attrap

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English

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Etymology 1

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From French attraper (to catch).

Verb

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attrap (third-person singular simple present attraps, present participle attrapping, simple past and past participle attrapped)

  1. (transitive) To entrap; to ensnare.

Etymology 2

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From ad- +‎ trap.

Verb

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attrap (third-person singular simple present attraps, present participle attrapping, simple past and past participle attrapped)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn with trappings; to dress or array.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for attrap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)