Dictionary entry

Embroil

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.