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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.
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Also immesh, inmesh.

Origin of enmesh

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

OTHER WORDS FROM enmesh

en·mesh·ment, noun
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Words related to enmesh

embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, implicate, snare, catch, hook, incriminate, net, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap, box in, draw in, lay for

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 of enmesh

enmeshment, noun
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