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enfired

enfired is the simple past and past participle of enfire.

Meaning of enfire

Verb

enfire (third-person singular simple present enfires, present participle enfiring, simple past and past participle enfired)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To set on fire.
    • So hard those heavenly beauties he enfired1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love

Questions about enfired

What is enfired the simple past and past participle of?
Enfired is the simple past and past participle of enfire.

Words near enfired in the dictionary

  1. enfiles
  2. enfiling
  3. Enfinger
  4. Enfingers
  5. enfire
  6. enfired
  7. enfires
  8. enfiring
  9. enfix
  10. enfixed
  11. enfixes

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