- ensnare
- en|snare [ ın`sner ] verb transitive FORMALif a bad situation ensnares someone, they are unable to escape from ita. to trick someone in an unpleasant way and get control of them
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Ensnare — En*snare , v. t. To catch in a snare. See {Insnare}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ensnare — I verb allure, ambuscade, ambush, apprehend, bait, bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, capere, capture, catch, catch unprepared, cheat, cozen, deceive, decoy, defraud, delude, dupe, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook … Law dictionary
ensnare — 1570s, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + SNARE (Cf. snare). Related: Ensnared; ensnaring … Etymology dictionary
ensnare — snare, entrap, trap, bag, *catch, capture Analogous words: *lure, entice, inveigle, decoy … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ensnare — [v] trap bag*, bat eyes at*, capture, catch, cheat, come on, deceive, decoy, embroil, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, hook, inveigle, lure, mislead, net, rope in, snag, snare, snarl, suck in*, tangle, trick; concepts 59,90 Ant. free, let go,… … New thesaurus
ensnare — ► VERB ▪ catch in or as in a trap. DERIVATIVES ensnarement noun … English terms dictionary
ensnare — [en sner′, insner′] vt. ensnared, ensnaring to catch in or as in a snare; trap ensnarement n … English World dictionary
ensnare — [[t]ɪnsne͟ə(r)[/t]] ensnares, ensnaring, ensnared 1) VERB If you ensnare someone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods. [V n] Feminism is simply another device to ensnare women... [V ed] We find ourselves… … English dictionary
ensnare — UK [ɪnˈsneə(r)] / US [ɪnˈsner] verb [transitive] Word forms ensnare : present tense I/you/we/they ensnare he/she/it ensnares present participle ensnaring past tense ensnared past participle ensnared formal 1) if a bad situation ensnares someone,… … English dictionary
ensnare — ensnarement, n. ensnarer, n. ensnaringly, adv. /en snair /, v.t., ensnared, ensnaring. to capture in, or involve as in, a snare: to be ensnared by lies; to ensnare birds. Also, insnare. [1585 95; EN 1 + SNARE1] Syn. entrap, entangle, enmesh. Ant … Universalium
ensnare — en|snare [ınˈsneə US ˈsner] v [T] 1.) formal to trap someone in an unpleasant or illegal situation, from which they cannot escape ensnare in ▪ Young girls were ensnared in prostitution rings. 2.) to catch an animal in a trap … Dictionary of contemporary English
