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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enchalice en · VERB

Etymology

From en- + chalice.

Meanings

  1. (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

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enchalicing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enchaliced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enchaliced Tense=Past lexicographic
enchalices Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic