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English
Etymology
From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.
Verb
unknit (third-person singular simple present unknits, present participle unknitting, simple past and past participle unknitted)
- To unravel.
Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 229, column 1:Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
- To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.
Synonyms
- (undo knitted stitches): tink
Adjective
unknit (not comparable)
- Not knitted.