| 释义 |
encrown, v.|ɛnˈkraʊn|
Also 6 encroun.
[f. en-1 + crown n.]
1. trans. To put a crown on (any one); to crown.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. A j a, Aungelis encrowned full hye with precious stones. 1841T. J. Ouseley Eng. Melodies 49 Whilst Flowers en-crown thy Fairy head. 1854Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 530 Encrowned with peaks of quivering fire. 1884Sword & Trowel Feb. 63 Our fathers were wont to encrown themselves with a tasselled triangle.
†2. ? To mark or stamp with the figure of a crown. Obs.
1538Leland Itin. V. 110 And one Quene Elenor was buried..under a flat Stone of Marble with an Image of plaine Plate of Brasse encrounid. |