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| 1. | to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife. |
| 2. | to throw into confusion; complicate. |
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tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils
[French embrouiller : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + brouiller, to confuse (from Old French; see broil2).] em·broil'ment n. |
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embroil
1603, 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 1610.
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| embroil | |
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| 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" |
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embroil [imˈbrəil] verb
to involve (a person) in a quarrel or in a difficult situation
Example: I do not wish to become embroiled in their family quarrels.
Example: I do not wish to become embroiled in their family quarrels.
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Embroil
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Embroil
Em*broil"\, n. See Embroilment.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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