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ensear

/ɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/

ensear verb: to sear; to dry up.

Verb

ensear (third-person singular simple present ensears, present participle ensearing, simple past and past participle enseared)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sear; to dry up.
    • Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of ensear

third-person singular presentensears
present participleensearing
past participleenseared
pastenseared

Origin of ensear

From en- + sear.

Words that rhyme with ensear

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Questions about ensear

What does ensear mean?
Ensear means to sear; to dry up.
What part of speech is ensear?
Ensear is a verb.
How do you pronounce ensear?
Ensear is pronounced /ɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of ensear?
The past tense of ensear is enseared.

Words near ensear in the dictionary

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

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