ensnarl

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

enPR: ĕn-snärlʹ, IPA^(key): /ɛn.ˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/
- (UK) [ɛn.ˈsnɑːɫ]
- (US) [ɛn.ˈsnɑɚ̯ɫ]
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Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l

Verb edit

ensnarl (third-person singular simple present ensnarls, present participle ensnarling, simple past and past participle ensnarled)

To entangle; to trap.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  They in awayt would closely him ensnarle, / Ere to his den he backward could recoyle, / And so would hope him easily to foyle.

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