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enchastens

enchastens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enchasten.

Meaning of enchasten

Verb

enchasten (third-person singular simple present enchastens, present participle enchastening, simple past and past participle enchastened)

  1. (literary, rare) To render chaste.
    • And shall it e’er be said, that a poor hind,
      Nursed in the lap of Ignorance, and bred
      In want and labour, glows with nobler zeal
      To laud his Maker’s attributes, while he
      Whom starry Science in her cradle rock’d,
      And Castaly enchasten’d, with its dews,
      Closes his eyes upon the holy word,
      And, blind...a. 1807, Henry Kirke White, “Time: A Poem”, in The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, […], volume II, London: J[ohn] G[eorge] Barnard, […] for William Clark, […], published 1825, page 87

Questions about enchastens

What is enchastens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enchastens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enchasten.

Words near enchastens in the dictionary

  1. enchases
  2. enchasing
  3. enchasten
  4. enchastened
  5. enchastening
  6. enchastens
  7. enchaunt
  8. enchaunted
  9. enchaunter
  10. enchaunters
  11. enchaunting

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