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Webster 1913 Edition

Extricate

Ex′tri-cate

(ĕks′trĭ-kāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Extricated
(ĕks′trĭ-kāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Extricating
(ĕks′trĭ-kāˊtĭng)
.]
[L.
extricatus
, p. p. of
extricare
to extricate;
ex
out +
tricae
trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf.
Intricate
.]
1.
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass;
as, to
extricate
a person from debt, peril, etc.
We had now
extricated
ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles.
Eustace.
Syn. – To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Extricate

EX'TRICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. extrico. The primary verb trico is not in the Latin. We probably see its affinities in the Gr. hair, or a bush of hair, from interweaving, entangling. I suspect that three is contracted from this root; three for threg, folded, or a plexus. The same word occurs in intricate and intrigue; Eng. trick.
1. Properly, to disentangle; hence, to free from difficulties or perplexities; to disembarrass; as, to extricate one from complicated business, from troublesome alliances or other connections; to extricate one's self from debt.
2.
To set out; to cause to be emitted or evolved.

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