† enter-prefix

Forms: late Middle English entier-, late Middle English entyr-, late Middle English–1500s entre-, late Middle English–1700s enter-.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entre-.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enter-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French entre- (French entre- ) < classical Latin inter- (see inter- prefix). Compare inter- prefix.Attested earliest in entermete v., an early Middle English loan from French, and subsequently in late Middle English in other similar loans, e.g. entermise n., enterprise n., entertain v. Also found as an early variant (in Middle English and early modern English) of words which now have standard forms in inter- prefix (compare discussion at that entry), e.g. interchange v., intercourse n., interfere v. Formations within English are found from the 16th cent. Up to the 17th cent. this prefix is often found in adaptations of synonymous prefixed formations in French. The early 17th cent. witnessed a spate of adaptations from French, largely due to J. Florio (the translator of Montaigne's Essais into English); some of Florio's adaptations of French words in entre- are exemplified below. Since the middle of the 17th cent. this prefix has ceased to be productive, being superseded by inter- prefix.

Obsolete.

Forming verbs, nouns, and (occasionally) adjectives with the senses ‘between’, ‘among’, ‘mutually’. Now superseded by inter- prefix in English formations.The formations listed below are isolated or very uncommon uses. For slightly more common formations such as enterparley n., enterpart v., entertear v., see the main entries.

enter-advertise v. [after Middle French entradvertir, reflexive (1564; French entravertir, reflexive)] transitive (reflexive) to inform each other (of something).

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. viii. 562 We profitably enter-aduertize [Fr. entr'aduertissons] our selues of our defects.

enter-bathe v. [after Middle French entrebaigner, reflexive (a1590 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive (reflexive) to bathe each other (with tears in quot.; cf. bathe v. 2c).

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 358 [They] cast away their speares, And rapt with ioy, them enter-bathe [Fr. s'entrebaignent] with teares.

enter-bear v. [after Middle French entreporter, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive (apparently) to sustain or support (one another).

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 90 There have nations beene found, where, by custome, children killed their parents, and others, where parents slew their children, thereby to avoyde the hindrance of enter-bearing one another in after-times [Fr. qu'ils se peussent quelquesfois entreporter].

enterbrace v. transitive to embrace (each other) mutually; cf. interbrace v.

ΚΠ

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cx^v/1 Atte last he opened hys dore, and sith entrebraced eche other.

enter-braid v. intransitive to intertwine.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 364 Their shady boughes first bow they tenderly, Then enter-braid [Fr. enlacent pliez].

enterbreak v. transitive to cut into, make a break in. [After Middle French enterrompre, entrerompre (12th cent. in Old French; French entrerompre ). Compare earlier interrupt v.]

ΚΠ

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Pj The syxth vtylyte that Galyen putteth is to entrebreake [1579 enterbrake; Fr. enterrompre], and intercyde the matter.

enter-breath n. a breath taken between words or actions; (also) time for taking breath; a breather.Only in the works of Richard Braithwait.

ΚΠ

1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. Ivi^v I know no enter-breath Limits these saue onely Death!

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies vii. 51 At the end of every Act..the encurtain'd Musique sounds, to give Enter-breath to the Actors.

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 15 Passionate are his Enter-breaths.

enter-call v. [after Middle French entrappeller, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entrappeler)] transitive to call reciprocally by a specified name or designation.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxx. 104 Those that are much about one age, doe generally enter-call [Fr. ils s'entr'appellent generalement] one another brethren.

entercapering n. (in plural) interdependent or intermingled movements.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxii. 47 By the changes and entercaprings [Fr. aux couppures & muances] of which, the revolutions..of the..planets are caused.

entercarriage n. transport back and forth between two places.

ΚΠ

1598 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Hartfordshire ii. 6 For the more easie entercarriage of thinges between London and it [sc. Hartford].

enter-devour v. [after Middle French entremanger, reflexive (13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French, subsequently from the late 16th cent.; French entremanger, reflexive)] transitive to devour (one another) mutually.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 324 Without them [sc. lawes], men would enter-devoure [Fr. s'entremangeroient] one another.

enter-engender v. [after Middle French entregendre, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive to be the cause of (one another); to produce reciprocally.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 651 Paine and pleasure..enter-engender [Fr. s'entregendrent] and succeede one another.

enterglancing n. sharing of glances.

ΚΠ

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 309 Their chief repast was by entreglancing of lookes.

entergrave v. transitive to engrave between.

ΚΠ

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 28 The verie worke it selfe of the feete, was entergraven [L. interrasile erat]: and entergravinges betwen the joyntures.

entergraving n. an engraving between the parts of something.

ΚΠ

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 28 The verie worke it selfe of the feete, was entergraven: and entergravinges [L. scalpturae] betwen the joyntures.

enter-hinder v. [after Middle French entrempescher, reflexive (late 16th cent.)] transitive to be a mutual hindrance to (one another).

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 200 They are two occupations, that enter-hinder [Fr. s'entrempeschent] one another in their vigor.

enterhold v. [perhaps after Middle French entretenir entertain v.] transitive to observe (a treaty) reciprocally.

