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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embroil \Em*broil"\, n. See {Embroilment}. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}]
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