Definition of Embroil. Meaning of Embroil. Synonyms of Embroil

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Definition of Embroil

Embroil
Embroil Em*broil", n. See Embroilment.
Embroil
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.

Meaning of Embroil from wikipedia

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- with the Mamertines. By this action, the First Punic War begins and will embroil Rome in a conflict with Carthage that will continue for 23 years. The Roman...
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- quōs ego— sed mōtōs praestat compōnere flūctūs. Now, winds, you dare to embroil the sky and the earth without my approval, and raise up such a m****? You...
- Miguel I) over the country's system of government and royal succession. Embroiled parties included the Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese rebels, the United...
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- refers to his military conquests in Northern Africa. He later became embroiled in the War of the Castilian Succession but lost and instead accepted Portuguese...
- and is an intellectual of the American Left. In the 2000s, he became embroiled in controversy when he claimed that Serbia's war crimes in the former...