Enshadow

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with a shadow. transitive

    "Had he lived some centuries ago, in the brightly coloured civilizations of the past, he would have had a definite status, his rank and his income would have corresponded. But in his day the angel of Democracy had arisen, enshadowing the classes with leathern wings […]"

Example

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"Had he lived some centuries ago, in the brightly coloured civilizations of the past, he would have had a definite status, his rank and his income would have corresponded. But in his day the angel of Democracy had arisen, enshadowing the classes with leathern wings […]"

Etymology

From en- + shadow.

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