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enwisening

enwisening is the present participle and gerund of enwisen.

Meaning of enwisen

Verb

enwisen (third-person singular simple present enwisens, present participle enwisening, simple past and past participle enwisened)

  1. Render wiser; make scient by subtle means.
    • Dwelling who knows where, the archetypes constitute, one might say, a set of psyche instructions that traverse time and space and enwisen each new generation.1997, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, page 355

Questions about enwisening

What is enwisening the present participle and gerund of?
Enwisening is the present participle and gerund of enwisen.

Words near enwisening in the dictionary

  1. enwind
  2. enwinding
  3. enwinds
  4. enwisen
  5. enwisened
  6. enwisening
  7. enwisens
  8. enwoman
  9. enwomaned
  10. enwomaning
  11. enwomans

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