enflower
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈflaʊə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈflaʊɚ/
- Hyphenation: en‧flow‧er
- Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)
Verb
enflower (third-person singular simple present enflowers, present participle enflowering, simple past and past participle enflowered)
- (transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
- Synonym: beflower
- c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Millaine theſe od'rous and enfloured fields / Are none of thine, [...]
References
- “enflower”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.