encurtain

English

Etymology

Verb

encurtain (third-person singular simple present encurtains, present participle encurtaining, simple past and past participle encurtained)

(transitive) To enclose with, or as if with, curtains.
Synonym: incurtain

References

“encurtain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

N Centauri, centaurin, runcinate, uncertain

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