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disentwine

[ dis-en-twahyn ]

verb (used with or without object)

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


disentwine

/ ˌɪɪˈٷɲɪ /

verb

  1. to become or cause to become untwined; unwind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of disentwine1

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- 1 + entwine
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The composer Anton Reicha, when turning pages for Beethoven during a Mozart piano concerto in the late 1790s, had to disentwine the instrument’s hammers and strings, which became entangled during the tumultuous performance.

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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.

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

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

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Fear and Pity disentwine Their aching beams in colours fine; Pain and woe forgo their might.

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