† ensalvev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To put salve upon; to anoint.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with unguent
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c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 916 I haue bought here oyntmentes..To ensalue his body.
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