Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disentangle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disentangle
v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "i cannot extricate
myself from this task" [syn: {extricate}, {untangle}, {disencumber}]
2: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
[syn: {unsnarl}, {straighten out}] [ant: {entangle}, {entangle}]
3: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I
disentangle myself from her personal affiars?" [syn: {disinvolve},
{disembroil}]
4: separate the tangles of [syn: {unwind}]
5: of hair [syn: {comb}, {comb out}]
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