Ensnare

Definitions: Ensnare

Ensnare

Verb

1. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police".

2. Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes".

Date "ensnare" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Ensnare

Synonyms: entrap (v), frame (v), set up (v), snare (v), trammel (v), trap (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deception	Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ensnare

Specialty definitions using "ensnare": Bones ♦ Kitten ♦ Lamp, Lamp-post ♦ Partridge ♦ TO TRAPAN. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I can teach you how to bewitch the mind, and ensnare the senses. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; writing credit: Steven Kloves)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Corrupt and Ensnare (reference) (more book examples)
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"Ensnare" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ensnare" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	100%	17	85,106

Expression using "ensnare": ensnare oneself. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "ensnare"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zë në kurth (entangle, entrap), zë në grackë (entrap, trap), kap në grackë (snare, trap). (various references)

Arabic		‏وقع في شرك (boob trap, catch, decoy, lime, snare, trammel). (various references)

Bulgarian		вкарвам в клопка, впримчвам (decoy, entrap, implicate, mesh, noose, snare, vamp). (various references)

Chinese		诱捕 (Ginned, Ginning, trapping, trappings). (various references)

Czech		polapit (entrap, snap up, snatch up). (various references)

Farsi		گوریده شدن , خشمگین کردن (Aggravate, Anger, Annoy, Enrage, Exasperate, Incense, Irritate, Provoke, Tar, Vex), بغرنج کردن (Complicate, Snarl), بدام انداختن (Decoy, Entrap, Hook, Inveigle, Nail, Snare, Trap, Trepanation). (various references)

Finnish		kietoa joku pauloihinsa (catch . . in one's toils). (various references)

French		prendre au piège (entrap), piéger. (various references)

German		verstricken (embroil, entangle, entrap, mix up, use), umgaukeln (beguile, flutter around). (various references)

Greek		παγιδεύω (entrap, gin, snare, to hang-up, to lodge, trap), δελεάζω (allure, bait, blarney, cajole, captivate, decoy, entice, lure, seduce, tempt). (various references)

Hungarian		kelepcébe csal. (various references)

Indonesian		menjerat (bagged, enmesh, entrap). (various references)

Italian		intrappolare (catch, entangle, entrap, snare, trap, trepan), adescare (attract, bait, entice, inveigle, lure, solicit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		陥れる (to ensnare, to tempt), 騙し込む (to deceive, to ensnare), 引っ掛ける (to catch, to cheat, to drink, to ensnare, to evade payment, to hangon, to hit the ball off the end of the bat, to hook, to jump a bill, to spit at, to throw on, to trap), 引っかける (to catch, to cheat, to drink, to ensnare, to evade payment, to hangon, to hit the ball off the end of the bat, to hook, to jump a bill, to spit at, to throw on, to trap). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おとしいれる (to ensnare, to tempt), ひっかける (to catch, to cheat, to drink, to ensnare, to evade payment, to hangon, to hit the ball off the end of the bat, to hook, to jump a bill, to spit at, to throw on, to trap), � まし�"む (to deceive, to ensnare). (various references)

Pig Latin		ensnareay

Portuguese		escravocrata, enredar (circumvent, embrangle, embroil, enmity, entangle, implicate, intrigue, lime juice, mesh, rope, tangle, wind). (various references)

Romanian		prinde în capcanã (entrapt), captiva (captivate, charm, engage, engross, fascinate, subjugate, win), ademeni (allure, bait, corrupt, dangle, decoy, delude, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lead up the garden, lure, seduce, tempt). (various references)

Russian		заманивать (allure, allured, bait a trap, inveigle, trap, wile), заловить. (various references)

Scottish		rib (hair, va. ensnare). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uhvatiti u zamku (noose, snare). (various references)

Spanish		entrampar (burden with debts, entrap, mess up, to burden with debts, to charge with debts, to encumber with debts, trap). (various references)

Swedish		snara (entrap, gin, halter, hook, loop, noose, snare, springe, trap), snärja (entrap, snare, trap), fånga i snara. (various references)

Thai		วางกับ�"ักสัตว์, หลอกให้ติ�"อยู่ในสถานการ�"์ที่เลวร้าย. (various references)

Turkish		tuzağa düşürmek (ambuscade, circumvent, decoy, enmesh, entrap, gin, mesh, net, snare, springe, trammel, trap), kapanla yakalamak, kapana kıstırmak (gin, set a snare for smb., snare, trap, wire). (various references)

Ukranian		спіймати у пастку (entrap), обплутати. (various references)

