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engarrison

engarrison verb: to garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.

Verb

engarrison (third-person singular simple present engarrisons, present participle engarrisoning, simple past and past participle engarrisoned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
    • Those strangers were no otherwise engaged, than as they, that would hold fair correspondence with the citizens, where they were engarrisoned.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of engarrison

third-person singular presentengarrisons
present participleengarrisoning
past participleengarrisoned
pastengarrisoned

Origin of engarrison

From en- + garrison.

Questions about engarrison

What does engarrison mean?
Engarrison means to garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
What part of speech is engarrison?
Engarrison is a verb.
What is the past tense of engarrison?
The past tense of engarrison is engarrisoned.

Words near engarrison in the dictionary

  1. engarlands
  2. engarment
  3. engarmented
  4. engarmenting
  5. engarments
  6. engarrison
  7. engarrisoned
  8. engarrisoning
  9. engarrisons
  10. engastration
  11. engastrimyth

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