enmesh

[ en-mesh ]

/ ɛnˈmɛʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to catch, as in a net; entangle: He was enmeshed by financial difficulties.

Nearby words

enlisted woman, enlistee, enlistment, enliven, enmarble, enmesh, enmity, enna, ennage, ennea-, ennead

Also immesh, inmesh.

Origin of enmesh

First recorded in 1595–1605; en-¹ + mesh

Related forms

en·mesh·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for enmesh

He maintained his position, and was condemned to death as a traitor, under the law which had been framed expressly to enmesh him.
Ten Tudor Statesmen|Arthur D. Innes
If one man is to run a hedge round a pasture, the pasture must first be stripped of the rights of common which enmesh it.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney
All his anxiety was that Cesare should enmesh himself deep enough; and then—!
Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
He was leading the way into a trap, long set, which was sure to enmesh its prey.
Wunpost|Dane Coolidge

He had no fear of the consequences of his attempt to enmesh Louise Treharne.
The Eddy|Clarence L. Cullen

British Dictionary definitions for enmesh

enmesh

inmesh immesh

/ (ɪnˈmɛʃ) /

verb

(tr) to catch or involve in or as if in a net or snare; entangle

Derived Forms

enmeshment, noun

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enmesh

verb (used with object)

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Origin of enmesh

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Examples from the Web for enmesh

British Dictionary definitions for enmesh

enmesh

inmesh immesh

verb

Derived Forms