verb
- to trap or catch in toils; to ensnare or entangle
Usage: literary; archaic
Examples
- The spider's web was designed to entoil unsuspecting insects.
- She felt entoiled by the complicated legal procedures.
- The hunter sought to entoil the deer in his carefully laid snares.
- He became entoiled in a web of deceit and lies.
- The vines entoiled the old fence, making it difficult to see through.