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enfile

enfile verb: to thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.

Verb

enfile (third-person singular simple present enfiles, present participle enfiling, simple past and past participle enfiled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.

Forms of enfile

third-person singular presentenfiles
present participleenfiling
past participleenfiled
pastenfiled
alternative forminfile

Origin of enfile

Borrowed from French enfiler.

Questions about enfile

What does enfile mean?
Enfile means to thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.
What part of speech is enfile?
Enfile is a verb.
What is the past tense of enfile?
The past tense of enfile is enfiled.

Words near enfile in the dictionary

  1. enfierced
  2. enfilade
  3. enfiladed
  4. enfilades
  5. enfilading
  6. enfile
  7. enfiled
  8. enfiles
  9. enfiling
  10. Enfinger
  11. Enfingers

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