entrap
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
- 6
Definition of entrap
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To catch in a trap or snare.
“Then noble ſouldiers to intrap these theeues […] We haue our Cammels laden al with gold: Which you that be but common ſouldiers, Shall fling in euery corner of the field: And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You […] Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues.”
“He goes home to complain to his father, and the two of them decide on a plan to entrap Enkidu.”
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verb
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(transitive)To catch in a trap or snare.
“Then noble ſouldiers to intrap these theeues […] We haue our Cammels laden al with gold: Which you that be but common ſouldiers, Shall fling in euery corner of the field: And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You […] Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues.”
“He goes home to complain to his father, and the two of them decide on a plan to entrap Enkidu.”
- (transitive)To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French entrapper, entraper, from Old French entraper, antraper (“catch in a trap”), equivalent to en- + trap. Compare Middle English bitrappen, from Old English betræppan (“to catch in a trap, entrap”), from the same West Germanic source (see Modern English betrap).
Words you can make from entrap
94 playable · top: ARPENT (8 pts)
Best play arpent 8 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
34 words- APER 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PANT 6 pts
- PARE 6 pts
- PART 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAR 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PRAT 6 pts
- RAPE 6 pts
- RAPT 6 pts
- REAP 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TARP 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- TRAP 6 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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