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engarment

engarment verb: to clothe.

Verb

engarment (third-person singular simple present engarments, present participle engarmenting, simple past and past participle engarmented)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To clothe.
    • I see it manifold / And mystical with inward gifts and graces, / That should be mine and would engarment me / For ever in the purest panoplies / Of innocence […]1897, Frederick William Orde Ward, Matin bells, and Scarlet and gold (page 346)

Forms of engarment

third-person singular presentengarments
present participleengarmenting
past participleengarmented
pastengarmented

Origin of engarment

en- + garment

Questions about engarment

What does engarment mean?
Engarment means to clothe.
What part of speech is engarment?
Engarment is a verb.
What is the past tense of engarment?
The past tense of engarment is engarmented.

Words near engarment in the dictionary

  1. engaols
  2. engarland
  3. engarlanded
  4. engarlanding
  5. engarlands
  6. engarment
  7. engarmented
  8. engarmenting
  9. engarments
  10. engarrison
  11. engarrisoned

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