embrangle

[em-brang-guhl]

verb (used with object)

embrangled, embrangling 

1. to embroil.

embrangle

/ ɪmˈbræŋɡəl /

verb

1. rare,  (tr) to confuse or entangle

Other Word Forms

• embranglement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of embrangle¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of embrangle¹

C17: from _em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of _brawl ¹ + _wrangle

Example Sentences

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

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The crowning insult was that the investigation threatened to embrangle Edward's brother-in-law, the playboy Duke of Argyll, in a homosexual scandal.

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