enchaufen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modification of eschaufen as if en- + chaufen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]enchaufen
- To (cause to) warm or heat.
- (figurative) To inflame (an emotion or organ).
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- a good knyght, Sir Patryse, which was cosyn unto Sir Mador de la Porte, toke an appyll, for he was enchaffed with hete of wyne.
- Sir Patrice, a good knight who was the cousin of Sir Mador de la Porte, took an apple because he was enervated with drunken passion.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of enchaufen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: enchafe
References
[edit]- “enchaufen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.