entame
entame verb: to make tame.
Verb
entame (third-person singular simple present entames, present participle entaming, simple past and past participle entamed)
- To make tame.
- 'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire,
Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame
That can entame my spirits to your worship.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- 'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire,
Synonyms of entame
Forms of entame
| third-person singular present | entames |
|---|---|
| present participle | entaming |
| past participle | entamed |
| past | entamed |
Origin of entame
From en- + tame.
Questions about entame
- What does entame mean?
- Entame means to make tame.
- What part of speech is entame?
- Entame is a verb.
- What is the past tense of entame?
- The past tense of entame is entamed.
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