entanglev.

/ɛnˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s entangel, 1500s–1700s intangle.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + tangle n.², tangle v.¹(The primary reference may have been to boats or oars caught in ‘tangle’ or seaweed (this being the original sense of the noun), but the wider sense appears in our earliest quots.)

I. To catch or impede with a tangle.

a. transitive. To involve, impede, cause to stick fast in coils, network, or anything ‘tangled’ or interlaced. Hence in wider sense: To involve in surroundings that impede movement, or from which extrication is difficult.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > render motionless > by hampering or entangling

cumber1487

tangle1511

poister1523

entangle1533

clog1583

tie1598

flag1622

stick1635

impester1653

felter1768

hamper1804

mire1889

α.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 16 Attemptinge to goo throwgh the grasse and herbes, they were soo entangled and bewrapte therin.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 157^v In them [the quicke sandes] many shyppes are entangled.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 213 One of the greatest Ships..entangled with another Ships Cables.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 42. ¶1 Lest she should entangle her Feet in her Petticoat.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iii. 205 Being entangled in the ropes in leaping down.

1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xxi. 115 All these Particles of Matter must be broken where-ever they are..intangled with those that join to them.

1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 225 Entangled in the gathering ice.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. x. 316 If any of them should..be intangled in the mud.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 236 A vessell entangled in the whirlpools.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 229/1 Agaric and sponge entangled the blood and retained a coagulum on the spot.

β. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Ki^v For anone ye shall see hym so intaungled in bryars that he shall not wete where to become.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li/1 Intangil, illaqueare.1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lxi. 403 Sheepe..loosing some of their locks of wooll vpon the hedges..poore bees now and then become intangled therein.

b. esp. To catch or hold fast in a snare or net; to ensnare. Also figurative.

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

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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

α.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 741 The Deuill is wont with such witchcrafts, to wrap and entangle the myndes of men.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. 23 He will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 139. ⁋1 The Snares in which France has entangled all her Neighbours.

1773 E. Burke Speech on Toleration Bill in Writings & Speeches (1981) II. 386 Nets that entangle the poor fluttering silken wings of a tender conscience.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 148 Entangled in the meshes of political parties.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 40 Saturnian Jove hath in an evil net Entangled me most cruelly.

β. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Miii Intriked or intangled in the affection or loue of worldely goodes and honours.1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 287 They intangle themselves in the same webbes of woe.1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxii. 15. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxv Be not here intangled by The too great Lustre that beguiles your eye.

c. transferred. To involve in intricate paths or among obstacles; also figurative with reference to a metaphorical ‘maze’ or ‘labyrinth’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > remain in (a place) > prevent from leaving by engaging or trapping

entangle1611

fix1668

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding

shrenchc897

beswapec980

taglea1340

tanglea1340

gyve1377

encumber138.

engleimc1400

wrapc1412

involvec1440

fetter1526

mesh1532

crawl1548

felter1567

to tie up1570

in trick1572

ensnarl1593

entrammel1598

engage1603

casta1605

imbrier1605

weave1620

immaze1631

trammel1727

enchain1751

entangle1790

enmesh1822

in mesh1875

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xiv. 3 They are intangled in the land, the wildernesse hath shut them in.

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 173 That Labyrinth wherein they are like to intangle and lose themselves.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 98 Our Madagascar Ship was..entangled among Rocks and Currents.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 29 Entangled in the mazes of metaphysic sophistry.

1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 122 You get entangled in another man's mind, even as you lose yourself in another man's grounds.

1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. i. 84 The Spanish commander became entangled in the defiles of the mountains.

