TAN'GLE, verb transitive 1. To implicate; to unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to ravel the knot. 2. To ensnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in the folds of dire necessity. Tangled in amorous nets. 3. To embroil; to embarrass. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. [Entangle, the compound, is the more elegant word.] TAN'GLE, verb intransitive To be entangled or united confusedly. TAN'GLE, noun A knot of threads or other things united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; as hair or yarn in tangled. 1. A kind of sea weed.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI