EMBROILS

Verb

embroils

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroil

Source: Wiktionary


EMBROIL

Em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] Etym: [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]

1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with Addison.

Syn.

– To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Em*broil", n.

Definition: See Embroilment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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