disembroilv.
transitive. To free from embroilment or confusion; to extricate from confusion or perplexity, to disentangle.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > free from perplexity
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disentangle1660
disembrangle1726
disembarrass1742
disentwine1814
disenmesh1869
disenravel1881
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disbrogliare, to disimbroile.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 137 To disimbroyle our selues of this troublesome businesse.
1681 Char. Illustr. Court-Favourite 16 The knowledg of things past..That Light which disembroils the intrigues of the Court.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 142 To disembroil a Subject that seems to have perplexed even Antiquity.
1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 49 It is little wonder that Cumberland should not have disembroiled this ancient and established confusion.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 162 Let him but decently disembroil himself, Scramble from out the scrape.
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