enfire

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ fire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/

Verb

enfire (third-person singular simple present enfires, present participle enfiring, simple past and past participle enfired)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To set on fire.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love:
      So hard those heavenly beauties he enfired

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