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entoil

entoil verb: to capture with, or as if with, toils or nets; to ensnare or catch out.

Verb

entoil (third-person singular simple present entoils, present participle entoiling, simple past and past participle entoiled)

  1. To capture with, or as if with, toils or nets; to ensnare or catch out.
    • It seem'd he never, never could redeem, / From such a stedfast spell his lady's eyes; / So mus'd awhile, entoiled in woofed phantasies.1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza XXXII, page...

Forms of entoil

third-person singular presententoils
present participleentoiling
past participleentoiled
pastentoiled

Origin of entoil

From en- + toil.

Questions about entoil

What does entoil mean?
Entoil means to capture with, or as if with, toils or nets; to ensnare or catch out.
What part of speech is entoil?
Entoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of entoil?
The past tense of entoil is entoiled.

Words near entoil in the dictionary

  1. entoglossal
  2. entognath
  3. entognathan
  4. entognathans
  5. entognaths
  6. entoil
  7. entoiled
  8. entoiling
  9. entoilment
  10. entoilments
  11. entoils

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