disentangle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISENTANGLE, verb transitive [dis and entangle.] 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.
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