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enstage

enstage verb: to perform (a dramatic work) upon a stage for an audience.

Verb

enstage (third-person singular simple present enstages, present participle enstaging, simple past and past participle enstaged)

  1. (transitive) To perform (a dramatic work) upon a stage for an audience.
    • […] the treasure house of mythology enstaged by the tragic poets of Greece.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 36

Forms of enstage

third-person singular presentenstages
present participleenstaging
past participleenstaged
pastenstaged

Origin of enstage

From en- + stage.

Questions about enstage

What does enstage mean?
Enstage means to perform (a dramatic work) upon a stage for an audience.
What part of speech is enstage?
Enstage is a verb.
What is the past tense of enstage?
The past tense of enstage is enstaged.

Words near enstage in the dictionary

  1. enspirit
  2. enspirited
  3. enspiriting
  4. enspirits
  5. ENSs
  6. enstage
  7. enstaged
  8. enstages
  9. enstaging
  10. enstall
  11. enstalled

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