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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ravel/ˈravl/

▶verb (ravels, ravelling, ravelled; US ravels, raveling, raveled)

1 (ravel something out) untangle something.

2 unravel; fray.

3 confuse or complicate (a question or situation).

▶noun a tangle or cluster.

– origin ME: prob. from Du. ravelen ‘fray out, tangle’.

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