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<hw>Dis`en*tail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To free from entailment.</def>

<h1>Disentangle</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*tan"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disentangled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disentangling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; <as>as, to <ex>disentangle</ex> a skein of yarn</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>disentangle</b> truth from error. <i>Stewart.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To extricate and <b>disentangle</b> themselves out of this labyrinth. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A mind free and <b>disentangled</b> from all corporeal mixtures. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.</syn>

<h1>Disentanglement</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*tan"gle*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties.</def>

<i>Warton.</i>

<h1>Disenter</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*ter"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Disinter</er>.</def>

<h1>Disenthrall</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*thrall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Enthrall</er>.]</ety> <def>To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disenthral</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Disenthrallment</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*thrall"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disenthralment</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Disenthrone</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*throne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Disentitle</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*ti"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of title or claim.</def>

<blockquote>Every ordinary offense does not <b>disentitle</b> a son to the love of his father. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disentomb</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*tomb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To take out from a tomb; a disinter.</def>

<h1>Disentrail</h1> <Xpage=424>

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