† immazev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To involve in something intricate or bewildering; to entangle in a situation from which escape is difficult.
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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
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 73 Conceit of loue..will immaze a perplexed wretch in a thousand extremes.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 21 The..Planters..had immazed themselves in the most intolerable confusions and inextricable thraldomes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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