enwomb en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + womb.
Meanings
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(archaic, poetic, transitive) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
Dahood hypothesizes an occurrence of a verb rihham ('to conceive, enwomb')
2007, John Goldingay, David Payne, Isaiah 40-55 Vol 2: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN:For not as other wemens commune brood / They were enwombed in the sacred throne / Of her chaste bodie [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- (archaic, poetic, transitive) To enclose.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enwombs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| inwomb | alternative | lexicographic | |
| enwombing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enwombed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enwombed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |