untease

English

Etymology

un- +‎ tease

Verb

untease (third-person singular simple present unteases, present participle unteasing, simple past and past participle unteased)

1. To disentangle; to tease apart.
   • 1989, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith:

     My purpose in this article is to untease that tangled web of philosophy and science which constitutes cognitive science.

   • 2002, Kevin M. Franks, A Monte Carlo Model of Synaptic Signaling, page 13:

     This study made use of the stochasticity preserved by Monte Carlo methods to untease the different sources of synaptic variability.

   • 2012, Daphne Wright, The Parrot Cage, →ISBN:

     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.