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enseams

enseams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enseam.

Meaning of enseam

Verb

enseam (third-person singular simple present enseams, present participle enseaming, simple past and past participle enseamed)

  1. (obsolete) To remove the surplus fat from a horse or (in falconry) a bird.
    • She was not clene ensaymed,
      She was not wel reclaymed;
      But the fawconer unfayned
      Was moch more febler brayned.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 79–83
  2. (obsolete) To sew or stitch up in a covering

Questions about enseams

What is enseams the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enseams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enseam.

Words near enseams in the dictionary

  1. ensealing
  2. enseals
  3. enseam
  4. enseamed
  5. enseaming
  6. enseams
  7. ensear
  8. ensearch
  9. ensearched
  10. ensearches
  11. ensearching

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