Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ensnare
Participle: ensnared
Gerund: ensnaring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ensnare |
| you | ensnare |
| he;she;it | ensnares |
| we | ensnare |
| you | ensnare |
| they | ensnare |
Perfect
| I | have ensnared |
| you | have ensnared |
| he;she;it | has ensnared |
| we | have ensnared |
| you | have ensnared |
| they | have ensnared |
Past
| I | ensnared |
| you | ensnared |
| he;she;it | ensnared |
| we | ensnared |
| you | ensnared |
| they | ensnared |
Pluperfect
| I | had ensnared |
| you | had ensnared |
| he;she;it | had ensnared |
| we | had ensnared |
| you | had ensnared |
| they | had ensnared |
Future
| I | will ensnare |
| you | will ensnare |
| he;she;it | will ensnare |
| we | will ensnare |
| you | will ensnare |
| they | will ensnare |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ensnared |
| you | will have ensnared |
| he;she;it | will have ensnared |
| we | will have ensnared |
| you | will have ensnared |
| they | will have ensnared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ensnare |
| you | ensnare |
| he;she;it | ensnare |
| we | ensnare |
| you | ensnare |
| they | ensnare |
Perfect
| I | have ensnared |
| you | have ensnared |
| he;she;it | have ensnared |
| we | have ensnared |
| you | have ensnared |
| they | have ensnared |
Imperfect
| I | ensnared |
| you | ensnared |
| he;she;it | ensnared |
| we | ensnared |
| you | ensnared |
| they | ensnared |
Pluperfect
| I | had ensnared |
| you | had ensnared |
| he;she;it | had ensnared |
| we | had ensnared |
| you | had ensnared |
| they | had ensnared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ensnare |
| you | would ensnare |
| he;she;it | would ensnare |
| we | would ensnare |
| you | would ensnare |
| they | would ensnare |
Perfect
| I | would have ensnared |
| you | would have ensnared |
| he;she;it | would have ensnared |
| we | would have ensnared |
| you | would have ensnared |
| they | would have ensnared |
Imperative
| you | ensnare |
| we | Let's ensnare |
| you | ensnare |
Verbs conjugated like 'ensnare'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ensnare'
ensnarl,
insnare,
unsnare,
ensafe,
enscale,
ensear,
enslave,
enstate,
enstore,
ensure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- catch
- entrap, snare, trap, net, ambush
- trick
- cheat, entrap, deceive, mislead, con, gyp, dupe
Antonyms
- catch
- release, miss, lose
- trick
- mishap, blunder, botch, bungling
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Italic *en
4. Proto-Italic *en-
5. Latin in-
6. Old French en-bor.
7. Middle English en-
8. English en-
9. English snare
10. English ensnare
11. From en- + snare.
Sample Sentences
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Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race! [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:]
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The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. [1887, Æsop, translated by George Fyler Townsend, Three Hundred Æsop's Fables:]
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When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember? [2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown and 250d-e, Sophist:]
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When he spurns her, Julia is outraged to hear it is because she did not measure up to his secret list of 10 bullet-pointed attributes for an ideal bride. To get her own back, she invites her best friend, penniless clergyman’s daughter Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), up to town to ensnare Malcolm, by faking the 10 comely attributes from his list. [2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian:]
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But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. [2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:]
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The gamble proved devastating for millions of people, beyond public figures ensnared in the leak and subsequent media frenzy, including the reality TV star Josh Duggar, the Real Housewives Of New York star Kristen Taekman’s husband and, in an earlier scandal, the politician Eliot Spitzer. [2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:]