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View synonyms for embrangle

embrangle

[ em-brang-guhl ]

verb (used with object)

, em·bran·gled, em·bran·gling.
  1. to embroil.


embrangle

/ ɪmˈbræŋɡəl /

verb

  1. rare.
    tr to confuse or entangle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • emˈbranglement, noun
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Other Words From

  • em·brangle·ment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

1655–65; em- 1 + brangle (blend of brawl and wrangle )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1+ wrangle
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Example Sentences

And therefore he is not worth to the world that I should embroil and embrangle myself in his interests.

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