extricate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō. Compare intricate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.stɹɪ.keɪt/ (UK, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.stɹɪˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛk.stɹəˌkeɪt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈek.stɹɪˌkæɪt/, /ˈek.stɹəˌkæɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈek.stɹəˌkæɪt/ === Verb === extricate (third-person singular simple present extricates, present participle extricating, simple past and past participle extricated) (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. Synonym: unthread (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity. 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two) Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === intricate === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “extricate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Latin == === Verb === extrīcāte second-person plural present active imperative of extrīcō