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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 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.
Syn. – To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disentangle

DISENTANGLE

,
Verb.
T.
[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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