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entrammels

entrammels is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 entrammels

What is entrammels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Entrammels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entrammel.

Words near entrammels in the dictionary

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

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