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enstar

enstar verb: to adorn with stars.

Verb

enstar (third-person singular simple present enstars, present participle enstarring, simple past and past participle enstarred)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To adorn with stars.
  2. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To set up as or like a star.
    • […] enstarring himself in the firmament of human thought.1856, The British Educator, page 233
    • […] enstarring the lost graduate among his fellows.1882, Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Richard Salter Storrs, The Independent, volume 34, page 7

Forms of enstar

third-person singular presentenstars
present participleenstarring
past participleenstarred
pastenstarred

Origin of enstar

From en- + star.

Questions about enstar

What does enstar mean?
Enstar means to adorn with stars.
What part of speech is enstar?
Enstar is a verb.
What is the past tense of enstar?
The past tense of enstar is enstarred.

Words near enstar in the dictionary

  1. enstamp
  2. enstamped
  3. enstamping
  4. enstamps
  5. enstantly
  6. enstar
  7. enstarred
  8. enstarring
  9. enstars
  10. enstasis
  11. enstate

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