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enfastened

enfastened is the simple past and past participle of enfasten.

Meaning of enfasten

Verb

enfasten (third-person singular simple present enfastens, present participle enfastening, simple past and past participle enfastened)

  1. (literary, rare) To fasten, to bind tightly.
    • c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V. Claude tu Eustace
      Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly!
      I, who believed not in her, because I would fain believe nothing,
      Have to believe as I may, with a wilful, unmeaning acceptance.
      I, who refused to enfasten...

Questions about enfastened

What is enfastened the simple past and past participle of?
Enfastened is the simple past and past participle of enfasten.

Words near enfastened in the dictionary

  1. enfant terrible
  2. enfantement
  3. enfantements
  4. enfants terribles
  5. enfasten
  6. enfastened
  7. enfastening
  8. enfastens
  9. enfeeble
  10. enfeebled
  11. enfeeblement

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