Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To insnare; entrap; entangle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin illaqueatus, past participle of illaqueare; prefix il- in + laqueare to insnare, from laqueus, noose, snare.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word illaqueate.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch

    June 8, 2008

  • Thanks Verbophile, now there are 4 words I have to search for in the dictionary, instead of one.

    June 8, 2008