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Embroil

Embroil Meaning & Definition
Embroil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embroil?

[v] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embroil: drag | drag in | sweep | sweep up | tangle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embroil:

See Also | involve

Embroil In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.] 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. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.
\Em*broil"\, n. See {Embroilment}.

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