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enhearsed

enhearsed is the simple past and past participle of enhearse.

Meaning of enhearse

Verb

enhearse (third-person singular simple present enhearses, present participle enhearsing, simple past and past participle enhearsed)

  1. (transitive) To place into, or as if into, a hearse or coffin.
    • Doubtless he would have made a noble knight;
      See, where he lies inhearsed in the arms
      Of the most bloody nurser of his harms!1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about enhearsed

What is enhearsed the simple past and past participle of?
Enhearsed is the simple past and past participle of enhearse.

Words near enhearsed in the dictionary

  1. enhaunc'd
  2. enhaunce
  3. enhaunces
  4. Enhe
  5. enhearse
  6. enhearsed
  7. enhearses
  8. enhearsing
  9. enhearten
  10. enheartened
  11. enheartening

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