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Meaning of attrap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To entrap; to ensnare.

archaic, transitive

Examples

“The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

attrapped attrapping attraps attribute attributed attributedst