ensnaring

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English

Verb

ensnaring

  1. present participle and gerund of ensnare

Adjective

ensnaring (comparative more ensnaring, superlative most ensnaring)

  1. That ensnares or traps.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 39:
      Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn.