ensearch

English

Etymology

From Middle English enserchen, from Old French encerchier. See search.

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.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To search for; to seek.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Elyot to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ensearch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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