enharbour
enharbour verb: to find (something) harbour or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
Verb
enharbour (third-person singular simple present enharbours, present participle enharbouring, simple past and past participle enharboured)
- To find (something) harbour or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
- O true delight, enharboring the breſts / Of thoſe ſvveet creatures vvith the plumy crests [i.e., birds].1613, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. [The First Booke], London: […] Geo[rge] Norton, […], →OCLC, page 66
Forms of enharbour
| third-person singular present | enharbours |
|---|---|
| present participle | enharbouring |
| past participle | enharboured |
| past | enharboured |
| alternative form | enharbor |
Origin of enharbour
From en- + harbour.
Questions about enharbour
- What does enharbour mean?
- Enharbour means to find (something) harbour or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
- What part of speech is enharbour?
- Enharbour is a verb.
- What is the past tense of enharbour?
- The past tense of enharbour is enharboured.
Words near enharbour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enharbour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “enharbour.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/enharbour. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.