Betangle
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To tangle around or about, entwine, encumber. ambitransitive
"But it is plain to all of us, that that woman is betangling you more and more every day; she has got you in her tiles; she's a-weaning you one by one from all your good old friends, and won't allow you even a single hour to spend amongst us."
Example
More examples"But it is plain to all of us, that that woman is betangling you more and more every day; she has got you in her tiles; she's a-weaning you one by one from all your good old friends, and won't allow you even a single hour to spend amongst us."
Etymology
From be- (“around, about”) + tangle.
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