engyve

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English

Etymology

From en- +‎ gyve.

Verb

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  1. (obsolete, rare) To put in gyves or shackles.
    • Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
    • 1887, The Homiletic Review, vol.XIV:
      It is now, to the believer, not a tyrant to be dreaded, but a minister to perform a needed office; not a jailer to engyve us with the fetters of bondage, but a servant to assist us in unrobing for our entrance into the banqueting house […].
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