disentwinev.
1. transitive. To free from being entwined; to untwine, untwist, disentangle (literal and figurative).
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > free from perplexity
disembroil1611
disentangle1660
disembrangle1726
disembarrass1742
disentwine1814
disenmesh1869
disenravel1881
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc.
untwinec1407
unlacea1450
untwindc1460
untwist1538
unweave1542
distwine1562
feaze1568
unpleat1572
unspin1587
unplat1589
unwreathe1591
unreave1593
unravel1603
ravel1607
unwrithe1611
uncluea1616
unwork1623
unperplex1660
untwirla1703
unlay1726
disentwine1814
unbraid1828
unmesha1849
disintertwine1861
unplait1865
tiffle out1880
unleeze1889
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xiv. 21 My very love to thee is hate to them, So closely mingling here, that disentwin'd, I cease to love thee when I love mankind.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. iii. 79 The wind..disentwines my hair.
1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xl In disentwining the co~ordinate and conflicting claims of native Princes.
2. intransitive (for reflexive). To become disentwined.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > be loosened, unfastened, or undone [verb (intransitive)] > become untwisted or unravelled
feazea1577
untwind1592
untwine1592
to weave out1641
run1642
unravel1815
disentwine1875
1875 Sunday Mag. June 580 Thoughts..intertwine and disentwine, but the problem remains.
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