Ensnare
[ɪn'sneə;en-]
Definition
(verb.) take or catch as if in a snare or trap; 'I was set up!'; 'The innocent man was framed by the police'.
Checker: Rhonda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Insnare.] [1]. Entrap, catch.[2]. Inveigle, allure, seduce.[3]. Entangle, embarrass, confound, perplex, bewilder, pose, nonplus, stagger, mystify.
Inputed by Jon
Examples
- This was the man who had been foremost in the plot to ensnare me, and grasp my wealth. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They scheme, they plot, they dress to ensnare husbands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You insinuate that all the frank kindness I have shown you has been a complicated, a bold, and an immodest man?uvre to ensnare a husband. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By means of the brilliancy of the lamps marine animals in the lower depths were attracted and then easily ensnared. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Xenia