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en·mesh

   [en-mesh]
verb (used with object)
to catch, as in a net; entangle: He was enmeshed by financial difficulties.
Also, immesh, inmesh.

Origin:
1595–1605; en-1 + mesh

Related forms
en·mesh·ment, noun
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enmesh, inmesh or immesh (ɪnˈmɛʃ)
 
—vb
(tr) to catch or involve in or as if in a net or snare; entangle
 
inmesh, inmesh or immesh
 
—vb
 
immesh, inmesh or immesh
 
—vb
 
en'meshment, inmesh or immesh
 
—n

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enmesh
c.1600, from en- + mesh. Related: Enmeshed.
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