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betangles

betangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of betangle.

Meaning of betangle

Verb

betangle (third-person singular simple present betangles, present participle betangling, simple past and past participle betangled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber.
    • But it is plain to all of us, that that woman is betangling you more and more every day; she has got you in her tiles; she's a-weaning you one by one from all your good old friends, and won't allow you even a single hour to spend amongst us.1851, John Poole, Hablot Knight Browne, The Comic Miscellany, page 222

Questions about betangles

What is betangles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Betangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of betangle.

Words near betangles in the dictionary

  1. Betancurs
  2. betangle
  3. betangled
  4. betanglement
  5. betanglements
  6. betangles
  7. betangling
  8. betanidin
  9. betanidine
  10. betanin
  11. betanins

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