ensnare

English

Alternative forms

• insnare

Etymology

From en- +‎ snare.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Verb

ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares, present participle ensnaring, simple past and past participle ensnared)

1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
   • 2005: Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 250d-e,

     When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?

2. To entangle; to enmesh.

Related terms

• snare

Translations

To snare, to catch through a snare or trap

Bulgarian: впримчвам (bg) Czech: chytit do pasti (cs) French: piéger (fr)

Hungarian: tőrbe csal (hu) Portuguese: engodar – v. Scottish Gaelic: rib (gd)

To entangle

French: empêtrer (fr)

Portuguese: emaranhar – v.; enredar