disentwine en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪs.ɪnˈtwaɪn/
Etymology
From dis- + entwine.
Meanings
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(transitive) To free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.
To disentwine the tangled skein of thought which was thus presented, was her task by day and night.
1833 (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Lodore. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […] (successor to Henry Colburn), published 1835, →OCLC, page 140:
- (figuratively, transitive) to unfree from something complicated
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disentwining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disentwines | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disentwined | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disentwined | Tense=Past | lexicographic |