Dis'en-tāng'gle, v. t.

(-en-tāng'gl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISENTANGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISENTANGLING.] [Prefix dis and entangle, q. v.]

1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved; to reduce to orderly separation; as, to disentangle network; to disentangle a skein of yarn.
2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; to disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to set free; to disembroll. “To disentangle truth from error.” D. Stewart.

Syn.—To unravel; unfold; untwist; loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroll; clear; evolve; disengage; separate.