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disentangle - 3 dictionary results

dis⋅en⋅tan⋅gle

[dis-en-tang-guhl]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -gled, -gling.
to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate (often fol. by from).

Origin:
1590–1600; dis- 1 + entangle


dis⋅en⋅tan⋅gle⋅ment, noun
dis⋅en⋅tan⋅gler, noun


disembarrass, disencumber.
dis·en·tan·gle   (dĭs'ěn-tāng'gəl)   
v.   dis·en·tan·gled, dis·en·tan·gling, dis·en·tan·gles

v.   tr.
  1. To extricate from entanglement or involvement; free. See Synonyms at extricate.
  2. To clear up or resolve (a plot, for example); unravel.
v.   intr.
To become free of entanglement.
dis'en·tan'gle·ment n.

Disentangle

Dis`en*tan"gle\, v. 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 yarn.

2. 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.

A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
Language Translation for : disentangle
Spanish: desenredar(se), desenmarañar, separar,
German: sich entwirren,
Japanese: ほどく
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