enserchen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French encerchier; equivalent to en- + serche + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]enserchen
- To search or seek, to try to find; to scour; to attempt to attain.
- To scrutinise oneself; to perform introspection.
- To attempt to unveil or reveal a malfeasance or wrong.
- (Late Middle English) To comb through texts; to research or seek information.
- (rare) To scrutinise; to look at intently or in-depth.
- (Late Middle English, rare) To look at that which is off-limits; to disturb.
- (Late Middle English) To acquire knowledge or information; to make a discovery.
- (Late Middle English, rare) To check, inspect or verify; to evaluate the certitude of something.
- (Late Middle English, rare) To question.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of enserchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: ensearch
References
[edit]- “enserchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.
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