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单词 enfirm
释义

enfirmv.

Forms: Also Middle English enfermi.
Etymology: Middle English enfermi , < Old French enferme-r, < en- (see en- prefix1) + ferme < Latin firmus firm adj.; the later enfirm probably a new formation on en- prefix1 + firm adj.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To strengthen, fortify.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
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warnc1330
ward1340
warnestorec1374
abattlec1380
embattlec1380
fortify1436
bulwark1450
strengthen1450
bastille1480
enstrength1483
rempare1525
munite1533
fence1535
force1535
ranforce1547
rampire1550
fort1559
ramforce1570
fortificate1575
refortify1579
ensconce1590
munify1596
sconce1598
renforce1602
harness1611
munish1633
tackle1645
schanze1901
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 552 To Gloucetre hii wende, to enfermi þen toun.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV liii, in Poems (1878) IV. 14 The Gascoynes thus enfirm'd, and noe great feare Of French Invasion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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