undo, or unknit a knot; also to knit fast or again’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656). So † renoˈdation ‘an unknitting or undoing of a knot’ (Phillips 1658); also †… …   Useful english dictionary