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verb (used with object)
1.
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
2.
to throw into confusion; complicate.
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Embroil
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Example Sentences
- It is a lively situation in which to embroil a spectator and the breath comes pleasantly fast while it is being resolved.
- Failure to do so would embroil the government in court for years.
- The investigation also threatens to embroil the insurance industry's remarkable family dynasty.
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Word Origin & History
embroil
c.1600, from Fr. embrouillier (cognate with It. imbrogliare), from en- "in" + brouiller "confuse," from O.Fr. brooillier (see broil (2)). Sense of "involve in a quarrel" is first attested c.1610.
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