unentanglev.
transitive. To disentangle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > disentangle
dismeddle1480
redd1513
untangle1550
unsnarl1555
disintricate1598
unentangle1610
disinvolve1611
elaqueate1656
disentangle1660
dismingle1669
unscramble1923
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr viii. 226 It is impossible to..vnentangle our consciences by any of those Rules.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iv. 13 All this was intermingled..in a more than a barbarous confusion, which was so uneasie to unintangle [etc.].
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 264 Dædalus..of himself unentangled the woven trick of the grove.
Derivatives
rare.
unenˈtangler n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] > one who solves
unentangler1610
solutist1708
solver1719
problem-solver1848
disentangler1885
solutionist1885
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr xi. 345 The late vn-entangler of perplexities,..who vndertakes to cleare so many cases, which Nauarrus and many others left in suspence.
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