unyoke
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊk
[edit] Verb
unyoke (third-person singular simple present unyokes, present participle unyoking, simple past and past participle unyoked)
- (transitive) To release something from a yoke or harness.
- (transitive) To disconnect, unlink.
- (transitive) To liberate, deliver from oppression.
- (intransitive) To unyoke an animal.
- (intransitive) To cease from labour.
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[edit] References
- unyoke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
