† engluev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To fasten down or close with, or as with, glue. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > glue or stick down or shut
englue1393
seal1665
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 312 He sighe and redy fonde This coffre made and well englued.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxviii. 65 a And that theyr iyen by none yllusions Be not englued.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 108 But whan their mosels ben englued they may then caste nomore fyre ne venym.
b. To attach, connect closely. figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)]
yokea1400
engluec1430
entacha1500
connect1537
colligate1545
connex1547
commit1560
complect1578
copulate1669
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. xii. 159 a Euery surfet englued es to other And one misrule bringeth in an other.
2. To fix to the spot, as (a bird) with birdlime; hence, to ensnare, fascinate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
shrenchc897
beswike971
betrapa1000
bewindOE
undernimc1175
undertakec1175
bisayc1200
beguile?c1225
catchc1225
beginc1250
biwilea1275
tele?a1300
enginec1300
lime13..
umwrithea1340
engrin1340
oblige1340
belimec1350
enlacec1374
girnc1375
encumber138.
gnarec1380
enwrap1382
briguea1387
snarl1387
upbroid1387
trap1390
entrikea1393
englue1393
gildera1400
aguilec1400
betraisec1400
embrygec1400
snare1401
lacea1425
maska1425
begluec1430
marl1440
supprise?c1450
to prey ona1500
attrap1524
circumvene1526
entangle1526
tangle1526
entrap1531
mesh1532
embrake1542
crawl1548
illaqueate1548
intricate1548
inveigle1551
circumvent1553
felter1567
besnare1571
in trick1572
ensnare1576
overcatch1577
underfong1579
salt1580
entoil1581
comprehend1584
windlassa1586
folda1592
solicit1592
toil1592
bait1600
beset1600
engage1603
benet1604
imbrier1605
ambush1611
inknot1611
enmesha1616
trammela1616
fool1620
pinion1621
aucupate1630
fang1637
surprise1642
underreacha1652
trepan1656
ensnarl1658
stalk1659
irretiate1660
coil1748
nail1766
net1803
to rope in1840
mousetrap1870
spider1891
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 331 He hath my lady so engleued She woll nought that he be remeued.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxx. 66 b Deceit, that..Folkes englueth.
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