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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. [ 1913 Webster ] To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ] To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ] A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. [ 1913 Webster ] |