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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enshaded en · ADJ

Etymology

From en- + shade + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, poetic) Marked with different shades.
    • the flower-enshaded veranda 1855, Philippe Ferdinand A. de Rohan-Chabot, Electra:
  2. (archaic, poetic) Kept in shade or darkness.
    • c. 1810-1820, John Keats, "To Sleep" O soft embalmer of the still midnight, / Shutting, with careful fingers and benign, / Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light, / Enshaded in forgetfulness divine: […]

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more enshaded Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most enshaded Degree=Sup lexicographic