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enguard

enguard verb: to guard or treasure.

Verb

enguard (third-person singular simple present enguards, present participle enguarding, simple past and past participle enguarded)

  1. (obsolete) To guard or treasure.
    • He may enguard his dotage with their powersc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of enguard

third-person singular presentenguards
present participleenguarding
past participleenguarded
pastenguarded

Origin of enguard

From en- + guard.

Questions about enguard

What does enguard mean?
Enguard means to guard or treasure.
What part of speech is enguard?
Enguard is a verb.
What is the past tense of enguard?
The past tense of enguard is enguarded.

Words near enguard in the dictionary

  1. engs
  2. Engsh
  3. Engstrom
  4. Engstroms
  5. Engteng
  6. enguard
  7. enguarded
  8. enguarding
  9. enguards
  10. enguiché
  11. engulf

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