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disenˈtwine, v.
[f. dis- 6 + entwine.]
1. trans. To free from being entwined; to untwine, untwist, disentangle (lit. and fig.).
1814Byron Corsair i. xiv, My very love to thee is hate to them, So closely mingling here, that disentwined, I cease to love thee when I love mankind. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. iii. 48 The wind..disentwines my hair. 1877Owen Wellesley's Desp. p. xl, In disentwining the co⁓ordinate and conflicting claims of native Princes.
2. intr. (for refl.) To become disentwined.
1875Sunday Mag. June 580 Thoughts..intertwine and disentwine, but the problem remains. |