insnare
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- insnarement noun
- insnarer noun
Example Sentences
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Nay, it is more apt to insnare because of the profession.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
False Orthography.—None ever went sadd from Fingal.—He rejoiced over his sonn.—Clonar lies bleeding on the bedd of death.—Many a trapp is set to insnare the feet of youth.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
"My enemy maun sen' for an ootlandish speech and a heathen tongue to insnare ane o' the brethren!"
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
We are soon alongside, and our captain boards her, to examine her 'papers' once again, and to insnare, if possible, our wily enemy.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 by Chambers, William
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