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enchased

enchased is the simple past and past participle of enchase.

Meaning of enchase

Verb

enchase (third-person singular simple present enchases, present participle enchasing, simple past and past participle enchased)

  1. To set (a gemstone, etc.) into.
    • The nails faln off by VVhit-flavves: Art's / VViſe hand enchaſing here thoſe vvarts, / VVhich vve to others (from our ſelves) / Sell, and brought hither by the Elves.1648, Robert Herrick, “Oberons Palace”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page...
  2. (figuratively) To be a setting for.
    • My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace, / Her heauenly lineaments for to enchace.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 177
  3. To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.
    • Thy Garments ſhall be made of Medean ſilke, / Enchaſt with precious iewels of mine owne: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  4. To cut or carve, as with a weapon.
    • They tooke their ſwords againe, and each enchaſte / Deepe wounds in the ſoft fleſh of his ſtrong foe[…]1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Twelfth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...

Questions about enchased

What is enchased the simple past and past participle of?
Enchased is the simple past and past participle of enchase.

Words near enchased in the dictionary

  1. encharm
  2. encharmed
  3. encharming
  4. encharms
  5. enchase
  6. enchased
  7. enchaser
  8. enchasers
  9. enchases
  10. enchasing
  11. enchasten

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