envillaged

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

en- +‎ village +‎ -ed

Adjective[edit]

envillaged (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) Turned into, or reduced to, a village.
    • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals:
      There on a goodly plain, by time thrown down, / Lies buried in his dust some ancient town; / Who now envillaged, there 's only seen / In his vast ruins what his state had been: […]
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