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entrapping

entrapping is the present participle and gerund of entrap.

Meaning of entrap

Verb

entrap (third-person singular simple present entraps, present participle entrapping, simple past and past participle entrapped)

  1. (transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
    • Then noble ſouldiers to intrap these theeues […]
      We haue our Cammels laden al with gold:
      Which you that be but common ſouldiers,
      Shall fling in euery corner of the field:
      And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp,
      You […] Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.

Words formed from entrapping

Questions about entrapping

What is entrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Entrapping is the present participle and gerund of entrap.

Words near entrapping in the dictionary

  1. entrapped
  2. entrapper
  3. entrappers
  4. entrappest
  5. entrappeth
  6. entrapping
  7. entrappingly
  8. entraps
  9. entraunce
  10. entraunces
  11. entre

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