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enharbouring

enharbouring is the present participle and gerund of enharbour.

Meaning of enharbour

Verb

enharbour (third-person singular simple present enharbours, present participle enharbouring, simple past and past participle enharboured)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about enharbouring

What is enharbouring the present participle and gerund of?
Enharbouring is the present participle and gerund of enharbour.

Words near enharbouring in the dictionary

  1. enhancive
  2. enhancon
  3. enhancons
  4. enharbour
  5. enharboured
  6. enharbouring
  7. enharbours
  8. enharden
  9. enhardened
  10. enhardening
  11. enhardens

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