†d. intransitive. To become entangled. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (intransitive)] > become tangled

snarl1600

entangle1628

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > be arrested or intercepted in progress > by entangling

stickeOE

mesh1565

snarl1600

entangle1628

1628 A. Cowley Piramus & Thisbe iv A Bird..By struggling more entangles in the Gin.

a1673 Horton in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. xciv. 19 Boughs usually catch, and intangle one in another.

a. figurative. To involve in difficulties; to engage (a person) in undertakings, quarrels, etc., from which it is difficult to withdraw; to embarrass, hamper; to involve in mental difficulties, perplex, bewilder. Formerly also absol. †to cause entanglements.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

abobc1330

confusec1350

confoundc1374

cumbera1375

passc1384

maskerc1400

mopc1425

enose1430

manga1450

overmusec1460

perplex1477

maze1482

enmuse1502

ruffle?a1505

unsteady1532

entangle1540

duddle1548

intricate1548

distraught1579

distract1582

mizzle1583

moider1587

amuse1595

mist1598

bepuzzle1599

gravel1601

plunder1601

puzzle1603

intrigue1612

vexa1613

metagrobolize?a1616

befumea1618

fuddle1617

crucify1621

bumfiddlea1625

implicate1625

giddify1628

wilder1642

buzzlea1644

empuzzle1646

dunce1649

addle1652

meander1652

emberlucock1653

flounder1654

study1654

disorient1655

embarrass?1656

essome1660

embrangle1664

jumble1668

dunt1672

muse1673

clutter1685

emblustricate1693

fluster1720

disorientate1728

obfuscate1729

fickle1736

flustrate1797

unharmonize1797

mystify1806

maffle1811

boggle1835

unballast1836

stomber1841

throw1844

serpentine1850

unbalance1856

tickle1865

fog1872

bumfuzzle1878

wander1897

to put off1909

defeat1914

dither1919

befuddle1926

ungear1931

to screw up1941

α.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 38 §1 The vsurped power of the Byshoppe of Rome hath always entangled and troubled to the mere iurisdiction and regall power of this realme.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 83 I fynde my wytte more entangeled in the description hereof.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 48 Yea, very force entangles It selfe with strength.

1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 410 The others were entangled still in some Difficulty or other.

1798 Ld. Nelson 25 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 159 You will..not entangle yourself by undertaking to embark the troops for France.

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) viii. 87 Getting entangled in a complimentary speech.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 52 The Pope..had endeavoured to entangle his nephew in the conspiracy.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. xviii. 462 He was long entangled in Electrochemistry.

β. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1892/1 He might intangle hymself, but should do his brother no good.1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxii. sig. E Intestine strife, of force, The apt-diuided state intangle would.1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) i. 20 This is rather a flight of Metaphisicks that intangles one, than a plain and full conviction.1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 22. ⁋5 Intangled in consequences which she could not foresee.

†b. To bind by embarrassing engagements to another person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] > bind to a person or thing by ties of duty > embarrassingly

entangle1620

1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 106 A Prodigall..is so entangled to other men, that hee is neuer master of himselfe.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 331 Not being intangled to wife and children, etc.

c. To involve (a person) in compromising relations with another. Cf. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > love affair > have a love affair [verb (transitive)] > involve in compromising relations with

entangle1888

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. i. 19 He..became entangled with a lady whose looks were much better than her morals.

1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors iii. 33 She could never have become entangled with him.

†d. To encumber (land, an estate). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > encumber (land) with debt

to lay in (also to) mortgagea1393

mortgage1469

entangle1601

encumbera1640

bond1883

1601–2 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 63 The partie morgaging, incumbring, entangling, or aliening the land.

1616 Sir R. Dudley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 16 My Estate in England is entangled, partly by a suite in the Chauncery.

II. To make tangled or intricate.

a. To make tangled; to twist, interlace, or mix up in such a manner that a separation cannot easily be made.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)]

windc1315

harlc1400

snarlc1440

tangle1530

ravela1540

crawl1548

entangle1555

intertangle1589

enroot1600

impester1601

fasel1636

perplex1642

fankle1724

warple1768

hankle1781

intertwist1797

taffle1840

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 16^v The sea was euery where entangeled with Ilandes.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 162 The formes of their letters are..muche more crooked and entangeled.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 199 They have not so soone clasped and intangled it [the trunke] with their taile, but they set their venomous teeth in the Elephants eare.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 763 Entangl'd with a poysnous bosom snake.

