˜yĐÄvlog

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unyoke

[ uhn-yohk ]

verb (used with object)

unyoked, unyoking.
  1. to free from or as if from a yoke.
  2. to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.


verb (used without object)

Obsolete.
unyoked, unyoking.
  1. to remove a yoke.
  2. to cease work.

unyoke

/ ʌČÔˈÂáəʊ°ì /

verb

  1. to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
  2. tr to set free; liberate
  3. tr to disconnect or separate
  4. archaic.
    intr to cease working
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unyoke1

before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un- 2, yoke 1
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In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.

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More specifically, a female third party, unyoked from ego.

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We are to eat here, he says, and he unyokes the bullocks to water them.

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And though one misses in McKenzie’s choir-boy countenance some of the irascible self-possession of Groff’s performance, the show’s depiction of teenagers with a need to unyoke themselves from adult control remains vibrantly intact.

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As part of Citizens’ unyoking from RBS and its continuing transformation, the lender has been building out its capital- and global-markets offerings.

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