| 单词 |
enchafe |
| 释义 |
enchafe, v. Obs. or arch.|ɛnˈtʃeɪf|
Forms: 4 enchaufye, 4–7 enchauf(e, 4– enchafe; also 7 inchafe.
[ME. enchaufe, an alteration of eschaufe, achafe.]
1. trans. To make hot or warm. Also fig. to excite, irritate.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. iv. 73 As fire..ne stinteþ nat to enchaufen [Camb. MS. eschaufen] and to ben hote. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 395 The gude, at enchaufyt war Off Ire. 1470–85Malory Arthur xviii. xv, Syr Lauayne was ryden to playe hym to enchauffe his hors. c1534tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 43 The legates of Rome being enchafed with such woords. 1601Holland Pliny I. 225 Hee alone after this maner inchafeth himselfe, and giues an edge vnto his anger. Ibid. xviii. xxx, The Frument..soone catcheth a heat, and is quickly enchaufed. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 174 They are as rough (Their Royall blood enchaf'd) as the rud'st winde. 1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. 86 Thy embryo form..The dark enlightens, and enchafes the cold.
2. intr. To grow hot. Also fig.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 2256 He louaþ þat fyr; let hym enchaufye ynne. 1382Wyclif Job vi. 17 As thei enchaufe, thei shul be losid fro ther place. |
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