Main Entry: ³angle

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): an·gled; an·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology: Middle English angelen, from angel fishhook, from Old English, from anga hook; akin to Old High German ango hook, Latin uncus, Greek onkos barbed hook, ankos glen

Date: 15th century

1 : to fish with a hook
2 : to use artful means to attain an objective <angled for an invitation>