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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Insnare  \In*snare"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Insnared};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Insnaring}.]  [Written  also  ensnare.] 
  1.  To  catch  in  a  snare;  to  entrap;  to  take  by  artificial 
  means  ``Insnare  a  gudgeon.''  --Fenton. 
 
  2.  To  take  by  wiles,  stratagem,  or  deceit;  to  involve  in 
  difficulties  or  perplexities;  to  seduce  by  artifice;  to 
  inveigle;  to  allure;  to  entangle. 
 
  The  insnaring  charms  Of  love's  soft  queen.  --Glover. 

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