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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage
      from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to
      disembroil; to set free; to separate.
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            To disentangle truth from error.      --Stewart.
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            To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this
            labyrinth.                            --Clarendon.
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            A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
            mixtures.                             --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.

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