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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

encradle en · VERB

Etymology

From en- + cradle.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
    • Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love:

Forms

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encradles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
encradling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encradled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
encradled Tense=Past lexicographic