01 v. t. 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 th…
imp. & p. p.
Entangled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Entangling
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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.
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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.“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.