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enaunter

/ɪnˈɔːntə/

enaunter conjunction: lest.

Conjunction

enaunter

  1. (obsolete) Lest.
    • Anger would not let him speak to the tree, Enaunter his rage might cooled be, But to the root bent his sturdy stroke1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
    • For men of litrature t'endite so fast, them doth not sitte, / Enaunter in them, as in thee, thair pen outrun thair witt; […]1589, Mar Martine, 5, quoted in 1809, Egerton Brydges, Censura Literaria, page 60

Origin of enaunter

From Middle English enaunter, from in, en (“in”) aunter (“adventure”).

Questions about enaunter

What does enaunter mean?
Enaunter means lest.
What part of speech is enaunter?
Enaunter is a conjunction.
How do you pronounce enaunter?
Enaunter is pronounced /ɪnˈɔːntə/.

Words near enaunter in the dictionary

  1. enations
  2. enaum
  3. enaumdar
  4. enaumdars
  5. enaums
  6. enaunter
  7. Enawene Nawe
  8. enban
  9. enbattled
  10. enben
  11. Enberahaa

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