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.
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.
A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
mixtures.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil;
clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
