enlard en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + lard.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cover or dress with lard or grease.
Nor, by my will, assubjugate his merit, As amply titled as Achilles is, By going to Achilles: That were to enlard his fat already pride And add more coals to Cancer when he burns With entertaining great Hyperion.
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enlards | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| inlard | alternative | lexicographic | |
| enlarding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enlarded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enlarded | Tense=Past | lexicographic |