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enshelter

enshelter verb: to shelter.

Verb

enshelter (third-person singular simple present enshelters, present participle ensheltering, simple past and past participle ensheltered)

  1. (obsolete) To shelter.
    • If that the Turkish Fleete
      Be not enshelter'd, and embay'd, they are drown'dc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of enshelter

third-person singular presentenshelters
present participleensheltering
past participleensheltered
pastensheltered

Origin of enshelter

From en- + shelter.

Questions about enshelter

What does enshelter mean?
Enshelter means to shelter.
What part of speech is enshelter?
Enshelter is a verb.
What is the past tense of enshelter?
The past tense of enshelter is ensheltered.

Words near enshelter in the dictionary

  1. ensheaths
  2. enshell
  3. enshelled
  4. enshelling
  5. enshells
  6. enshelter
  7. ensheltered
  8. ensheltering
  9. enshelters
  10. Enshi
  11. enshield

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