Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To free from broil or confusion; extricate from confusion or perplexity; disentangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.
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- verb To
free orextricate fromconfusion
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- verb free from involvement or entanglement
Etymologies
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Examples
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To disembroil the chronological muddle of _Roxana_, and follow out the tangles of the hide-and-seek of that most unpleasant "lady of pleasure" and her daughter, may suit some.
The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889
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This was clear to him on several occasions when she recited or motioned or even merely looked something for him better than usual; then she quite carried him away, making him wish to ask no more questions, but only let her disembroil herself in her own strong fashion.
The Tragic Muse Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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He was proceeding throughout on the ground of the immense difference -- difficult indeed as it might have been to disembroil in this young person HER race - quality.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
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