Encowl

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To clothe (as) in a cowl; to make (someone) a monk. transitive

    "King Alfred that his Christ he might more surely hold, Left his Northumbrian Crowne, and soone became encould,"

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"King Alfred that his Christ he might more surely hold, Left his Northumbrian Crowne, and soone became encould,"

Etymology

From en- + cowl.

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