embrangle

[em-brang-guh l]

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verb (used with object), em·bran·gled, em·bran·gling.

to embroil.

Also imbrangle.

Origin of embrangle

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

Related formsem·bran·gle·ment, noun

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Related Words for embrangle

entangle, mire, ensnare, involve, snarl, trouble, implicate

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Historical Examples of embrangle

And therefore he is not worth to the world that I should embroil and embrangle myself in his interests.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British Dictionary definitions for embrangle

embrangle

verb

(tr) rare to confuse or entangle

Derived Formsembranglement, noun

Word Origin for embrangle

C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1 + wrangle

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