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enstrew

enstrew is the obsolete form of instrew.

Meaning of instrew

Verb

instrew (third-person singular simple present instrews, present participle instrewing, simple past instrewed, past participle instrewn)

  1. (transitive) To strew about; scatter in or upon; spread.
    • Tubercles and granulations with numerous instrewn giant cells of tuberculous appearance together with necrosis 5 In May 1921 glands on the neck were observed which afterwards increased in size, together with a red swelling on the breast, [...]1962, Acta radiologica, volume 4

Forms of enstrew

third-person singular presentenstrews
present participleenstrewing
past participleenstrewed
pastenstrewed

Questions about enstrew

What is enstrew the obsolete form of?
Enstrew is the obsolete form of instrew.

Words near enstrew in the dictionary

  1. enstraitens
  2. enstrengthen
  3. enstrengthened
  4. enstrengthening
  5. enstrengthens
  6. enstrew
  7. enstrews
  8. enstrophies
  9. enstrophy
  10. enstructure
  11. enstructured

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enstrew (page history and authors); instrew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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