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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Embroil \Em*broil"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden.
2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Embroil \Em*broil"\, noun See {Embroilment}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
embroil
verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" [syn: {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}]
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