entame en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + tame.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To make tame.
'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire, Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame That can entame my spirits to your worship.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entames | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| entaming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entamed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entamed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |