untie (v.)

Old English untigan "loosen, unchain," from un- (2) "opposite of" + tie (v.). Related: Untied; untying.

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prefix of reversal, deprivation, or removal (as in unhand, undo, unbutton), Old English on-, un-, from Proto-Germanic *andi- (source also of Old Saxon ant-, Old Norse and-, Dutch ont-, Old High German ant-, German ent-, Gothic and- "against"), from PIE *anti "facing opposite, near, in front of, before, against" (from PIE root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before").

More or less confused with un- (1) through similarity in the notions of "negation" and "reversal;" an adjective such as unlocked might represent "not locked" (un- (1)) or the past tense of unlock (un- (2)).

tie (v.)

Old English tigan, tiegan "to tie, bind, join, connect," from the source of tie (n.). Meaning "to finish equal to a competitor" is from 1888. Related: Tied; tying. To tie the knot in the figurative sense "form a union" is from 1707. Tie one on "get drunk" is recorded from 1944.

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Definitions of untie

untie (v.)

undo the ties of;

They untied the prisoner

Synonyms: unbrace / unlace

untie (v.)

cause to become loose;

untie the knot

Synonyms: undo / loosen

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unthinkable

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