untease

verb

untease

verb

Etymology From un- + tease.

1

To disentangle; to tease apart.

My purpose in this article is to untease that tangled web of philosophy and science which constitutes cognitive science.1989, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith:
This study made use of the stochasticity preserved by Monte Carlo methods to untease the different sources of synaptic variability.2002, Kevin M. Franks, A Monte Carlo Model of Synaptic Signaling, page 13:

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Her eyebrows reduced once more to smooth, perfect arcs above her deep-blue eyes, she took off the towel and started running her fingers through her wet hair to untease the knots before winding in the curlers.2012, Daphne Wright, The Parrot Cage, →ISBN:

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