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† enˈtwit(e, v. Obs.
Also 6 entwyte, (entuite, intwight) 7 enthwite.
[Altered form of atwite; cf. twit.]
trans. a. To twit, rebuke, reproach (a person). Const. of, with. b. To make (a thing) a subject of reproach.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 146 Thou doest naught to entwite me thus. a1553― Royster D. ii. iii. (Arb.) 36 No good turnes entwite, Nor olde sores recite. 1560School House for Women 828 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 137 In case they doo you but one benefit They wil you ever with that one entwit. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) Matt. xxiii. 29 note, Christ..entwyteth them of their malice. 1583Stanyhurst æneis Ded. (Arb.) 8, I may bee perhaps entwighted of more haste then good speede. 1588Bp. Andrewes Serm. 10 April (1629) 8 By that word he meanes to enthwite them. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 68 He doth somewhat bitingly taxe and entuite the Corinthians. 1608[Hieron] Defence II. 42 He entwitteth the suspended and deprived ministers with want of learninge. |