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em⋅broil
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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.
Origin:
1595–1605;
< MF
embrouiller,
equiv. to
em-
em-
1
+
brouiller
to
broil
2
Related forms:
em⋅broil⋅er,
noun
em⋅broil⋅ment,
noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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