Enrank

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 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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