enhoney en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + honey.
Meanings
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(rare) To sweeten (figuratively); to entice, allure.
A high price to one so afflicted is a temptation and peril; it enhoneys and allures, inflames him with renewed madness for possession.
1950, Holbrook Jackson, The Anatomy of Bibliomania, Illinois, published 2001, page 551:I well perceive they are but scoffers, which sute and apply themselves unto our foolishnesse, thereby to enhonny [translating emmieler] and allure us to these opinions and hopes fitting our mortall appetite.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enhoneys | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enhoneying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enhoneyed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enhoneyed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |