enmeshemmeshimmeshv.
/ᵻnˈmɛʃ/, /ɛnˈmɛʃ/, /ɛˈmɛʃ/, /ɪˈmɛʃ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈmɛʃ/, /ɛnˈmɛʃ/ 1. transitive. To surround with meshes; to catch or entangle in, or as in, a net. Also of the net, and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
shrenchc897
beswike971
betrapa1000
bewindOE
undernimc1175
undertakec1175
bisayc1200
beguile?c1225
catchc1225
beginc1250
biwilea1275
tele?a1300
enginec1300
lime13..
umwrithea1340
engrin1340
oblige1340
belimec1350
enlacec1374
girnc1375
encumber138.
gnarec1380
enwrap1382
briguea1387
snarl1387
upbroid1387
trap1390
entrikea1393
englue1393
gildera1400
aguilec1400
betraisec1400
embrygec1400
snare1401
lacea1425
maska1425
begluec1430
marl1440
supprise?c1450
to prey ona1500
attrap1524
circumvene1526
entangle1526
tangle1526
entrap1531
mesh1532
embrake1542
crawl1548
illaqueate1548
intricate1548
inveigle1551
circumvent1553
felter1567
besnare1571
in trick1572
ensnare1576
overcatch1577
underfong1579
salt1580
entoil1581
comprehend1584
windlassa1586
folda1592
solicit1592
toil1592
bait1600
beset1600
engage1603
benet1604
imbrier1605
ambush1611
inknot1611
enmesha1616
trammela1616
fool1620
pinion1621
aucupate1630
fang1637
surprise1642
underreacha1652
trepan1656
ensnarl1658
stalk1659
irretiate1660
coil1748
nail1766
net1803
to rope in1840
mousetrap1870
spider1891
α.
β. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 606 A past song..Emmeshed for ever in the memory's net.γ. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 259 Spider..careful to observe when the fly be completely immeshed.1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xvi. 323 I got immeshed in a net-work of turns unknown.1868 F. M. Brown For Picture called ‘Work’ For want of work the fiends him soon inmesh!a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 353 The net That shall enmesh em all. View more context for this quotation
a1669 Le Blanc in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 61 A gladiator with net and sword..endeavouring to enmesh any one who comes near him.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 202 They have here a ring-fence of posts, in which the King of Candy is enmeshed.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 132 Declining to haul up the net when the fish were already enmeshed.
1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 499/1 Vines..enmeshing every stone in their tenacious threads.
2. figurative. To entrap, entangle; to make (thought) complicated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding
shrenchc897
beswapec980
taglea1340
tanglea1340
gyve1377
encumber138.
engleimc1400
wrapc1412
involvec1440
fetter1526
mesh1532
crawl1548
felter1567
to tie up1570
in trick1572
ensnarl1593
entrammel1598
engage1603
casta1605
imbrier1605
weave1620
immaze1631
trammel1727
enchain1751
entangle1790
enmesh1822
in mesh1875
α.
β. 1822 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Jan. (1964) II. 381 Debts responsibilities, & expenses will emmesh you round about.1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 242 Such things emmeshed his dying troubled thought.γ. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 141 The undesigning Boffin had become so far immeshed.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xviii. 469 Buckingham's career with Richard contains an impressive lesson on weakness enmeshed by unscrupulous strength.
Derivatives
enˈmeshment n. the state or condition of being enmeshed; entanglement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > entangling or confining
tangling1535
entangling1574
strangury1699
entanglement1751
enmeshment1885
1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 434/2 In that enchanted enmeshment were tangled all the fancies of the night.
1885 Punch 30 May 258 As concerns Egyptian darkness, and the Muscovite enmeshment.
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