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extricate
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WordNet
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v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: untangle , disentangle , disencumber ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Latin extricatus , past participle of extricare "disentangle," figuratively "clear up, unravel," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances," which is of unknown origin. Related: Extricated ; extricating .
Wiktionary
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vb. 1 (context transitive English) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. 2 (context rare English) To free from intricacy or perplexity
Wikipedia
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Extricate is a 1990 album (12th) by post-punk band The Fall . It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced guitarist Brix Smith . Brix's departure helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and relatively pop-oriented ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB try ▪ And it didn't help to have that idiot Kegan see what he bad done and try to extricate him. ▪ A complicated story unfolds, with Mitchum desperately trying to extricate himself from the trap. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extricate \Ex"tri*cate\ ([e^]ks"tr[i^]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated ([e^]ks"tr[i^]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Extricating ([e^]ks"tr[i^]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, ...
Usage examples of extricate.
How am I to extricate my antitypal characters, when their living types have not yet extricated themselves?
But for him our paranoic friend might have plunged us into something from which we could never have extricated ourselves.
So spoke Master Prout, with a twinkle of the eye at the Knight, on account of the good thing which he fancied he had said, and the woman lost no time in extricating herself from durance.
He found her recumbent and had to extricate her feet from under a beam.
How to extricate himself from the dilemma in which he was placed, Lord Roos scarcely knew.
Once I made the sennit quiet down, Rori waded into the mess to try and extricate me.
I put the pistol into my pocket and helped extricate the broad shoulders of Stok from the coffin.
The barboy tried to extricate himself quickly from the group but they all got a good feel before he was able to.
For the furtherment of your craftwork I have taken it upon myself to extricate you from an unfortunate situation.
But, in order to form a clear idea of these events, of the situation of his Prussian majesty, and of the steps he took to defeat the designs of his antagonists, and extricate himself from his great and numerous distresses, it will be proper now to take a view of the several transactions of his enemies, as well during his stay in Bohemia, as from the time of his leaving it, down to that which we are now speaking of.
In the midst of the lesson the real Basilio comes to meet his appointment, and there is a moment of confusion for the plotters, out of which Figaro extricates them by persuading Basilio that he is sick of a raging fever, and must go instantly home, Almaviva adding a convincing argument in the shape of a generously lined purse.
It is astonishing with what dexterity Guy Flouncey could extricate himself from the jaws of a friend, who, captivated by his thoughtless candour and ostentatiously good heart, might be induced to request Mr.
Lenz had, freakishly enough, ended up her human pinballing with her bare and unspeakably huge backside wedged tight in the open window of the potty, so forcefully ensconced into the recesstacle that she was unable to extricate, and the bus continued on its northward sojourn the rest of the way up 24 with Mrs.
Even after the sounds died away, and the scattering of slaves, freedwomen, and free colored came out onto the veranda to revive themselves on coffee and biscuits, it was another three-quarters of an hour until Dunk could extricate himself from his white admirers and gesture January into a small parlor where they would not be disturbed.
Heidi had now extricated herself from the goats and she ran back to Clara.