† enfortunev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To invest with a property or quality.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes
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enfortunec1374
due1395
endowa1420
endue1447
garnishc1450
invest1590
clothe1611
c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 105 But he that wroght hit enfortuned hit so, That every wight that had hit shulde have wo.
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v.c1374- to talk some sense into a person
- to talk someone's ear off
- to talk someone's language
- to talk someone'the same language
- to talk stable
- to talk stupidness
- to talk that talk
- to talk the bark off a tree
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey etc
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey horse
- to talk the hind legs off a donkey
- to talk the talk
- to talk through
- to talk through one's hat
- to talk through one's neck
- to talk through the back of one's neck
- to talk to
- to talk to a brick wall
- to talk to etc on the big white telephone
- to talk to god on the big white telephone
- to talk to ralph on the big white telephone
- to talk trash
- to talk turkey
- to talk turpentine