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enchafe

enchafe verb: to make warm, to heat.

Verb

enchafe (third-person singular simple present enchafes, present participle enchafing, simple past and past participle enchafed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make warm, to heat.

Forms of enchafe

third-person singular presentenchafes
present participleenchafing
past participleenchafed
pastenchafed

Origin of enchafe

From Middle English enchaufen, a modification of achaufen after the prefix en-.

Questions about enchafe

What does enchafe mean?
Enchafe means to make warm, to heat.
What part of speech is enchafe?
Enchafe is a verb.
What is the past tense of enchafe?
The past tense of enchafe is enchafed.

Words near enchafe in the dictionary

  1. encephaloviruses
  2. encephalum
  3. encephaly
  4. encephelopathy
  5. encephlomyocarditis
  6. enchafe
  7. enchafed
  8. enchafes
  9. enchafing
  10. enchain
  11. enchained

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