entanglement

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The English nation found themselves accordingly engaged in a contest with which they had no concern, which, as the event proved, was very much against their interests, and in which the moving cause for their entanglement was the devotion of a weak, bad, ferocious woman, for a husband who hated her.

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  1. The act of entangling, or the state of being entangled; a confused or disordered state; intricacy; perplexity. The sad, dangerous, and almost fatal entanglements of this corporeal world. Dr. H. More, Pre-existence of the Soul, Pref. It is to fence against the entanglements of equivocal words, and the art of sophistry, that distinctions have been multiplied. Locke.
  2. That which entangles; specifically, in fortification, an obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach. It is a kind of abatis made by partially severing the trunks of trees, pulling down the tops, and securing them to the ground by means of pickets or crotchets.
  3. Wire entanglements military entanglements made by placing at least three rows of stout pickets across the space to be obstructed, and twisting wire around them. The pickets are arranged in quincunx order, with the wires crossing diagonally.

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  • Whereas the US tradition has moved to a doctrine of separation of church and state and a doctrine of non-entanglement, the Australian version has moved to a position of non-separation of church and state and a doctrine of equitable entanglement. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
  • Schrödinger had even given them a name: entanglement, and had claimed entanglement is essential. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • The Strange World of Quantum Entanglement: salvador bali notes: why? because quantum p worked, and so they didnt care about the little mystery at thew center. and the term entanglement, tossed off ... —  California Literary Review
  • When you pull that lever, you're also pulling it for them -- there's no way to deny it, the entanglement is simply too great. —  American Thinker
  • This led to an entanglement, and finally, in a fit of reckless anger, to an elopement with a Captain Bolton who was staying at the Priory at the time. —  The Daughters of Danaus
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