transitive. To put a stumbling-block in the way of; to overthrow; to entrap; to deceive.

transitive. To betray, cheat, deceive.

transitive. To catch in a trap, entrap, ensnare, circumvent, enclose.

figurative.

To take or catch, esp. secretly or unawares; to surprise.

To take by craft, to entrap; to overtake, seize upon. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause to fall or stumble, to entrap.

transitive. To entangle or over-reach with guile; to delude, deceive, cheat.

transitive. figurative. To lead or entice (a person) into an undesirable situation, esp. by means of trickery or deception; to deceive, dupe…

transitive. To entrap, ensnare.

transitive. To overcome with wiles, ensnare, beguile.

transitive. To deceive, entrap.

transitive. To trick or deceive; to ensnare; to seduce, entice. Obsolete.

To catch with birdlime. Often figurative.

to wind round, entwine.

transitive. To ensnare.

transitive. To make (a person) subject or liable to (or til) a bond, penalty, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To entangle with or as with birdlime. Also figurative.

transitive. To lace about, encircle tightly with many folds or coils. Also figurative.

transitive. figurative. To ensnare. Obsolete.

To engage, involve, entangle in. Obsolete.

transitive. To choke, strangle. Also, to snare, entrap.

figurative. To involve, implicate, entangle (in danger, guilt, suffering); to involve in a common fate with another. Obsolete.

transitive. To ensnare, trap, or beguile (a person).

figurative. To ensnare, entangle, entrap.

transitive. To entangle.

figurative.

transitive. To entangle (literal and figurative); to ensnare, entrap, beguile.

To fix to the spot, as (a bird) with birdlime; hence, to ensnare, fascinate.

transitive. To catch in a snare. Chiefly figurative.

transitive. To entrap, deceive.

To seize or entrap (the unsuspecting).

transitive. To entrap, entangle, embroil (a person). Cf. brigue, v. 1.

figurative. To entangle, entrap.

transitive. To capture or bind with a chain or cord; to entangle, entrap, ensnare (figurative in quots.). Obsolete.

transitive. To mesh or enmesh in a net. Occasionally used intransitively (in quot. 1896: to admit of being netted). Also figurative.

? To ensnare, delude, cheat. (But there may be some error in the quotation; or is it = illusi from glewen to play?)

transitive. To catch in a snare, put in a noose, entangle.

transitive. To come upon (a person) unexpectedly; to catch unawares or off guard. Esp. of a military force: to attack suddenly or without…

to prey on, to prey upon. intransitive. Of an animal: to seize, kill, or hunt habitually as prey. Also in extended use. Also †to prey of.

To catch in, or as in, a trap; to entrap.

By-form of circumvent, v.: chiefly Scottish.

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

To catch and hold fast in or as in a net or snare; to entrap. Chiefly, in early use always, figurative.

transitive. To catch in a trap or as if in a trap; to prevent from escaping; = trap, v.1 1.

transitive. To entangle as if in a net; to involve inextricably.

transitive. To lead into a brake or snare, entangle.

To entangle.

transitive. To catch as in a noose; to ensnare, entrap, entangle.

To entangle or ensnare (an animal or person); to involve in toils; to embarrass, perplex.

To entrap, ensnare, entangle. Obsolete.

transitive. To surround or encompass by hostile stratagem, esp. so as to cut off or capture. Now chiefly of hunted animals, etc., in which use it…

transitive. To entangle or catch as in a net. Of a garment: To cling about, encumber. Cf. falter, v.2

transitive. To take in a snare, to entrap.

Heraldry. A sketch in pen and ink of a coat of arms; in trick, sketched in pen and ink. (Perhaps a different word: see trick, v.)

transitive. To catch (animals, etc.) in a snare; to snare, v. Chiefly transferred and figurative to entangle (persons) in difficulties; to entrap…

transitive. To catch out, deceive, outwit. Obsolete.

To seduce, entrap, overcome.

Proverbial and allusive uses. In allusions to the jocular advice given to children to catch birds by putting salt on their tails.

transitive. To bring into toils or snares; to entrap, ensnare. Chiefly figurative.

transitive. To lay hold of, to seize, to grasp; to ‘catch’, entrap. Obsolete.

transitive (figurative) To decoy or ensnare.

To wrap or entangle in a snare. Obsolete.

To incite, draw on, allure, by some specious representation or argument. (Cf. 5b.)

transitive. To trap or enclose in a toil; to drive (game) into a toil. Also figurative: to entrap, entangle. Obsolete.

To offer bait to; to allure, entice, tempt.

To set or station themselves round, to surround with hostile intent. To circumvent, entrap, catch. Obsolete.

In physical senses. To entangle, e.g. in a snare or net, in a bog. Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To catch in a net, ensnare, entangle. Usually figurative.

transitive. To entangle as among briers.

transitive. To cover with bushes; to entangle. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. (a) To include in or with a knot; to tie in. (b) = innodate, v.

transitive. To surround with meshes; to catch or entangle in, or as in, a net. Also of the net, and figurative.

figurative. To entangle or fasten up as in a trammel.

transitive. To cheat or swindle (a person) out of something; to dupe or lure (a person) into something unpleasant or undesirable (with the result…

In extended use. transitive. To bind, restrict, or trap, esp. mentally.

literal. To go a bird-catching; figurative (as in Latin) to lie in wait for, hunt after, gain by craft.

To catch (fish); to take in a snare. Also fig. Obs. exc. arch.

To implicate or ensnare (a person) as by a sudden proposal or disclosure. Obsolete.

To entrap or defraud by stealth. rare.

transitive. To catch in a trap; to entrap, ensnare, beguile.

transitive. To catch or entangle in, or as in, a ‘snarl’ or ravelled knot. Also figurative.

transitive ? To involve by cunning devices, inveigle. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To catch as in a net; to ensnare, entrap.

To enfold in a coil, ensnare. rare.

To catch, capture, to secure. transitive. To catch (a person) in some fix or difficulty; to put on the spot; to face with the consequences of an…

transitive. To take, catch, capture, or to gather in as with a net.

transitive. To ensnare, to lure or decoy (a criminal's victim); to take (a person) into custody. Also intransitive: to ensnare or decoy a person.

transitive. To entrap as in a mousetrap; to deceive or fool (a person, etc.); to entice (a person) to destruction or defeat. Also intransitive.

transitive. To catch or entrap after the manner of the spider.