enfire

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ fire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈfaɪə(ɹ)/

Verb

enfire (third-person singular simple present enfires, present participle enfiring, simple past and past participle enfired)

1. (archaic, transitive) To set on fire.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love:

     So hard those heavenly beauties he enfired

References

• “enfire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Feiner, ferine, fineer, refine