disentwine

American  

[dis-en-twahyn] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈtwaɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

disentwined, disentwining

1. to bring or come out of an entwined or intertwined state; untwine.

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disentwine British  

/ ˌdɪsɪnˈtwaɪn /

verb

1. to become or cause to become untwined; unwind

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Etymology

Origin of disentwine

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- ¹ + entwine

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Example Sentences

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disentwine

But I try to disentwine my inclination for conspiracy and paranoia in artwork from its general lack of not only usefulness but interest in everyday life, where it’s actually a way of shutting possibilities down.

From Salon ● May 31, 2012

So thoroughly have the high-minded elements been mixed with the tawdry ones that it may take us forever to disentwine them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Life and art, indeed, he found from his earliest years difficult to disentwine, and later, impossible to disentangle.

From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit

His Bacchic fingers disentwine His coronal At thy festival; His revelling fingers disentwine Leaf, flower, and all, And let them fall Blossom and all in thy wavering wine.

From Poems by Francis Thompson

And to disentangle and disentwine them became at last the point of honour to him.

From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit

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