enmired

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English

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Etymology

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From enmire +‎ -ed.

Verb

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enmired

  1. simple past and past participle of enmire

Adjective

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enmired (comparative more enmired, superlative most enmired)

  1. Immersed in mire; bogged down.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 318:
      Discipline, in fact, proved to be one of the chief attractions of Benedictine monasteries, in an age enmired in terrifying lawlessness which longed for the lost order of Roman society.

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