Enrank
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To place in ranks or in order. obsolete
"No leisure had he to enrank his men; He wanted pikes to set before his archers; Instead whereof sharp stakes pluck’d out of hedges They pitched in the ground confusedly, To keep the horsemen off from breaking in."
- 2 To classify (someone in a particular group); to enroll, register. figuratively, obsolete
"[…] thy Lord or Maister enranks thee with the deceaved sort, and so forgets thee!"
Example
More examples"No leisure had he to enrank his men; He wanted pikes to set before his archers; Instead whereof sharp stakes pluck’d out of hedges They pitched in the ground confusedly, To keep the horsemen off from breaking in."
Etymology
From en- + rank.
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