Definition of Enshield

1. v. t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield.

2. a. Shielded; enshielded.

Definition of Enshield

1. Verb. (archaic) (transitive) To defend; to shield. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Protected; defended, enshielded. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enshield

1. to shield [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shield

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enshield

ensews
enshackle
ensheath
ensheathe
ensheathed
ensheathes
ensheathing
ensheathing callus
ensheaths
enshell
enshelled
enshells
enshelter
ensheltered
ensheltering
enshield (current term)
enshielded
enshielding
enshields
enshrine
enshrined
enshrinee
enshrinees
enshrinement
enshrinements
enshrines
enshrining
enshroud
enshrouded
enshrouding

Literary usage of Enshield

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chief American Poets by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 't is around her throng Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong. 30 Backward look across the ..."

2. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1805)
"Let me he ignorant,] Me is wanting in the original copy. The emendation was made hy the editor of the second folio. Malone. a Proclaim an enshield ..."

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