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entrammelled

entrammelled is the simple past and past participle of entrammel.

Meaning of entrammel

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

Words formed from entrammelled

Questions about entrammelled

What is entrammelled the simple past and past participle of?
Entrammelled is the simple past and past participle of entrammel.

Words near entrammelled in the dictionary

  1. entralles
  2. entrals
  3. entrammel
  4. entrammeled
  5. entrammeling
  6. entrammelled
  7. entrammelling
  8. entrammels
  9. entrance
  10. entrance exam
  11. entrance examination

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