"ensearch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ensearches [present, singular, third-person], ensearching [participle, present], ensearched [participle, past], ensearched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English enserchen, from Old French encerchier. See search. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enserchen}} Middle English enserchen, {{der|en|fro|encerchier}} Old French encerchier Head templates: {{en-verb}} ensearch (third-person singular simple present ensearches, present participle ensearching, simple past and past participle ensearched)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To search; to try to find something. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ensearch-en-verb-pwz31WWZ
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To search for; to seek. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-ensearch-en-verb-xjqA5WK7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insearch

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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