estrangle

English

Etymology

From Middle English estranglen, rare and late variant of stranglen, from Old French estrangler.

Verb

estrangle (third-person singular simple present estrangles, present participle estrangling, simple past and past participle estrangled)

1. (obsolete) To strangle.

References

• “estrangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• enlargest, green salt, salt-green