Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shield; cover; protect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Archaic To defend, as with a shield; to shield.
- adjective obsolete Shielded; enshielded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic (
transitive ) Todefend ; toshield . - adjective obsolete
Protected ;defended ,enshielded .
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Examples
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And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.
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Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.
Present Crisis 1912
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Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.
The Present Crisis 1909
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Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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