verb/ɑ̃.buʁ.be/
to get stuck in the mud; to get bogged down
“Comme si l’aggravation de sa précarité pouvait avoir une influence bénéfique sur sa capacité à sortir de l'impasse dans laquelle il s’était embourbé…” — As though the worsening of his already parlous situation might have a beneficial influence on his ability to dig his way out of the quagmire he was bogged down in…
From en- + bourbe (“mire”) + -er.