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English
Etymology
From en- + sear.
Pronunciation
Verb
ensear (third-person singular simple present ensears, present participle ensearing, simple past and past participle enseared)
- (obsolete, transitive) To sear; to dry up.
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
References
“ensear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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