disentwine
English
Etymology
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)
- (transitive) To free from being entwined or twisted; untwine
- 1835, Mary Shelley, Lodore
- disentwine the tangled skein of thought which was thus presented
- 1835, Mary Shelley, Lodore
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disentwine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- indentwise