Entoil

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To capture with, or as if with, toils or nets; to ensnare or catch out.

    "It seem'd he never, never could redeem, / From such a stedfast spell his lady's eyes; / So mus'd awhile, entoiled in woofed phantasies."

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burdencatchcrampcrippledecoyembarrass

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"It seem'd he never, never could redeem, / From such a stedfast spell his lady's eyes; / So mus'd awhile, entoiled in woofed phantasies."

Etymology

From en- + toil.

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