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单词 encoffin
释义

encoffinv.

Forms: Also 1600s encoffen.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + coffin n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: enˈcoffin.
Now rare.
transitive. To put into a coffin; hence, to shut up, hide away. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin
chest1473
cere1525
board1535
coffin1564
incoffin?1575
encoffin1598
hearse1606
kistc1650
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia v. sig. D4v I had rather be encoffin'd in this chest.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 868 His bones were..solemnly encoffined in the Chancell.
1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. 15 They condemn the Papists for encoffening the Scriptures..in an unknown tongue.

Derivatives

enˈcoffining n.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > putting in coffin
chesting1535
encoffining1856
encoffinment1882
1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 214 The encoffining..of the dead was regarded as of greater consequence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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