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encowls

encowls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encowl.

Meaning of encowl

Verb

encowl (third-person singular simple present encowls, present participle encowling, simple past and past participle encowled)

  1. (transitive) To clothe (as) in a cowl; to make (someone) a monk.
    • King Alfred that his Christ he might more surely hold,
      Left his Northumbrian Crowne, and soone became encould,1622, Michael Drayton, The Second Part, or a Continuance of Poly-Olbion, London: John Marriott, et al, Song 24, p. 96

Questions about encowls

What is encowls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encowls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encowl.

Words near encowls in the dictionary

  1. encovering
  2. encovers
  3. encowl
  4. encowled
  5. encowling
  6. encowls
  7. encradle
  8. encradled
  9. encradles
  10. encradling
  11. encranial

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