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enfires

enfires is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 enfires

What is enfires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enfires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enfire.

Words near enfires in the dictionary

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

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