Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extricate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extricate \Ex"tri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extricated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Extricating}.] [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. --Eustance.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat
or moisture.
Syn: To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve;
evolve; set free; liberate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extricate
v : release from entanglement of difficulty; "i cannot extricate
myself from this task" [syn: {untangle}, {disentangle}, {disencumber}]
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