- embrangling
- v. confuse, perplex; embroil
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
embrangling
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embrangle — transitive verb ( gled; embrangling) Etymology: en + brangle (squabble) Date: 1664 embroil • embranglement noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
embrangle — embranglement, n. /em brang geuhl/, v.t., embrangled, embrangling. to embroil. Also, imbrangle. [1655 65; EM 1 + brangle (b. BRAWL and WRANGLE)] * * * … Universalium
embrangle — /ɛmˈbræŋgəl/ (say em brangguhl) verb (t) (embrangled, embrangling) Obsolete to confuse; entangle; perplex. Also, imbrangle. {em 1 + brangle (blend of brawl1 and wrangle) –embranglement, noun …
embrangle — [em braŋ′gəl, imbraŋ′gəl] vt. embrangled, embrangling [ EM (see EN 1) + dial. brangle, to wrangle, prob. var. of WRANGLE1, infl. ? by Fr branler, to confuse] to entangle; mix up; confuse; perplex embranglement n … English World dictionary
