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Then the tall ship stranded on the hapless coast of lost positives
tangle ; mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Swed. taggla "to disorder," O.N. þongull "seaweed").
entangle; early 15c., from en- (1) + tangle. Related: Entangled; entangling.
disentangle; 1590s; see dis- + entangle. Related: Disentangled; disentangling.
'tangle' 'entangle' 'disentangle'
How should I see 'disentangle'? As positive or as nagative?
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