Insnare v. t. (past & past part. insnared; pres. part. insnaring)
1.
To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means. "Insnare a gudgeon."
2.
To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle. "The insnaring charms Of love's soft queen."
... her champaign side, That Hudson bathed with still untainted tide, The opposing pickets push'd their scouting files, Wheel'd skirmisht, halted, practised all their wiles; Each to mislead, insnare, exhaust their foes, And court the conquest ere the ... — The Columbiad • Joel Barlow
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