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enfame

enfame verb: to make famous.

Verb

enfame (third-person singular simple present enfames, present participle enfaming, simple past and past participle enfamed)

  1. (archaic) to make famous
    • Him, for his exploits exc'ellent to reward, God gave in shortest space a gallant son, whose arm to 'noble and enfame was fain the warlike name of Lusitania's reign.1880, Richard Burton, transl., The Lusiads

Forms of enfame

third-person singular presentenfames
present participleenfaming
past participleenfamed
pastenfamed

Origin of enfame

From en- + fame.

Questions about enfame

What does enfame mean?
Enfame means to make famous.
What part of speech is enfame?
Enfame is a verb.
What is the past tense of enfame?
The past tense of enfame is enfamed.

Words near enfame in the dictionary

  1. enfaced paper
  2. enfacement
  3. enfacements
  4. enfaces
  5. enfacing
  6. enfame
  7. enfamish
  8. enfamished
  9. enfamishes
  10. enfamishing
  11. enfancy

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