insinew
insinew verb: to strengthen with, or as if with, sinews; to innerve; to invigorate.
Verb
insinew (third-person singular simple present insinews, present participle insinewing, simple past and past participle insinewed)
- To strengthen with, or as if with, sinews; to innerve; to invigorate.
- All members of our Cauſe, both here, and hence, / That are inſinewed to this Action.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
- Oh ye floods! oh ye floods! of the ever-rolling deep, / The breath of God insinews ye, and awful is your sweep, […]1824, T[homas] Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard, “The Land beneath the Sea”, in Welsh Minstrelsy: Containing The Land beneath the Sea; or, Cantrev Y Gwaelod, A Poem, in three Cantos […], John and H. L....
Forms of insinew
| third-person singular present | insinews |
|---|---|
| present participle | insinewing |
| past participle | insinewed |
| past | insinewed |
Origin of insinew
From in- + sinew.
Questions about insinew
- What does insinew mean?
- Insinew means to strengthen with, or as if with, sinews; to innerve; to invigorate.
- What part of speech is insinew?
- Insinew is a verb.
- What is the past tense of insinew?
- The past tense of insinew is insinewed.
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