enchalice en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + chalice.
Meanings
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(poetic, rare, transitive) To place in, or as if in, a chalice.
The upgrade became very steep as we approached the queerly constructed city of Guanajuato, which is about 7,000 feet above sea level and seems to rise with some degree of difficulty out of the mountain gorges which enchalice its lower tiers of streets.
1974, John Frederick Finerty, Wilbert H. Timmons, John F. Finerty Reports Porfirian Mexico, 1879, page 227:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enchalicing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enchaliced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enchaliced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enchalices | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |