Entable
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To record; to enter into a permanent record.
"He is the embodied law, entabled on Sinai; the perfect sacrifice, foreshadowed in the temple; the consecrated life set forth in the old ritual; the wisdom and power divine desired of the nations."
- 2 To add to a schedule of participants in events.
"Groups of them were entabled each week or fortnight to sing the antiphons, responds, versicle, gradual, Benedicamus, O Redemptor or Gloria Laus; the number entabled varied according to the solemnity of the feasts."
- 3 To fill a table with; to present in tabular format.
"The data to show this type of effect is entabled for the monovalent group, children and adults, in Tables 7a and 7b."
- 4 To create multiple flat raised areas in.
"Built on a place with a privileged landscape view, with the cloister in rustic style, the roof's weatherboard finished in entabled tiles, the Monastery's windows and doors are of flat lintels with grates on the ground floor and fitted with glass […]"
Example
More examples"He is the embodied law, entabled on Sinai; the perfect sacrifice, foreshadowed in the temple; the consecrated life set forth in the old ritual; the wisdom and power divine desired of the nations."
Etymology
From en- + table.
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