Entame

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make tame. obsolete, transitive

    "'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire, Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame That can entame my spirits to your worship."

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conquersubduesubjugate

Example

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"'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire, Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame That can entame my spirits to your worship."

Etymology

From en- + tame.

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