transitive. To make (speech, language, its meaning, etc.) obscure or ambiguous; to complicate.

= involve, v.

To entangle (a matter), to render intricate.

transitive. To make (a matter, subject, issue, etc.) complicated and hence puzzling, doubtful, or difficult to deal with; to give an unnecessarily…

To put into the shape of a fold or succession of folds; formerly often figurative to render involved or intricate. Also reflexive and intransitive…

transitive. To make intricate or maze-like.

intransitive. To ravel. Also, to fasel out.

transitive. To entangle, make intricate, confuse.

transitive. To make (an issue, an explanation, etc.) puzzling or unclear, esp. intentionally; to complicate, obfuscate, confound; to muddle or…

transitive. To entangle; to confuse, perplex; to render incoherent or muddled. Also (occasionally) intransitive. In later use chiefly with up…

To entangle, involve; to cause to be entangled or involved, to implicate. Now rare.

To make complex or intricate (as by the introduction of other matter); to render involved or complex. Cf. complicated, adj. 3.

To wring out of place or shape, or so as to change the shape; esp. to force (a limb, etc.) round so as to sprain it; to wrench. to twist up, to…