† enstylev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To style, denominate.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as
sayOE
calla1250
deemc1400
nevenc1425
qualify?1465
designa1500
expound1530
style1570
read1590
intenda1599
dub1607
instyle1607
phrase1607
enstyle1616
speaka1625
cognominate1632
determine1653
clapa1657
designate1669
intimate1799
nominate1799
bedub1884
tab1924
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. viii, in Wks. I. 259 Our eye doth reade thee (now enstil'd) our Crites.
1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 55 Vulgarly enstiled Shroue-Tuesday.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. O By some enstyl'd The luckie Omen of the child.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 160 Why the Apostle should chuse to enstile Almighty God from these two [attributes], of Patience and of Consolation.
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