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English
Etymology
From Latin entheātus (“divinely inspired”), from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “inspired, possessed by (a) god”) + -ātus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
entheate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Divinely inspired.
1623, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Flowers of Sion:Their orbye christales moue
More actiue than before,
And entheate from aboue
Their soueraigne prince laude, glorifie, adore.
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