entrap
verbEtymology
From Middle French entrapper, entraper, from Old French entraper, antraper (“catch in a trap”), equivalent to en- + trap. Compare Middle English bitrappen, from Old English betræppan (“to catch in a trap, entrap”), from the same West Germanic source (see Modern English betrap).
Definitions
To catch in a trap or snare.
- He goes home to complain to his father, and the two of them decide on a plan to entrap Enkidu.
To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at entrap. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at entrap. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at entrap
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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