D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Untangle

/ən-tăng'-gəl/ · Un·tan·gle · IPA /ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
01 v. t. To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
  1. 1.
    To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
    Untangle but this cruel chain.” Prior.