Un*rav"el (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
1.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
2.
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
3.
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
"Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all
unraveled."
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.
Un*rav"el, v. i.
To become unraveled, in any sense.
© Webster 1913.