enode

To clear of knots; to make clear.

Verb

  1. To clear of knots; to make clear.
    • Riddles which require great study to enode them. - 1684, Samuel Willard, Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal:

Origin

From Latin enodare, from e (“out”) + nodare (“to fill with knots”), from nodus (“a knot”).

Forms

enodes enoding enoded