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attrapped

attrapped is the simple past and past participle of attrap.

Meaning of attrap

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...

Questions about attrapped

What is attrapped the simple past and past participle of?
Attrapped is the simple past and past participle of attrap.

Words near attrapped in the dictionary

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

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