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Webster 1913 Edition
Embroil
Em-broil′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embroiled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embroiling
.] 1.
To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
The royal house
embroiled
in civil war. Dryden.
2.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
Syn. – To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embroil
EMBROIL'
, v.t.1.
To perplex or entangle; to intermix in confusion.The christian antiquities at Rome--are embroiled with fable and legend.
2.
To involve in troubles or perplexities; to disturb or distract by connection with something else; to throw into confusion or commotion; to perplex.The royal house embroiled in civil war.
Definition 2024
embroil
embroil
English
Verb
embroil (third-person singular simple present embroils, present participle embroiling, simple past and past participle embroiled)
- To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
- Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
- 2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- Whether it’s palatable for the vice-chairman of Hillary’s presidential campaign to be embroiled in allegations of conflicts of interest, obtaining patronage jobs, or misrepresenting time worked remains to be seen.
- Dryden
- the royal house embroiled in civil war
- To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
- Addison
- The Christian antiquities at Rome […] are so embroiled with fable and legend.
- Addison
Translations
to draw into a situation
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