inchase en · VERB
Etymology
From in- + chase.
Meanings
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(alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of enchase.
alt of enchase
Her breath like a rose, It’s sweets does disclose, Whenever you ravish a kiss; Like iv’ry inchas’d, Her teeth are well plac’d, An exquisite beauty she is.
a. 1722, Matthew Prior, “Nelly’s Picture. A Song”, in H. Bunker Wright, Monroe K. Spears, editors, The Literary Works of Matthew Prior, Second edition, volume I, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1971, page 688:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inchases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| inchased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inchased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| inchasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |