Definition of entangle

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Entangle (v. t.) 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..

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Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
Entangle :: Entangle (v. t.) 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..
Befoul :: Befoul (a.) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn..
Outtwine :: Outtwine (v. t.) To disentangle.
Entangler :: Entangler (n.) One that entangles.
Intertangle :: Intertangle (v. t.) To entangle; to intertwine.
Inextricable :: Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion..
Cespitose :: Cespitose (a.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots..
Perplexed :: Perplexed (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious..
Retiary :: Retiary (a.) Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle..
Mat :: Mat (v. t.) To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle..
Disinvolve :: Disinvolve (v. t.) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Perplexity :: Perplexity (n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Elf :: Elf (v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do..
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch..
Embroilment :: Embroilment (n.) The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil..
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