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English
Etymology
From en- + flower.
Pronunciation
Verb
enflower (third-person singular simple present enflowers, present participle enflowering, simple past and past participle enflowered)
- (transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
- Synonym: beflower
c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. , London: [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, , published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Millaine theſe od'rous and enfloured fields / Are none of thine, [...]
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