disentwine

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ entwine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪnˈtwaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

disentwine (third-person singular simple present disentwines, present participle disentwining, simple past and past participle disentwined)

1. (transitive) To free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.
   • 1833 (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Lodore. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […] (successor to Henry Colburn), published 1835, →OCLC, page 140:

     To disentwine the tangled skein of thought which was thus presented, was her task by day and night.

2. (transitive, figurative) to unfree from something complicated

References

• “disentwine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• indentwise