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enfiring

enfiring is the present participle and gerund 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 enfiring

What is enfiring the present participle and gerund of?
Enfiring is the present participle and gerund of enfire.

Words near enfiring in the dictionary

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

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