Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enfasten

/ɛnˈfæsə̆n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-fas-ten
IPA: /ɛnˈfæsə̆n/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fasten, to bind tightly.

Literary

Example Sentences

"c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V. Claude tu Eustace Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly! I, who believed not in her, because I would fain believe nothing, Have to believe as I may, with a wilful, unmeaning acceptance. I, who refused to enfasten the roots of my floating existence In the rich earth, cling now to the hard, naked rock that is left me, — Ah! she was worthy, Eustace — and that, indeed, is my comfort, — Worthy a nobler heart than a fool such as I could have given her."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English en- -en English enfasten From fast + en- -en.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɛnˈfæsə̆n/

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

enfastens (present, singular) enfastening (participle, present) enfastened (participle, past) enfastened (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce enfasten?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnˈfæsə̆n/.
What does enfasten mean?: To fasten, to bind tightly.
Where does enfasten come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English en- -en English enfasten From fast + en- -en.

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