entheate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin entheātus (“divinely inspired”), from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “inspired, possessed by (a) god”) + -ātus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]entheate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Divinely inspired.
- 1623, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Flowers of Sion:
- Their orbye christales moue
More actiue than before,
And entheate from aboue
Their soueraigne prince laude, glorifie, adore.
References
[edit]- “entheat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.