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infile

infile is the obsolete spelling of enfile.

Meaning of enfile

Verb

enfile (third-person singular simple present enfiles, present participle enfiling, simple past and past participle enfiled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.

Forms of infile

third-person singular presentinfiles
present participleinfiling
past participleinfiled
pastinfiled

Origin of infile

From in- + file.

Questions about infile

What is infile the obsolete spelling of?
Infile is the obsolete spelling of enfile.

Words near infile in the dictionary

  1. infighting
  2. infightings
  3. infights
  4. infigratinib
  5. infil
  6. infile
  7. infiled
  8. infiles
  9. infiling
  10. infill
  11. infilled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infile (page history and authors); enfile (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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