enserchen

• enserche, enserge, encherch, inserche, encerche, enseerchen, enserchun

From Old French encerchier; equivalent to en- +‎ serche +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ənˈsɛːrtʃən/, /ənˈsɛrtʃən/, /ɛnˈsɛrtʃən/

enserchen

1. To search or seek, to try to find; to scour; to attempt to attain.
   1. To scrutinise oneself; to perform introspection.
   2. To attempt to unveil or reveal a malfeasance or wrong.
   3. (Late Middle English) To comb through texts; to research or seek information.
   4. (rare) To scrutinise; to look at intently or in-depth.
   5. (Late Middle English, rare) To look at that which is off-limits; to disturb.
2. (Late Middle English) To acquire knowledge or information; to make a discovery.
3. (Late Middle English, rare) To check, inspect or verify; to evaluate the certitude of something.
4. (Late Middle English, rare) To question.

• enserche
• ensercher
• enserching

• English: ensearch

• “enserchen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.