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entoiled

entoiled is the simple past and past participle of entoil.

Meaning of entoil

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...

Questions about entoiled

What is entoiled the simple past and past participle of?
Entoiled is the simple past and past participle of entoil.

Words near entoiled in the dictionary

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

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