Unravel, v. t. — Webster enters it under “unravel”
Etymology: [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." Dryden.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Unravel, v. i.
To become unraveled, in any sense.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists unraveled only as an antonym, under complex.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given