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▪ I. ensnaring, vbl. n.|ɛnˈsnɛərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. ensnare.
1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 97 All the Acts made before..for the ensnaring of the Subjects.
▪ II. enˈsnaring, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That ensnares, entraps.
1630R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. 174 Th' ensnaring Lawes let Crowes goe free, While simple Doves entangled bee. 1643Milton Divorce ii. xiv. (1851) 98 The debtor..flattered with insufficient and insnaring discharges. a1704T. Browne Satire Woman Wks. 1730 I. 56 Gay laughter now, then sighs, with an ensnaring tear. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 328 The insnaring seductions of the tap-room at the King's Head.
Hence enˈsnaringly adv., in an ensnaring manner.
1853Lynch Self-Improv. vi. 151 Till wisdom free us, we are insnaringly and slavishly dependent. |