• Embroil

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
    • Rhymes: -ɔɪəl, -ɔɪl

    Origin

    Borrowing from fr embrouiller.

    Full definition of embroil

    Verb

    1. To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
      • Drydenthe royal house embroiled in civil war
    2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
      • AddisonThe Christian antiquities at Rome ... are so embroiled with fable and legend.
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