Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entangled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Entangling}.]
   1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be
      easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and
      intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

   2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication
      a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to
      insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to
      entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. ``Entangling
      alliances.'' --Washington.

            The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
            entangle their understandings.        --Locke.

            Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
            future was so uncertain.              --Froude.

Source : WordNet®

entangle
     v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: {mire}]
     2: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
        entangled the cord" [syn: {tangle}, {mat}, {snarl}] [ant:
        {disentangle}, {disentangle}]