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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENMESH', v.t. [from mesh.] To net; to entangle to entrap.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh [syn: enmesh, mesh, ensnarl]

Merriam Webster's

also immesh transitive verb Date: 1604 to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes <deeply enmeshed in the plot> • enmeshment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. entangle in or as in a net. Derivatives: enmeshment n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enmesh En*mesh", v. t. [Pref. en- + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.] To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. --Shak. My doubts enmesh me if I try. --Lowell.

Moby Thesaurus

absorb, allure, bag, bait the hook, birdlime, burden, catch, catch out, catch up in, concern, cramp, cripple, cumber, decoy, draw in, embarrass, embrangle, encumber, engage, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, fetter, foul, gin, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, hobble, hook, hook in, impede, implicate, interest, inveigle, involve, lame, land, lasso, lime, lumber, lure, mesh, nail, net, noose, press down, rope, sack, saddle with, shackle, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spear, spread the toils, suck into, take, tangle, tangle up with, toil, trammel, trap, trip, weigh down, wind