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enlock

enlock verb: to lock up.

Verb

enlock (third-person singular simple present enlocks, present participle enlocking, simple past and past participle enlocked)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To lock up.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To enclose.

Forms of enlock

third-person singular presentenlocks
present participleenlocking
past participleenlocked
pastenlocked

Origin of enlock

Alteration of earlier inlock.

Questions about enlock

What does enlock mean?
Enlock means to lock up.
What part of speech is enlock?
Enlock is a verb.
What is the past tense of enlock?
The past tense of enlock is enlocked.

Words near enlock in the dictionary

  1. enlivenment
  2. enlivenments
  3. enlivens
  4. enlives
  5. enliving
  6. enlock
  7. enlocked
  8. enlocking
  9. enlocks
  10. enlodge
  11. enlodged

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