verb
Meaning 1
To solve (a puzzle); to work out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 2010, Jill Kriegel (2010), commentary on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens It is no ordinary paradox Dickens has set himself to unpuzzle here. The whispered truth behind every syllable of the human story is the staggering fact that finite man should find himself endowed with infinite expectations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: puzzle out, resolve, unriddle, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate, ravel, reason out, riddle, sleuth, solve, tease out, think out, unpuzzle, unravel, unsolve, upsolve, work out, Any from Thesaurus:untangle
Antonyms: none provided