enchafe

English

Etymology

Alteration of achafe.

Verb

enchafe (third-person singular simple present enchafes, present participle enchafing, simple past and past participle enchafed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make warm, to heat.
    • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
      , Book VII:
      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.

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