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ensnarling

ensnarling is the present participle and gerund of ensnarl.

Meaning of ensnarl

Verb

ensnarl (third-person singular simple present ensnarls, present participle ensnarling, simple past and past participle ensnarled)

  1. To entangle; to trap.
    • They in awayt would closely him ensnarle, / Ere to his den he backward could recoyle, / And so would hope him easily to foyle.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about ensnarling

What is ensnarling the present participle and gerund of?
Ensnarling is the present participle and gerund of ensnarl.

Words near ensnarling in the dictionary

  1. ensnareth
  2. ensnaring
  3. ensnaringly
  4. ensnarl
  5. ensnarled
  6. ensnarling
  7. ensnarls
  8. ENSO
  9. ensober
  10. ensobered
  11. ensobering

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