"enseam" meaning in All languages combined

See enseam on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: enseams [present, singular, third-person], enseaming [participle, present], enseamed [participle, past], enseamed [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English seam English enseam From en- + seam. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|en-|seam|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English seam English enseam [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "into", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "en-", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "en-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "en-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "seam", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "enseam", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="enseam"> From en- + seam. Head templates: {{en-verb}} enseam (third-person singular simple present enseams, present participle enseaming, simple past and past participle enseamed)
  1. (obsolete) To remove the surplus fat from a horse or (in falconry) a bird. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-enseam-en-verb-26o8amG4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en-, Falconry Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Falconry: 100 0
  2. (obsolete) To sew or stitch up in a covering Tags: obsolete
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Inflected forms

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