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embrangle

American  
[em-brang-guhl] / ɛmˈbræŋ gəl /

verb (used with object)

embrangled, embrangling

  1. to embroil.

embrangle British  
/ ɪmˈbræŋɡəl /

verb

  1. rare (tr) to confuse or entangle

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Other Word Forms

  • embranglement noun

Etymology

Origin of embrangle

1655–65; em- 1 + brangle (blend of brawl and wrangle )

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Embrangle, em-brang′gl, Imbrangle, im-, v.t. to confuse, perplex.—n.

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