brangle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of brangle
First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps variant of branle
Example Sentences
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And the same frequency of acts, but less subtile by reason of the clearer vowel a, is indicated in jangle, tangle, spangle, mangle, wrangle, brangle, dangle; as also in mumble, grumble, jumble.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel
E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
The cause whie they haunte solitarie places, it is by reason, that they may affraie and brangle the more the faith of suche as them alone hauntes such places.
From Daemonologie. by James I, King of England
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