Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embroil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embroil \Em*broil"\, n.
See {Embroilment}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) +
brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or
discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make
confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by
dissension or strife.
The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden.
2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so
embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder;
trouble; implicate; commingle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embroil
v : force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag
me into this business" [syn: {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up},
{drag}, {drag in}]
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