insnare

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ snare.

Verb

insnare (third-person singular simple present insnares, present participle insnaring, simple past and past participle insnared)

Alternative spelling of ensnare
- 1730, James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, lines 1289–1292, page 160:
  Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!

Anagrams

Narines, insaner, rannies

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