disintricate

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ intricate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪntɹɪkeɪt/

Verb

disintricate (third-person singular simple present disintricates, present participle disintricating, simple past and past participle disintricated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle.
   • 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:

     to disintricate the question

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “disintricate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)