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disinvolve

verb

Etymology

From dis- + involve.

  1. derived from *welH-✻ — “to turn; to wind (turn coils)”
  2. derived from involvō — “to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”
  3. derived from involvere
  4. derived from involver
  5. inherited from involven — “to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”
  6. prefixed as disinvolve — “dis + involve”

Definitions

  1. To uncover

    To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.

    • And for that second sense, it is indeed disinvolved of those former Difficulties
    • And for thee Creation universal calls aloud To disinvolve the moral world, and give To nature's renovation brighter charms.

  2. To terminate the involvement of.

    • Has the author processed his subject in such a way as to exclude, to pacify, to disinvolve the reader?

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