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envault

envault verb: to enclose in a vault, or as if in one, i.e. to entomb.

Verb

envault (third-person singular simple present envaults, present participle envaulting, simple past and past participle envaulted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a vault, or as if in one, i.e. to entomb.
    • I wonder, good man, that you are not envaulted;
      Prithee go, and be dead, and be doubly exalted1732, Jonathan Swift, Conclusion From These Epigrams, With Dr. Swift's Answer

Forms of envault

third-person singular presentenvaults
present participleenvaulting
past participleenvaulted
pastenvaulted

Origin of envault

From en- + vault.

Questions about envault

What does envault mean?
Envault means to enclose in a vault, or as if in one, i.e. to entomb.
What part of speech is envault?
Envault is a verb.
What is the past tense of envault?
The past tense of envault is envaulted.

Words near envault in the dictionary

  1. envassaled
  2. envassaling
  3. envassalled
  4. envassalling
  5. envassals
  6. envault
  7. envaulted
  8. envaulting
  9. envaults
  10. enveigh
  11. enveighed

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