[f. as prec. + -MENT.] The action of ensnaring; the state or fact of being ensnared; concr. that which ensnares: an allurement, enticement, bait.
1617. Hieron, Wks. (1619–20), II. 259. And to beware of insnarement with the desire and loue of earthly things.
1649. Roberts, Clavis Bibl., 367. The only Antidotes against worldly ensnarements.
1678. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, III. 97. God leaves men to the Blandishments, Allurements, and Ensnarements of an heart-bewitching world, which insensibly harden.
