embrangle
[ em-brang-guh l ]
/ ɛmˈbræŋ gəl /
verb (used with object), em·bran·gled, em·bran·gling.
to embroil.
Nearby words
embrace, embraceor, embracery, embracive, embranchment, embrangle, embrasure, embrittle, embrittlement, embrocate, embrocation
Also imbrangle.
Related forms
em·bran·gle·ment, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for 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
/ (ɪmˈbræŋɡəl) /
verb
(tr) rare to confuse or entangle
Derived Forms
embranglement, nounWord Origin for embrangle
C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1 + wrangle
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