insnare

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From in- +‎ snare.

Verb[edit]

insnare (third-person singular simple present insnares, present participle insnaring, simple past and past participle insnared)

  1. Alternative spelling of ensnare
    • 1730, James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 160, lines 1289–1292:
      Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!

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