enshield
enshield verb: to shield; to defend.
Verb
enshield (third-person singular simple present enshields, present participle enshielding, simple past and past participle enshielded)
- To shield; to defend.
- Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 't is Truth alone is strong, / And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng / Troops of beautiful, tall angels to enshield her from all wrong.1845 December, James Russell Lowell, “The Present Crisis”, in Poems, revised edition, volume II, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, published 1849, →OCLC, page 56
- Our conclusion then is, that the Federal government has full and exclusive jurisdiction over all the Territories of the United States; and that the native inhabitants of those Territories are citizens of the United States and subject to HER jurisdiction. That they are enshielded by the Federal...c. 1849, Joel Tiffany, A Treatise on the Unconstitutionality of American Slavery, Cleveland, Ohio: J. Calyer, Chapter 17, pp. 127-128
Forms of enshield
| third-person singular present | enshields |
|---|---|
| present participle | enshielding |
| past participle | enshielded |
| past | enshielded |
Origin of enshield
From en- + shield.
Questions about enshield
- What does enshield mean?
- Enshield means to shield; to defend.
- What part of speech is enshield?
- Enshield is a verb.
- What is the past tense of enshield?
- The past tense of enshield is enshielded.
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