Embroil /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling

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.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

   The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with able and legend.

1. See Embroilment.