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Meanings of enmesh in English

Portuguese
laçar
Spanish
enmarañar

Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.

laçar

To confuse completely by concealing one's true motives from, especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

Usage of enmesh in English
1
The endeavor was to enmesh him in legal coils and break his spirit.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
2
He knew that given rope Lionel would enmesh himself still further.
The Sea-Hawk
3
A couple of sheets would also not be amiss-­wewill enmesh the enemy!
Mike
4
Soon, the words start to enmesh and come alive, transporting the young reader to different realities.
The Irish Times
5
As a Soviet proxy, Cuba came to enmesh itself in my brother's administration, and his destiny.
True compass: a memoir
6
Banks of the thick mists drifted by like smoke to enmesh them in their clinging arms.
Assail
7
The fishermen he knew to be of predatory habits, and the promise of gold would enmesh them.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
8
Only in Britain -or, India, where a combination of post-imperial and existing prejudices enmesh class with caste.
The Guardian
9
It was as if giant nets had suddenly appeared to enmesh every tuna in the greater Tarawa area.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
10
Finally, the other me pulls delicately loose and crosses the egg to enmesh by the port, nearer to me.
Hull zero three
11
Her magery now swirled about her in gossamer filaments and ribbons, spreading out to enmesh the entire hall in readiness.
Assail
12
Snarling, the old man spun sending his cloak flying across to enmesh Bars who went down in its smothering folds.
Assail
13
From trifles, as they may seem to us at this distance of time, hostile ingenuity wove the web destined to enmesh the incautious Academicians.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
14
Patronism's novel goal is to enmesh the band and the fan so that the latter is a constant supporter of the former, a true patron.
Wired
15
Leou was a revengeful demon, ever at enmity with one or another of the gods and striving how he might enmesh his feet in destruction.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
16
You see, comic book movies have become far too interwoven and enmeshed.
Wired
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Translations for enmesh
Portuguese
laçar
Enmesh through the time