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To deceive; to entice; to lure. [Obs.] The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. Fuller.

To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.

Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." Cowper.

as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.

h. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser.

A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] Fairfax. Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. Chaucer.

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]

That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.

To entangle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. Tennyson.

Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. L. Addison.

Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous. "Limy snares.' Spenser.

Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding. A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. Jer. Taylor.

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.] Johnson.

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. Lam. iv. 20.

mes of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

l for something hidden. [R.] Lest that too heavenly form, pretended To hellish falsehood, snare them. Milton.

ty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.