1713 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (1742) i. 50 The spirituous Parts are more entangled, and kept from making their Escape.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 212 The flakes were composed of these exquisite [snow] blossoms entangled together.

b. figurative. To render (a subject, etc.) complicated or intricate; to complicate with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex

perplex1547

encumber1561

intricate1564

impester1601

daedalizea1618

entangle1672

intriguea1677

embarrass1684

complicate1832

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 104 He had intangled the matter of Conscience with the Magistrates Power.

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 269 Your Scholars..rather intangle and perplex Councils than clear them.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. v. 212 The Question..was intangled with many others.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 106 Two other circumstances which entangled this mystery.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxviii. 481 The story is entangled with legends.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	entangle
释义	entanglev. /ɛnˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s entangel, 1500s–1700s intangle. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + tangle n.², tangle v.¹(The primary reference may have been to boats or oars caught in ‘tangle’ or seaweed (this being the original sense of the noun), but the wider sense appears in our earliest quots.) I. To catch or impede with a tangle. 1. a. transitive. To involve, impede, cause to stick fast in coils, network, or anything ‘tangled’ or interlaced. Hence in wider sense: To involve in surroundings that impede movement, or from which extrication is difficult. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > render motionless > by hampering or entangling cumber1487 tangle1511 poister1523 entangle1533 clog1583 tie1598 flag1622 stick1635 impester1653 felter1768 hamper1804 mire1889 α. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 16 Attemptinge to goo throwgh the grasse and herbes, they were soo entangled and bewrapte therin. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 157^v In them [the quicke sandes] many shyppes are entangled. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 213 One of the greatest Ships..entangled with another Ships Cables. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 42. ¶1 Lest she should entangle her Feet in her Petticoat. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iii. 205 Being entangled in the ropes in leaping down. 1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xxi. 115 All these Particles of Matter must be broken where-ever they are..intangled with those that join to them. 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 225 Entangled in the gathering ice. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. x. 316 If any of them should..be intangled in the mud. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 236 A vessell entangled in the whirlpools. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 229/1 Agaric and sponge entangled the blood and retained a coagulum on the spot. β. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Ki^v For anone ye shall see hym so intaungled in bryars that he shall not wete where to become.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li/1 Intangil, illaqueare.1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lxi. 403 Sheepe..loosing some of their locks of wooll vpon the hedges..poore bees now and then become intangled therein. b. esp. To catch or hold fast in a snare or net; to ensnare. Also figurative. 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 α. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 741 The Deuill is wont with such witchcrafts, to wrap and entangle the myndes of men. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. 23 He will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 139. ⁋1 The Snares in which France has entangled all her Neighbours. 1773 E. Burke Speech on Toleration Bill in Writings & Speeches (1981) II. 386 Nets that entangle the poor fluttering silken wings of a tender conscience. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 148 Entangled in the meshes of political parties. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 40 Saturnian Jove hath in an evil net Entangled me most cruelly. β. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Miii Intriked or intangled in the affection or loue of worldely goodes and honours.1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 287 They intangle themselves in the same webbes of woe.1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxii. 15. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxv Be not here intangled by The too great Lustre that beguiles your eye. c. transferred. To involve in intricate paths or among obstacles; also figurative with reference to a metaphorical ‘maze’ or ‘labyrinth’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > remain in (a place) > prevent from leaving by engaging or trapping entangle1611 fix1668 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding shrenchc897 beswapec980 taglea1340 tanglea1340 gyve1377 encumber138. engleimc1400 wrapc1412 involvec1440 fetter1526 mesh1532 crawl1548 felter1567 to tie up1570 in trick1572 ensnarl1593 entrammel1598 engage1603 casta1605 imbrier1605 weave1620 immaze1631 trammel1727 enchain1751 entangle1790 enmesh1822 in mesh1875 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xiv. 3 They are intangled in the land, the wildernesse hath shut them in. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 173 That Labyrinth wherein they are like to intangle and lose themselves. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 98 Our Madagascar Ship was..entangled among Rocks and Currents. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 29 Entangled in the mazes of metaphysic sophistry. View more context for this quotation 1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 122 You get entangled in another man's mind, even as you lose yourself in another man's grounds. