ensear
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Verb
ensear (third-person singular simple present ensears, present participle ensearing, simple past and past participle enseared)
- (obsolete, transitive) To sear; to dry up.
- c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
References
“ensear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.