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English Dictionary: untangle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
untangle
v
  1. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
    Synonym(s): extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber
  2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"
    Synonym(s): unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
    Antonym(s): knot, ravel, tangle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Untangle \Un*tan"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tangle.]
      To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to
      resolve; as, to untangle thread.
  
               Untangle but this cruel chain.               --Prior.
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