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Webster 1913 Edition
disentangle
disˊen-tan′gle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disentangled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disentangling
.] 1.
To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out;
as, to
. disentangle
a skein of yarn2.
To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
To
disentangle
truth from error. Stewart.
To extricate and
disentangle
themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon.
Syn. – To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disentangle
DISENTANGLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To unravel; to unfold; to untwist; to loose, separate or disconnect things which are interwove, or united without order; as, to disentangle net-work; to disentangle a skain of yarn.2.
To free; to extricate from perplexity; to disengage from complicated concerns; to set free from impediments or difficulties; as, to disentangle ones self from business, from political affairs, or from the cares and temptations of life.3.
To disengage; to separate.Definition 2024
disentangle
disentangle
English
Verb
disentangle (third-person singular simple present disentangles, present participle disentangling, simple past and past participle disentangled)
- (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot
- I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
- (transitive) To unravel a mystery etc
- (intransitive) To become free or untangled
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
extricate
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