Meanings
verbinsnare (third-person singular simple present insnares, present participle insnaring, simple past and past participle insnared)
present singular third person insnares · participle present insnaring · participle past insnared · past insnared
- alternativeAlternative spelling of ensnare.
Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 160, lines 1289–1292
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishsnare
- Englishinsnare
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Chicago
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