insnare

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ snare.

Verb

insnare (third-person singular simple present insnares, present participle insnaring, simple past and past participle insnared)

1. Alternative spelling of ensnare
   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 160, lines 1289–1292:

     Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!

Anagrams

• Narines, insaner, rannies