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envillaged

envillaged adjective: turned into, or reduced to, a village.

Adjective

envillaged (not comparable)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) Turned into, or reduced to, a village.
    • There on a goodly plain, by time thrown down, / Lies buried in his dust some ancient town; / Who now envillaged, there 's only seen / In his vast ruins what his state had been: […]1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals

Origin of envillaged

From en- + village + -ed.

Questions about envillaged

What does envillaged mean?
Envillaged means turned into, or reduced to, a village.
What part of speech is envillaged?
Envillaged is an adjective.

Words near envillaged in the dictionary

  1. envigors
  2. envigourate
  3. envigourated
  4. envigourates
  5. envigourating
  6. envillaged
  7. Enville
  8. enviomycin
  9. envious
  10. enviously
  11. enviousness

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