Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To insnare; entrap; entangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.
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- verb To
ensnare orentrap ; toentangle ; tocatch .
Etymologies
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Latin illaqueatus, past participle of illaqueare; prefix il- in + laqueare to insnare, from laqueus, noose, snare.
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Examples
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Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.
The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820
pavonine commented on the word illaqueate
To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch
June 8, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word illaqueate
Thanks Verbophile, now there are 4 words I have to search for in the dictionary, instead of one.
June 8, 2008