ensepulchre en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + sepulchre.
Meanings
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(transitive) To confine in, or as if in, a sepulchre.
Look to it – is it likely that the corpse ensepulchred will take with lovingkindness these offerings from her, by whom he died dishonoured, like one loathed, and was marred by her mishewing?
1895, E. D. A. Morshead, The Ajax and Electra of Sophocles, page 92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ensepulchring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ensepulchres | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ensepulchred | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ensepulchred | Tense=Past | lexicographic |