"embrangle" meaning in English

See embrangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: embrangles [present, singular, third-person], embrangling [participle, present], embrangled [participle, past], embrangled [past]
Etymology: em- + brangle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|brangle|alt1=em}} em- + brangle Head templates: {{en-verb}} embrangle (third-person singular simple present embrangles, present participle embrangling, simple past and past participle embrangled)
  1. (transitive) To embroil. Tags: transitive Derived forms: embranglement
    Sense id: en-embrangle-en-verb-8RMCi8-9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for embrangle meaning in English (1.8kB)

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