Welsh		rhwydo (net), baglu (entangle, run away, stumble, trip). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	decipio, impedio, impedo, inlaqueata, inlaqueatus, inlaqueavi, inlaqueentur. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	beswican, besyrwan. (various references)
Middle English	1100-1500	cacchen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ensnare": ensnared, ensnarer, ensnarers, ensnares. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ensnare" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emsnare, ensnar, Ersanyre, Euskara, Nesjar. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ensnare" (pronounced ensne"r)
4	-s n e" r	snare.
3	-n e" r	billionaire, concessionaire, debonair, doctrinaire, millionaire, multimillionaire, questionnaire.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rennase.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: ranees.
	-2 letters: earns, erase, ernes, nares, nears, nenes, ranee, saner, saree, senna, snare, sneer.
	-3 letters: anes, ares, arse, earn, ears, ease, eras, erne, erns, nans, near, nene, rase, rees, sane, sear, seen, seer, sene, sera, sere.
	-4 letters: ane, are, ars, ear, ens, era, ere, ern, ers, nae, nan, nee, ran, ras, ree, res, sae, sea, see, sen, ser.
	-5 letters: ae, an, ar, as, en, er, es, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: anserine, ensnared, ensnarer, ensnares, nearness, rennases.
	+2 letters: annealers, anserines, bannerets, canneries, endangers, enhancers, ensnarers, ensnarled, entrances, gangrenes, greensand, lannerets, narceines, reannexes, renascent, resonance, revenants, tanneries.
	+3 letters: argentines, barrenness, brazenness, cannoneers, channelers, cravenness, enchanters, endurances, entanglers, entertains, entrainers, greensands, greenshank, grenadines, innervates, mannerless, nanometers, nearnesses, nectarines, nemerteans, nonreaders, nonspeaker, ornateness, penetrants, perennates, perennials, permanents, praenomens, ranknesses, rechannels, reentrants, refinances, regnancies, remanences, renascence, resonances, screenland, serenading, swanneries, tangerines, tenantries, transience, unanswered, unreasoned.
	+4 letters: adrenalines, ancientries, angrinesses, anthracenes, aventurines, bannerettes, barkentines, centenaries, consternate, contravenes, contredanse, conversance, covenanters, creatinines, deadpanners, dinnerwares, earnestness, enantiomers, enchantress, endearments, enervations, enfranchise, entrapments, eternalness, franknesses, generations, governances, grandnesses, grandnieces, greenshanks, incinerates, inerrancies, innumerates, intenerates, intercensal, internalise, learnedness, mavourneens, menservants, naltrexones, neutralness, nitrogenase, nonrenewals, nonreusable, nonspeakers, nonveterans, penetrances, permanences, prefinances, pregnancies, profaneness, provenances, purtenances, ranginesses, reascending, reentrances, refastening, reinsurance, renaissance, renascences, renominates, renunciates, repentances, repugnances, reseasoning, screenlands, strangeness, transcended, transgender, transiences, unawareness, unharnessed, unharnesses, unnecessary, unreadiness, venerations.
	+5 letters: alexandrines, androgeneses, androgenesis, androsterone, antiestrogen, antiheroines, apparentness, apprehension, archenterons, arrangements, arsphenamine, barquentines, barrennesses, braininesses, brawninesses, brazennesses, breadwinners, carrageenans, carrageenins, centenarians, concentrates, consternated, consternates, containerise, contraveners, contredanses, conversances, conveyancers, counterpanes, crankinesses, cravennesses, crenelations, daringnesses, debonairness, denervations, derangements, determinants, detrainments, disenchanter, encumbrances, enframements, enfranchised, enfranchises, engraftments, enlargements, enterokinase, entertainers, entrainments, entranceways, entreatments, enumerations, estrangement, exonerations, fenestration, frankincense, freestanding, garnisheeing, generalising, graininesses, grandnephews, incendiaries, inheritances, innumeracies, inobservance, interchanges, interlinears, internalised, internalises, internalizes, intolerances, inwardnesses, isoprenaline, itinerancies, legionnaires, mannerliness, mountaineers, narrownesses, neanderthals, necromancers, necromancies, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neuropterans, newspapering, newspaperman, newspapermen, nitrogenases, nonassertive, nonattenders, noncoverages, nonliterates, nonpasserine, nonrelatives, nonreusables, northeastern, ornatenesses, oversanguine, penetrations, pensionaries, pentahedrons, perennations, permanencies, preannounces, prenominates, presentation, rancidnesses, randomnesses, ravenousness, realignments, reassignment, redundancies, reenactments, refrainments, reincarnates, reinnervates, reinsurances, remonstrance, renaissances, repugnancies, sexagenarian, sloganeering, strandedness, subterranean, superannuate, tragediennes, transcendent, transference, transiencies, translucence, transparence, trenchancies, unanswerable, undertenants, unfairnesses, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarinesses.
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