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embrangle
[ em-brang-guhl ]
/ ɛmˈbræŋ gəl /
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verb (used with object), em·bran·gled, em·bran·gling.
to embroil.
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Also imbrangle.
OTHER WORDS FROM embrangle
em·bran·gle·ment, nounWords nearby embrangle
embrace, embraceor, embracery, embracive, embranchment, embrangle, embrasure, embrittle, embrittlement, embrocate, embrocation
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How to use embrangle in a sentence
And therefore he is not worth to the world that I should embroil and embrangle myself in his interests.
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British Dictionary definitions for embrangle
embrangle
/ (ɪmˈbræŋɡəl) /
verb
(tr) rare to confuse or entangle
Derived forms of embrangle
embranglement, nounWord Origin for embrangle
C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1 + wrangle
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