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untie
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt[=y]gan. See 1st Un-, and Tie, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. [1913 Webster] Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain. --Waller. [1913 Webster] Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. [1913 Webster] Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. --Shak. [1913 Webster] All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. [1913 Webster] They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed. [1913 Webster]
