unriddle

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un·rid·dle

(ŭn-rĭd′l)

tr.v. un·rid·dled, un·rid·dling, un·rid·dles

To solve or explain (a riddle or mystery).

un·rid′dler n.

unriddle

(ʌnˈrɪdəl)

(tr) to solve or puzzle out

[C16: from un-² + riddle¹]

unˈriddler n

un•rid•dle

(ʌnˈrɪd l)

v.t. -dled, -dling.

to solve (a riddle, mystery, etc.).

[1580–90]

un•rid′dler, n.

unriddle

Past participle: unriddled
Gerund: unriddling

Imperative
unriddle
unriddle

Present
I unriddle
you unriddle
he/she/it unriddles
we unriddle
you unriddle
they unriddle

Preterite
I unriddled
you unriddled
he/she/it unriddled
we unriddled
you unriddled
they unriddled

Present Continuous
I am unriddling
you are unriddling
he/she/it is unriddling
we are unriddling
you are unriddling
they are unriddling

Present Perfect
I have unriddled
you have unriddled
he/she/it has unriddled
we have unriddled
you have unriddled
they have unriddled

Past Continuous
I was unriddling
you were unriddling
he/she/it was unriddling
we were unriddling
you were unriddling
they were unriddling

Past Perfect
I had unriddled
you had unriddled
he/she/it had unriddled
we had unriddled
you had unriddled
they had unriddled

Future
I will unriddle
you will unriddle
he/she/it will unriddle
we will unriddle
you will unriddle
they will unriddle

Future Perfect
I will have unriddled
you will have unriddled
he/she/it will have unriddled
we will have unriddled
you will have unriddled
they will have unriddled

Future Continuous
I will be unriddling
you will be unriddling
he/she/it will be unriddling
we will be unriddling
you will be unriddling
they will be unriddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unriddling
you have been unriddling
he/she/it has been unriddling
we have been unriddling
you have been unriddling
they have been unriddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unriddling
you will have been unriddling
he/she/it will have been unriddling
we will have been unriddling
you will have been unriddling
they will have been unriddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unriddling
you had been unriddling
he/she/it had been unriddling
we had been unriddling
you had been unriddling
they had been unriddling

Conditional
I would unriddle
you would unriddle
he/she/it would unriddle
we would unriddle
you would unriddle
they would unriddle

Past Conditional
I would have unriddled
you would have unriddled
he/she/it would have unriddled
we would have unriddled
you would have unriddled
they would have unriddled

References in classic literature ?

He estimates him fairly, indeed, and understands him well; but he unriddles his character rather by acuteness than by sympathy.

View in context

You are perfectly innocent of having intended me any wrong; for you was then an infant: but I shall, I believe, unriddle all this the moment I mention my name.

View in context

Shelley and Scripture unriddles the Sphinx: 'Critics of "The Triumph of Life" have curiously avoided making the connection between the shape and the MYSTERY of Babylon in the Bible' (p.