ensearch
ensearch verb: to search; to try to find something.
Verb
ensearch (third-person singular simple present ensearches, present participle ensearching, simple past and past participle ensearched)
- To search; to try to find something.
- To search for; to seek.
- by all the means you can to ensearch whether there is any meeting intended1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
- Yet as naked as at the firſt bluſh it [the work] ſeemeth, if it ſhall ſtande wyth your Honour his pleaſure (whome I take to be an experte Lapidarie) at vacant houres to inſearche it, you ſhall finde therein ſtones of ſuch eſtimatiõ, as are woorthy to be coucht in riche and precious collets.1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “The Historie of Irelande […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I...
Forms of ensearch
| third-person singular present | ensearches |
|---|---|
| present participle | ensearching |
| past participle | ensearched |
| past | ensearched |
| alternative form | insearch |
Origin of ensearch
From Middle English enserchen, from Old French encerchier. See search.
Questions about ensearch
- What does ensearch mean?
- Ensearch means to search; to try to find something.
- What part of speech is ensearch?
- Ensearch is a verb.
- What is the past tense of ensearch?
- The past tense of ensearch is ensearched.
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