enstar

English

Etymology

en- +‎ star

Verb

enstar (third-person singular simple present enstars, present participle enstarring, simple past and past participle enstarred)

  1. (transitive, poetic, archaic) To adorn with stars.
  2. (transitive, poetic, archaic) To set up as or like a star.
    • 1856, The British Educator, page 233:
      […] enstarring himself in the firmament of human thought.
    • 1882, Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Richard Salter Storrs, The Independent, volume 34, page 7:
      […] enstarring the lost graduate among his fellows.
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