embroil

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. Source: opted

3. n. See Embroilment. Source: opted

4. v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action Source: wordnet

5. 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 Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. See Embroilment. Source: webster

6. v:100 v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action Source: ecdict

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