embroil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embroil	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for embroil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embroil v force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" Synonym(s): embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden. 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with [?]able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embroil \Em*broil"\, n. See {Embroilment}.