Engyve
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To put in gyves or shackles. obsolete, rare
"We have enough to doe, to endure the burthen of them, and are so engived and shackled in them, as if we were to fight but with the shocke or brunt of our armes: And as if we were as much bound to defend them, as they to shield us."
Example
More examples"We have enough to doe, to endure the burthen of them, and are so engived and shackled in them, as if we were to fight but with the shocke or brunt of our armes: And as if we were as much bound to defend them, as they to shield us."
Etymology
From en- + gyve.
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