unyoke

[uhn-yohk]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

unyoked, unyoking

to free from or as if from a yoke.
to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

unyoked, unyoking

to remove a yoke.
to cease work.

unyoke

/ ʌ��ˈ��əʊ�� /

verb

to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
(tr) to set free; liberate
(tr) to disconnect or separate
archaic��(intr) to cease working

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Word 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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unyielding unzip

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