Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make warm or hot; heat.
- To chafe or fret; provoke; enrage; irritate.
- To become warm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To make
warm , toheat .
Etymologies
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Alteration of achafe.
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Examples
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So as fair Elaine came to Winchester she sought there all about, and by fortune Sir Lavaine was ridden to play him, to enchafe his horse.
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So as fair Elaine came to Winchester she sought there all about, and by fortune Sir Lavaine was ridden to play him, to enchafe his horse.
bilby commented on the word enchafe
"Then Percivale perceived that, and cast down his shield which was broken; and then he did off his helm for to gather wind, for he was greatly enchafed with the serpent: and the lion went alway about him fawning as a spaniel."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 10, 2009