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verb

Unravel v. t.

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.

To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled."

Unravel v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense.

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Etymology of 'Unravel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unravel" Quotes from Famous Books

... called for another glass, and then set himself to the consideration of how far the disappearance of the boy would interfere with his obtaining payment of the various sums due by the Insurance Offices. This point was either more knotty and difficult to unravel than the previous one, or the grog began to render his intellect less capable of grappling with it. At all events it cost him an hour to determine his course of action, and required another glass of grog to enable ...

— The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands • R.M. Ballantyne

... of the territory cannot give rise to any constitutional questions, for the reason that the constitutions, like the land tenures, are in a state of such utter confusion that only a strong hand can unravel them, and the restoration will result in the establishment of a strong military government. If I go down with the expedition I have organized I shall be in full control of the situation and in a position to carry out ...

— Real Soldiers of Fortune • Richard Harding Davis

... will be your engaging task to unravel, and to this end will be your opportunity of closely watching Fuh-sang's unsuspecting movements in ...

— Kai Lung's Golden Hours • Ernest Bramah

... was completed; and I looked forward to the fresh enterprise of new rivers and lower latitudes, that should unravel the mystery of ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

... was strangely familiar to him. Even so the trees had leaned together, and the clear ripples pulsed upon the bank. Something strange and beautiful had befallen him there. What was it? The mind could not unravel ...

— Watersprings • Arthur Christopher Benson

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