enstamp

English

Etymology

en- +‎ stamp

Verb

enstamp (third-person singular simple present enstamps, present participle enstamping, simple past and past participle enstamped)

  1. (transitive) To stamp or mark; to impress deeply.
    • April 1 1703, Field Dunn, A sermon [on Hosea vi. 1] preach'd at St. Mary's in Kingston upon Hull
      Men of such an exemplary Life seem to have a Divine Authority enstamp'd upon what they say
    • July 2, 1826, Nathanael Emmons, Death of Saints (sermon)
      God enstamps his moral image upon none but those whom he has chosen to salvation

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “enstamp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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