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▪ I. enˈtangling, vbl. n.
[f. entangle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb entangle.
1573–80Baret Alv. I 199 An intangling, a wrapping, or folding in. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Embaraço, let, stop, entangling. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Irene Wks. 170 Anxious entangling and perplexing of consciences. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. Disc. viii. §41. 83 The implication and intanglings of ten thousand thoughts. 1754Richardson Grandison, This entangling with all its painful consequences.
▪ II. entangling, ppl. a.|ɛnˈtæŋglɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That entangles.
a1628Sir J. Beaumont Poems, Dial. betw. World, Pilgr., & Vertue, My paces with intangling briers are bound. 1636Destr. Troy 210 Then him..They seiz'd, and with intangling folds imbrac'd His neck. 1735Somerville Chase iii. 42 Thick with entangling Grass, or prickly Furze. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 47 Escaped from an entangling wilderness. 1884Chr. World 12 June 433/1 Entangling alliances with foreign nations are to be avoided.
Hence enˈtanglingly, adv., in an entangling manner.
1878Scribn. Mag. XVI. 38/1 The rest of the road presented..deeper bogs, and more entanglingly strewn rocks. |