Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entangled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Entangling}.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be
easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and
intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication
a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to
insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to
entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. ``Entangling
alliances.'' --Washington.
The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
entangle their understandings. --Locke.
Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
future was so uncertain. --Froude.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entangled
adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated;
"embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled
in their affairs" [syn: {embroiled}]
2: twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through
entangled growths of mesquite"
3: involved in difficulties
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