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entrammel

entrammel verb: to hamper by entangling.

Verb

entrammel (third-person singular simple present entrammels, present participle (US) entrammeling or (UK) entrammelling, simple past and past participle (US) entrammeled or (UK) entrammelled)

  1. (transitive) To hamper by entangling.
    • The implicit theology of the Hebrew Bible dictates a complex moral and psychological realism in biblical narrative because God's purposes are always entrammeled in history, dependent on the acts of individual men and women for their continuing realization.1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 12

Forms of entrammel

third-person singular presententrammels
present participle USentrammeling
present participle UKentrammelling
past participle USentrammeled
past USentrammeled
past participle UKentrammelled
past UKentrammelled

Origin of entrammel

From en- + trammel.

Words formed from entrammel

Questions about entrammel

What does entrammel mean?
Entrammel means to hamper by entangling.
What part of speech is entrammel?
Entrammel is a verb.
What is the past tense of entrammel?
The past tense of entrammel is entrammeled.

Words near entrammel in the dictionary

  1. entrainment
  2. entrainments
  3. entrains
  4. entralles
  5. entrals
  6. entrammel
  7. entrammeled
  8. entrammeling
  9. entrammelled
  10. entrammelling
  11. entrammels

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