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encradle

encradle verb: to lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.

Verb

encradle (third-person singular simple present encradles, present participle encradling, simple past and past participle encradled)

  1. (transitive) To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
    • Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love

Forms of encradle

third-person singular presentencradles
present participleencradling
past participleencradled
pastencradled

Origin of encradle

From en- + cradle.

Questions about encradle

What does encradle mean?
Encradle means to lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
What part of speech is encradle?
Encradle is a verb.
What is the past tense of encradle?
The past tense of encradle is encradled.

Words near encradle in the dictionary

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

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