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English Dictionary: untwist by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
untwist
v
  1. cause to become untwisted [ant: distort, twine, twist]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Untwist \Un*twist"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]
      1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as
            that which is twisted; to untwine.
  
                     If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The
                     twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
                                                                              --Wallis.
  
      2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. --Milton.
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