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Rav"el (răv"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
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Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak.
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2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
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3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
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What glory's due to him that could divide
Such raveled interests? has the knot untied? Waller.
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The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses! Jer. Taylor.
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Rav"el, v. i. 1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
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2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.]
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Till, by their own perplexities involved,
They ravel more, still less resolved. Milton.
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3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. [Obs.]
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The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters. Sir W. Temple.
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