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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extricate \Ex"tri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extricated}; p.
pr & vb n. {Extricating}.] [L. extricatus p. p. of
extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments,
perplexities. Cf {Intricate}.]
1. To free as from difficulties or perplexities; to
disentangle; to disembarrass; as to extricate a person
from debt, peril, etc
We had now extricated ourselves from the various
labyrinths and defiles. --Eustance.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as to extricate heat
or moisture.
Syn: To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve;
evolve; set free liberate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
extricate
v : release from entanglement of difficulty; "i cannot extricate
myself from this task" [syn: {untangle}, {disentangle}, {disencumber}]
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