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enflesh, v.|ɛnˈflɛʃ| Also 6–7 inflesh. [f. en-1, in- + flesh n.] trans. a. To make into flesh. b. To cause a growth of flesh upon (the limbs). c. To plant or establish in the flesh, to ingrain. d. To give a fleshly form to. Hence enˈfleshing vbl. n.
1548Geste Pr. Masse 86 No more then the deytie is recompted enfleshed for that it is substancially in us. Ibid., The incarnation or enfleshing of Christes Godhead. 1598Florio, Incarnare, to incarnate, to inflesh. Ibid., Incarnamento, an enfleshing, an incarnating, incarnation. 1603― Montaigne i. lvi. (1632) 173 Those vices, which are habituated, inbred, setled, and enfleshed in him. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vi. (R.), Who th' Deity inflesht, and man's flesh deified. 1648Herrick Hesper., To his Mistresses, Bring your magicks, spels, and charmes, To enflesh my thighs and armes. 1883J. Parker Apost. Life II. 212 Our love must incarnate, enflesh, and embody itself. |