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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enlard en · VERB

Etymology

From en- + lard.

Meanings

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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