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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ensnarl en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US)
  • ĕn-snärlʹ
  • /ɛnˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/
  • (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English snarl English ensnarl From en- + snarl.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ensnarling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ensnarls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ensnarled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ensnarled Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

entangle · snarl · imply · ensnarl · entangle · enmesh · ensnare · mat · involve · ensnare · ravel · tangle · foul · implicate · snarl