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disentwine

/dɪs.ɪnˈtwaɪn/

verb

To free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.

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Meanings

verbdisentwine (third-person singular simple present disentwines, present participle disentwining, simple past and past participle disentwined)

present singular third person disentwines · participle present disentwining · participle past disentwined · past disentwined

transitiveTo 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
figurativelytransitiveto unfree from something complicated

Origin

From dis- + entwine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disentwine

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APA

disentwine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disentwine

MLA

“disentwine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disentwine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disentwine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disentwine.

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