Hypertext Webster Gateway: "untie"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt?gan. See 1st {Un-}, and {Tie},
v. t.]
1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to
disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron
chain. --Waller.

Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope.

2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to
unbind.

Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches. --Shak.

All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the
accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.

3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i.
To become untied or loosed.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

untie
v 1: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: {unbrace},
{unlace}] [ant: {tie}]
2: cause to become loos; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot";
"loosen the necktie" [syn: {undo}, {loosen}]

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