Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ensearch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-search
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To search; to try to find something.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To search for; to seek.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"by all the means you can to ensearch whether there is any meeting intended"
"Yet as naked as at the firſt bluſh it [the work] ſeemeth, if it ſhall ſtande wyth your Honour his pleaſure (whome I take to be an experte Lapidarie) at vacant houres to inſearche it, you ſhall finde therein ſtones of ſuch eſtimatiõ, as are woorthy to be coucht in riche and precious collets."

Etymology

From Middle English enserchen, from Old French encerchier. See search.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: enserchen, encerchier

Usage

Inflected Forms

ensearches (present, singular) ensearching (participle, present) ensearched (participle, past) ensearched (past) insearch (alternative)

Questions

What does ensearch mean?: To search; to try to find something.
Where does ensearch come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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