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Middle English
Etymology
Modification of eschaufen as if en- + chaufen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈt͡ʃau̯fən/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃaːfən/
Verb
enchaufen
- To (cause to) warm or heat.
- (figurative) To inflame (an emotion or organ).
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC:
a good knyght, Sir Patryse, which was cosyn unto Sir Mador de la Porte, toke an appyll, for he was enchaffed with hete of wyne.- Sir Patrice, a good knight who was the cousin of Sir Mador de la Porte, took an apple because he was enervated with drunken passion.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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