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单词 enflower
释义

enflowerv.

/ɛnˈflaʊə/
Forms: Also 1500s enflore.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + flower n.
transitive. To adorn or deck with flowers.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > ornament with flowers
flourisha1400
beflower1594
enflowerc1602
emblossom1821
floralize1890
petal1907
c1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 327 All engreening and enflowering Those pleasant mountagnets.
1888 A. J. Butler tr. Dante Paradiso x. 132 Thou wouldst know from what plants this garland is enflowered.

Derivatives

enˈflowered adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with flowers
flowereda1375
enflowered1523
gaily flowered1730
petalled1793
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1164 The margent Enflorid with flowris.
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. H3 Millaine these od'rous and enfloured fields Are none of thine. View more context for this quotation
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 2 The cheerful Lady of the light..Dispersed her beams through every part of this enflow'red globe.
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