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entrammelling

entrammelling is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about entrammelling

What is entrammelling the present participle and gerund of?
Entrammelling is the present participle and gerund of entrammel.

Words near entrammelling in the dictionary

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

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