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▪ I. enˈtrapping, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. entrap; † also the means of entrapping, a device, stratagem, wile.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. Pref., When he nothyng preuailed, he turned to suttle entrappynges. 1584D. Powel Lloyd's Cambria 19 They durst not persue the Welsh to the Mountaines for feare of Intrapping. 1594Carew Tasso (1881) 45 Sweete things to heare, entrappings very sweet. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 316 marg., A notable stratagem of Scanderbeg for the intrapping of his enemies.
▪ II. enˈtrapping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That entraps. Of questions, etc.: Adapted to entrap. Hence enˈtrappingly adv., so as to entrap.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. v. ii, I have an entrapping question or two more, To put unto them. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1738 I. 103 The hurt that might be done among the weaker by the intrapping Authority of great Names titled to false opinions. 1856R. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 282 note, Wrong terms and entrapping questions. 1857W. Collins Dead Secret (1861) 31 Innovating young recruits in the Church army might entrappingly open the Thirty-nine Articles under his very nose. |