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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ravel \rav"el\ ra^v"'l, v. t. imp. p. p. raveled -'ld
or ravelled; p. pr. vb. n. raveling or ravelling.
od. ravelen, d. rafelen, akin to lg. rebeln, rebbeln,
reffeln.
1. to separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take
apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed
by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
1913 webster
sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
--shak.
1913 webster
2. to undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
1913 webster
3. to pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them
fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make
intricate; to involve.
1913 webster
what glory's due to him that could divide
such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
--waller.
1913 webster
the faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
raveled and entangled in weak discourses --jer.
taylor.
1913 webster
see also:
raveled ravelled raveling ravelling
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ravelled
see ravel
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