entangle

Verb
Synonyms: miretanglematsnarl

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. entrap“Our people should not be mired in the past”Synonyms: mire
  2. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass“The child entangled the cord”Synonyms: tanglematsnarl
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain.— Froude.[1913 Webster]
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