ENSNARE

trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”

ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap; “I was set up!”; “The innocent man was framed by the police”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares, present participle ensnaring, simple past and past participle ensnared)

To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.

To entangle; to enmesh.

Anagrams

• rennase

Source: Wiktionary


En*snare", v. t.

Definition: To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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