Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unreeve
Participle: unreeved
Gerund: unreeving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unreeve |
| you | unreeve |
| he;she;it | unreeves |
| we | unreeve |
| you | unreeve |
| they | unreeve |
Perfect
| I | have unreeved |
| you | have unreeved |
| he;she;it | has unreeved |
| we | have unreeved |
| you | have unreeved |
| they | have unreeved |
Past
| I | unreeved |
| you | unreeved |
| he;she;it | unreeved |
| we | unreeved |
| you | unreeved |
| they | unreeved |
Pluperfect
| I | had unreeved |
| you | had unreeved |
| he;she;it | had unreeved |
| we | had unreeved |
| you | had unreeved |
| they | had unreeved |
Future
| I | will unreeve |
| you | will unreeve |
| he;she;it | will unreeve |
| we | will unreeve |
| you | will unreeve |
| they | will unreeve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unreeved |
| you | will have unreeved |
| he;she;it | will have unreeved |
| we | will have unreeved |
| you | will have unreeved |
| they | will have unreeved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unreeve |
| you | unreeve |
| he;she;it | unreeve |
| we | unreeve |
| you | unreeve |
| they | unreeve |
Perfect
| I | have unreeved |
| you | have unreeved |
| he;she;it | have unreeved |
| we | have unreeved |
| you | have unreeved |
| they | have unreeved |
Imperfect
| I | unreeved |
| you | unreeved |
| he;she;it | unreeved |
| we | unreeved |
| you | unreeved |
| they | unreeved |
Pluperfect
| I | had unreeved |
| you | had unreeved |
| he;she;it | had unreeved |
| we | had unreeved |
| you | had unreeved |
| they | had unreeved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unreeve |
| you | would unreeve |
| he;she;it | would unreeve |
| we | would unreeve |
| you | would unreeve |
| they | would unreeve |
Perfect
| I | would have unreeved |
| you | would have unreeved |
| he;she;it | would have unreeved |
| we | would have unreeved |
| you | would have unreeved |
| they | would have unreeved |
Imperative
| you | unreeve |
| we | Let's unreeve |
| you | unreeve |
Verbs conjugated like 'unreeve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unreeve'
unreave,
preeve,
reeve,
screeve,
undelve,
unfreeze,
unleave,
unnerve,
unreel,
unreserve,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *unreven (attested only in past participle unrevyn) equivalent to un- + reeve.
Sample Sentences
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He could not only splice a broken "fall," and repair the sheaves and friction-rollers in a hoisting-block, but whenever the rigging got tangled aloft he could spring up the derrick like a cat and unreeve the rope in an instant. [1896, F. Hopkinson Smith, Tom Grogan:]
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But he carried all sail till the rotten main-sheet parted at the boom, and when he came up in the wind to lower the sail the main throat halyard refused to unreeve. [1909, A. W. Dimock, Dick in the Everglades:]