enmesh
[en-mesh]
verb (used with object)
to catch, as in a net; entangle: He was enmeshed by financial difficulties.
Origin of enmesh
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Related Words for enmesh
entangle, embroil, ensnare, entrap, implicate, snare, hook, incriminate, trammel, snarl, trap, catch, net, tangleExamples from the Web for enmesh
Historical Examples of enmesh
He had no fear of the consequences of his attempt to enmesh Louise Treharne.
The EddyClarence L. Cullen
He was leading the way into a trap, long set, which was sure to enmesh its prey.
WunpostDane Coolidge
What misshapen gargantuan of nebulous formed flesh, hurls out its flood of darkness, the systems to enmesh.
Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940Ray Bradbury
I let my father do as he pleases; he daily seeks to enmesh me more and more in the affairs of the town, and I submit.
The Youth of GoethePeter Hume Brown
Both must appear sad and joyless in the extreme, and enmesh the beholder in blackest pessimism.
William BlakeCharles Gardner
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