51Թ

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embrangle

[ em-brang-guhl ]

verb (used with object)

embrangled, embrangling.
  1. to embroil.


embrangle

/ ɪˈæŋɡə /

verb

  1. rare.
    tr to confuse or entangle
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲ𳾱Գ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·g·Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

1655–65; em- 1 + brangle (blend of brawl and wrangle )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1+ wrangle
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Embrangle, em-brang′gl, Imbrangle, im-, v.t. to confuse, perplex.—n.

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The crowning insult was that the investigation threatened to embrangle Edward's brother-in-law, the playboy Duke of Argyll, in a homosexual scandal.

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