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estrangle
† eˈstrangle, v. Obs. [ad. OF. estrangler (mod.Fr. étrangler): see astrangle, strangle.] trans. = strangle v.: in quot. to choke.1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 134/2 A woman..had a sone deying in whos throte was a bone of a fysshe thwart whyche estrangled him. Oxford English Dictionary
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enstrangle
† enˈstrangle, v. Obs. rare—1. [var. of estrangle, Obs.] trans. To strangle.c 1400 Mandeville xviii. (1839) 194 Whan thei ben thus enstrangled, thei eten here Flesche. Oxford English Dictionary
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astrangle
† aˈstrangle, v. Obs. [a. OF. estrangle-r (mod. étrangler), cogn. with Pg. estrangular, It. strangolare:—L. strangulā-re, ad. Gr. στραγγαλά-ειν, στραγγαλίζειν to strangle, f. στραγγάλη halter. Cf. estrangle, in Caxton from continental French, and the aphetic strangle.] To strangle, suffocate.1297 R.... Oxford English Dictionary
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gnare
▪ I. † gnare, n. Obs. Also 5 gnarre. [Of obscure origin; the coincidence in sense with snare is remarkable, but the n. cannot have originated in a scribal error, as the following vb. is derived from it.] A snare.a 1325 Prose Psalter xxiv. [xxv.] 16 He shal drawe out myn feet of þe gnare. c 1380 Wycl... Oxford English Dictionary
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strangle
▪ I. strangle, n. (ˈstræŋg(ə)l) [f. strangle v.] † 1. The action of strangling; strangulation. Obs.c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1600 Myn is þe strangle [So Lansd.; other MSS. stranglyng] and hangyng by þe þrote. a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 373 Divers lewd traditions..as of Iudas break... Oxford English Dictionary
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