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Definition of Embroiling
1. embroil [v] - See also: embroil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embroiling
Literary usage of Embroiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"The Constitution thought it wise to restrain the Executive and Senate from
entangling and embroiling our affairs with those ot Europe. ..."
2. The History of Ireland by Thomas Moore (1846)
"The avowed policy of thus embroiling the hapless natives among themselves, in
order to weaken their means of resistance to the English, was in itself ..."
3. The Public and Private Life of His Late ... Majesty, George the Third by Robert Huish (1821)
"... by embroiling him in the political intrigues which distinguished the period,
not only of his accession to the throne, but also of several after years of ..."
4. A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1866)
"... embroiling, putting a stop to, interfering, preventing, bar-ham-zadan, to
embroi.; lit. to strike together, ..."
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