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entoiling

entoiling is the present participle and gerund 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 entoiling

What is entoiling the present participle and gerund of?
Entoiling is the present participle and gerund of entoil.

Words near entoiling in the dictionary

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

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