Prefixation in English and Catalan - Departament de Filologia ...

Derivative: entrapment.
ORIGIN C16: from OFr. entraper.
Trap (n.) 1 A trap is a device which is placed somewhere or a hole which is dug
somewhere in order to catch animals or birds. 3 A trap is a trick that is intended to
catch or deceive someone.
Trap (v.) 2 If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using traps. Catch
them in a trap. The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds. 4 If you trap
someone into doing or saying something, you trick them so that they do or say it,
although they did not want to. Were you just trying to trap her into making some
admission? 5 To trap someone, especially a criminal, means to capture them; used in
journalism. The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
ORIGIN OE: trœppe (in coltetrœppe ‘Christ’s thorn’); related to MD trappe and
medieval L. trappa, of uncertain origin.
Entrench (trench) (also intrench) 1 If something such as power, a custom, or an idea
is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. A series
of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law. 2 Establish (a military
force, camp, etc.) in trenches or other fortified positions.
Derivative: entrenchment.
ORIGIN: not given.
Trench (n.) A trench is a long narrow channel that is cut into the ground, for example
for drainage or in order to lay pipes. 2 A trench is a long narrow channel in the ground
used by soldiers as a defensive position.
ORIGIN ME: trenche ‘track cut through a wood’, from MFr., ‘act of cutting’, from
trenchier ‘to cut’, probably from (assumed) Vulgar L. trinicare ‘to cut in three’, from L.
trini ‘three each’.
Trench (v.) Dig a trench or trenches in.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. trenche (n.), trenchier (v.), based on L. truncare.
Entrust (trust) If you entrust something important to someone or entrust them with it,
you make them responsible for looking after it or dealing with it. The parents wanted to
entrust their prized child to the best surgeons, so they travelled to Bologna’s famous
medical school.
Derivative: entrustment.
ORIGIN: not given.
Trust (n.) 2 Your trust in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and
will not deliberately do anything to harm you. He destroyed my trust in men.
Trust (v.) 1 If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will
not deliberately do anything to harm you. ‘I trust you completely,’ he said. 3 If you
trust someone to do something, you believe that they will do it. That’s why I must trust
you to keep this secret. 4 If you trust someone with something important or valuable,
you allow them to look after it or deal with it. This could make your superiors hesitate
to trust you with major responsibilities.
ORIGIN ME: from ON traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from ON treysta.
Enurn (urn) Place or bury (ashes) in an urn.
ORIGIN: not given.
Urn (n.) 1 A tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one for storing a
cremated person’s ashes.
Urn (v.) archaic Place in an urn.
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