ensnare

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɛnˈsnɛə/, /ɪn-/
• (GA) IPA: /ɛnˈsnɛ(ə)ɹ/, /ɪn-/

Verb

ensnare (ensnares, present participle ensnaring; past and past participle ensnared)

1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
   • 2005: Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 250d-e,

     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 enmesh.

Related terms

• snare

Translations

• French: piéger
• German: fangen
• Italian: intrappolare
• Russian: поймать
• Spanish: atrapar

Translations

• French: empêtrer
• German: verwickeln
• Russian: запутать
• Spanish: enmarañar, enredar

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