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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr & vb n. {Entangling}.] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. ``Entangling alliances.'' --Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. --Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. --Froude. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: entangled adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs" [syn: {embroiled}] 2: twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite" 3: involved in difficulties
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