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. i. 84 The Spanish commander became entangled in the defiles of the mountains. †d. intransitive. To become entangled. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (intransitive)] > become tangled snarl1600 entangle1628 the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > be arrested or intercepted in progress > by entangling stickeOE mesh1565 snarl1600 entangle1628 1628 A. Cowley Piramus & Thisbe iv A Bird..By struggling more entangles in the Gin. a1673 Horton in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. xciv. 19 Boughs usually catch, and intangle one in another. 2. a. figurative. To involve in difficulties; to engage (a person) in undertakings, quarrels, etc., from which it is difficult to withdraw; to embarrass, hamper; to involve in mental difficulties, perplex, bewilder. Formerly also absol. †to cause entanglements. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 α. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 38 §1 The vsurped power of the Byshoppe of Rome hath always entangled and troubled to the mere iurisdiction and regall power of this realme. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 83 I fynde my wytte more entangeled in the description hereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 48 Yea, very force entangles It selfe with strength. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 410 The others were entangled still in some Difficulty or other. 1798 Ld. Nelson 25 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 159 You will..not entangle yourself by undertaking to embark the troops for France. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) viii. 87 Getting entangled in a complimentary speech. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 52 The Pope..had endeavoured to entangle his nephew in the conspiracy. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. xviii. 462 He was long entangled in Electrochemistry. β. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1892/1 He might intangle hymself, but should do his brother no good.1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxii. sig. E Intestine strife, of force, The apt-diuided state intangle would.1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) i. 20 This is rather a flight of Metaphisicks that intangles one, than a plain and full conviction.1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 22. ⁋5 Intangled in consequences which she could not foresee. †b. To bind by embarrassing engagements to another person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] > bind to a person or thing by ties of duty > embarrassingly entangle1620 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 106 A Prodigall..is so entangled to other men, that hee is neuer master of himselfe. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 331 Not being intangled to wife and children, etc. c. To involve (a person) in compromising relations with another. Cf. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > have a love affair [verb (transitive)] > involve in compromising relations with entangle1888 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. i. 19 He..became entangled with a lady whose looks were much better than her morals. 1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors iii. 33 She could never have become entangled with him. †d. To encumber (land, an estate). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > encumber (land) with debt to lay in (also to) mortgagea1393 mortgage1469 entangle1601 encumbera1640 bond1883 1601–2 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 63 The partie morgaging, incumbring, entangling, or aliening the land. 1616 Sir R. Dudley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 16 My Estate in England is entangled, partly by a suite in the Chauncery. II. To make tangled or intricate. 3. a. To make tangled; to twist, interlace, or mix up in such a manner that a separation cannot easily be made. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)] windc1315 harlc1400 snarlc1440 tangle1530 ravela1540 crawl1548 entangle1555 intertangle1589 enroot1600 impester1601 fasel1636 perplex1642 fankle1724 warple1768 hankle1781 intertwist1797 taffle1840 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 16^v The sea was euery where entangeled with Ilandes. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 162 The formes of their letters are..muche more crooked and entangeled. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 199 They have not so soone clasped and intangled it [the trunke] with their taile, but they set their venomous teeth in the Elephants eare. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 763 Entangl'd with a poysnous bosom snake. View more context for this quotation 1713 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (1742) i. 50 The spirituous Parts are more entangled, and kept from making their Escape. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 212 The flakes were composed of these exquisite [snow] blossoms entangled together. b. figurative. To render (a subject, etc.) complicated or intricate; to complicate with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex perplex1547 encumber1561 intricate1564 impester1601 daedalizea1618 entangle1672 intriguea1677 embarrass1684 complicate1832 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 104 He had intangled the matter of Conscience with the Magistrates Power. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 269 Your Scholars..rather intangle and perplex Councils than clear them. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. v. 212 The Question..was intangled with many others. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 106 Two other circumstances which entangled this mystery. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxviii. 481 The story is entangled with legends. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1526
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