Enisle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make into an island. transitive

    "[…] long before England itself was enisled by the sea."

  2. 2
    To isolate. broadly, figuratively, transitive

    "[…] no reply / Comes from the vast, enisling sphere / Of spirit, limitless, divine, / So far from me, so strangely mine."

Synonyms

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cut offinsulateislandisolateisolatesegregate

Example

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"[…] long before England itself was enisled by the sea."

Etymology

From en- + isle.

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