enmesh
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en·mesh

transitive verb \in-ˈmesh, en-\

Definition of ENMESH

: to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes <deeply enmeshed in the plot>
en·mesh·ment \-mənt\ noun

Variants of ENMESH

en·mesh also im·mesh \i(m)-\

Examples of ENMESH

  1. <soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention>

First Known Use of ENMESH

1604

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