ENTANGLING

Verb

entangling

present participle of entangle

Noun

entangling (plural entanglings)

entanglement

Source: Wiktionary


ENTANGLE

En*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entangling.]

1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling alliances." Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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