encolden

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈkəʊldən/

Hyphenation: en·col·den

Verb

encolden (third-person singular simple present encoldens, present participle encoldening, simple past and past participle encoldened)

(transitive, rare, chiefly literary) Render cold; chill.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:encolden.

References

The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language by John Ogilvie (1883) states that encolden was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en.

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[IDEL-etym-1] The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language by John Ogilvie (1883) states that encolden was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en.