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enshielded

enshielded is the simple past and past participle of enshield.

Meaning of enshield

Verb

enshield (third-person singular simple present enshields, present participle enshielding, simple past and past participle enshielded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about enshielded

What is enshielded the simple past and past participle of?
Enshielded is the simple past and past participle of enshield.

Words near enshielded in the dictionary

  1. ensheltered
  2. ensheltering
  3. enshelters
  4. Enshi
  5. enshield
  6. enshielded
  7. enshielding
  8. enshields
  9. Enshih
  10. enship
  11. enshitification

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