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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enfire en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ɛnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From en- + fire.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, transitive) To set on fire.
    • So hard those heavenly beauties he enfired 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love:

Forms

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enfires Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enfired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enfired Tense=Past lexicographic
enfiring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic