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# ensnare

«ensnare» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to catch it in a snare or trap** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (ensnare, ensnares, ensnared, ensnaring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#m1)

2) To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.

### examples

- That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people. (Writings JOB.34.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x1)
- His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Writings PRO.5.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x2)
- The spider's web ensnared a fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x3)
- The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x4)
- Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x5)
- The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x6)
- The net ensnared the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x7)
- The sticky plant ensnares insects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x8)
- THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x9)

### note

Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.

### In the corpora

- [His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.139/)
- [That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.912/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ensnare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.