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ensnare

verb
/ɛnˈsnɛə/UK/ɛnˈsnɛ(ə)ɹ/US

Etymology

From en- + snare.

  1. inherited from *snarhǭ✻ — “a sling; loop; noose”
  2. inherited from *snarhā✻
  3. inherited from sneare — “snare, noose”
  4. inherited from snare
  5. prefixed as ensnare — “en + snare”

Definitions

  1. To entrap

    To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.

    • Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!
    • The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.
    • When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?

  2. To entangle

    To entangle; to enmesh.

    • But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

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Derived

ensnarement, ensnarer, unensnared

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ensnare. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ensnare. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at ensnare

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA