† enarchv.
/ɛˈnɑːtʃ/ Obsolete.
1. transitive. To build or set in the form of an arch.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with arch
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arch1463
c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes (E.E.T.S.) 1253 A porche bilt of square stonys ful myghtely enarched.
2. transitive. To arch in or over, draw an arch over.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curve like arch or bow > over something
overvaulta1610
enarch1611
arch1626
overarch1667
circumflex1850
overbow1855
inarch1893
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 578/1 Enarching the ayre with a spatious Raine-bow.
3. transitive. Heraldry. In passive of a chevron: to have an arch within its inner angle.
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1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 105 b The fielde Argent, a Cheueron enarched Sable.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 57 Sometimes Enarched, sometimes Reuersed.
Derivatives
eˈnarched adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > charged with chevrons > types of chevron
couched1586
enarched1631
couché1727
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 842 This enarched Monument.
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