"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: From 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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