different between ensnare vs benet

English

Alternative forms

• insnare

Etymology

From en- +? snare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?sn??/, /?n-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?sn?(?)?/, /?n-/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares, present participle ensnaring, simple past and past participle ensnared)

1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
   • 2005: Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 250d-e,

     When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?

2. To entangle; to enmesh.

Related terms

• snare

Translations

Anagrams

• rennase

English

Etymology 1

From be- +? net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n?t/

Verb

benet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)

1. (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
2. (transitive) To surround as by a net.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2

     Being thus benetted round with villains

Etymology 2

From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n?t/

Noun

benet (plural benets)

1. An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.

Danish

Adjective

benet

1. bony, angular

Inflection

Noun

benet n

1. definite singular of ben

Verb

benet

1. past participle of bene

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

benet n

1. definite singular of ben

Swedish

Noun

benet

1. definite singular of ben

Anagrams

• beten