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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENSNARE, [See Insnare.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare, entrap, frame, set up]
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1576 to take in or as if in a snare Synonyms: see catch

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. catch in or as in a snare; entrap. Derivatives: ensnarement n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ensnare En*snare", v. t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ensnares, ensnaring, ensnared) 1. If you ensnare someone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods. Feminism is simply another device to ensnare women... We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes. VERB: V n, V-ed 2. If an animal is ensnared, it is caught in a trap. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web. VERB: be V-ed on/in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. [Written also Insnare.] 1. Entrap, catch. 2. Inveigle, allure, seduce. 3. Entangle, embarrass, encumber.

Moby Thesaurus

allure, bag, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, blandish, cajole, capture, catch, catch out, catch up, coax, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entice, entoil, entrap, enweb, flirt, flirt with, foul, gin, give the come-on, harpoon, hook, hook in, inveigle, land, lasso, lead on, lime, lure, mesh, nail, net, noose, offer bait to, rope, rope in, sack, seduce, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spear, spread the toils, suck in, take, tangle, tangle up with, trap, trip, wind, woo