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enlard

enlard verb: to cover or dress with lard or grease.

Verb

enlard (third-person singular simple present enlards, present participle enlarding, simple past and past participle enlarded)

  1. (transitive) To cover or dress with lard or grease.
    • Nor, by my will, assubjugate his merit,
      As amply titled as Achilles is,
      By going to Achilles:
      That were to enlard his fat already pride
      And add more coals to Cancer when he burns
      With entertaining great Hyperion.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of enlard

third-person singular presentenlards
present participleenlarding
past participleenlarded
pastenlarded
alternative forminlard

Origin of enlard

From en- + lard.

Questions about enlard

What does enlard mean?
Enlard means to cover or dress with lard or grease.
What part of speech is enlard?
Enlard is a verb.
What is the past tense of enlard?
The past tense of enlard is enlarded.

Words near enlard in the dictionary

  1. enlacements
  2. enlaces
  3. enlacing
  4. enladen
  5. enlaid
  6. enlard
  7. enlarded
  8. enlarding
  9. enlards
  10. enlarge
  11. enlarge oneself

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