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attrap

attrap verb: to entrap; to ensnare.

Verb

attrap (third-person singular simple present attraps, present participle attrapping, simple past and past participle attrapped)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To entrap; to ensnare.
    • The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.1569, Richard Grafton, “Henrye the Fift”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye...

Forms of attrap

third-person singular presentattraps
present participleattrapping
past participleattrapped
pastattrapped

Origin of attrap

From French attraper (“to catch”).

Questions about attrap

What does attrap mean?
Attrap means to entrap; to ensnare.
What part of speech is attrap?
Attrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of attrap?
The past tense of attrap is attrapped.

Words near attrap in the dictionary

  1. attractors
  2. attracts
  3. attracts attention
  4. attrahent
  5. attrahents
  6. attrap
  7. attrapped
  8. attrapping
  9. attraps
  10. attrectation
  11. Attree

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