ΚΠ

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lxiii. f. cxiiii/1 The whyche paccyon they made and entrehelden, For after ofte tymes they vysited eche other.

enter-kissing adj. [after Middle French entrebaiser, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entrebaiser, reflexive)] that are gently touching or brushing one another.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 66 Water, nointing with cold-moist the brimmes Of th' enter-kissing [Fr. s'entrebaisent] turning Globes extreemes, Tempers the heat.

enter-lend v. [after Middle French entreprester, reflexive (1559)] transitive to lend to one another.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 They are things which enter-lend [Fr. s'entreprestent] and enter-owe one another their essence.

enter-love v. [after Middle French entraimer, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entraimer, reflexive)] transitive to love (one another) mutually.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 94 They enter-love one another [Fr. ils s'entre'aiment], and love me as much.

enter-mine n. a mine or tunnel which joins two others; an intervening mine.

ΚΠ

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 139 Iust in the mouth of th' enter-Mine [Fr. vers la mine entr-ouuert] he fired.

entermine v. transitive (a) to work against (each other); to undermine mutually; cf. mine v. 2b; (b) (apparently) to get into by digging, to mine into.

ΚΠ

c1450 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Royal 18 D.iv) iii. l. 4304 Entremynyng [c1450 Rylands entermynyng, c1475 Harl. 4203 entyrmenyng, ?a1439 Bodl. 263 Tween hope and dreed ther is swich a bataille, Thoruh vndirmynyng ech other to confounde] .

1542 Lamentatyon Mary Magdaleyne in Wks. G. Chaucer (new ed.) f. cccli^v/1 The iewes..Hath entermyned [?1526 Pynson intermyned] my lordes sepulture And borne awaye that precious fygure.

entermining n. the action or fact of working against each other; undermining.

ΚΠ

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiv. f. 81 Subtyll deceyuyng, crafty enterminyng.

enter-owe v. [after Middle French entredevoir, reflexive (1580 in the passage translated)] transitive to owe to one another.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 They are things which enter-lend and enter-owe [Fr. s'entredoiuent] one another their essence.

enterpillar n. [after classical Latin intercolumnium intercolumn n.] the space between two pillars.

ΚΠ

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 31 The middle enterpillers [L. intercolumnia] [were] square not round.

enter-seek v. [after Middle French entrechercher, reflexive (1572)] transitive to seek (one another) mutually.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxiv. 111 There are ever conditions that enter-seeke one another [Fr. s'entrecherchent].

enter-show v. [compare Middle French entremostrer, reflexive (12th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French, subsequently in 16th cent.)] transitive to show to one another.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 275 It was..a singular pleasure to observe the love..ech endevored to enter-shew [Fr. s'entrefaisoient] one another.

enter-shine v. intransitive (a) [after classical Latin interlūcēre (see interlucent adj.)] to shine or show up between other things; to be partially visible; (b) [after Middle French entreluire (16th cent.)] to glimmer with interspersed lights.

ΚΠ

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ee. ii^v Soldiours round ring not so thicke where wal most entershynes [L. interlucet].

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 311 An overshadowed and darke picture, enter-shining [Fr. entreluisant] with an infinite varietie of false lights.

enter-shouldering n. mutual jostling.

ΚΠ

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 226 At his very sight..a tumult, confused clamour, and enter shouldering of Male contents arose.

enter-split v. transitive (reflexive) to split one another.

ΚΠ

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 11 If that anie [stones] faile their foes to hit In fall; in flight themselues they enter-splitt [Fr. s'entrechoquans ils se blessent eux mesme].

enter-spoil v. [after Middle French entrepiller, reflexive (1580 in the passage translated)] transitive to despoil or pillage (one another); to plunder mutually (figurative in quot.).

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. vii. 551 Superioritie and inferioritie..must perpetually enter-spoyle one another [Fr. s'entrepillent].

entersuck v. [after Middle French entresucer, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive to suck mutually.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by or as by suction > with the mouth, etc.

suck1340

entersuck1603

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxvi. 397 They..mutually entersuck't [Fr. entresuçoient] each one the others [thumb].

entertake v. [compare entertain v.] transitive to take in as a guest, entertain.archaic in later use; quot. 1755 is taken from a work with the subtitle ‘A Poem. In Spenser's Stile’.

ΚΠ

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. V^v So did this mightie Ladie..With more myld aspect those two to entertake .

1755 M. Mendez Squire of Dames ii. xiii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 143 We entertake, quoth he, no vulgar guest.

enter-warn v. [after Middle French entradvertir, reflexive (see enter-advertise vb.)] transitive to warn (one another) mutually.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxiv. 111 This meanes of enter-warning one another [Fr. entr'aduertir]; would bring no small commoditie vnto common commerce and societie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	enter-
释义	† enter-prefix Forms: late Middle English entier-, late Middle English entyr-, late Middle English–1500s entre-, late Middle English–1700s enter-. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entre-. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enter-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French entre- (French entre- ) < classical Latin inter- (see inter- prefix). Compare inter- prefix.Attested earliest in entermete v., an early Middle English loan from French, and subsequently in late Middle English in other similar loans, e.g. entermise n., enterprise n., entertain v. Also found as an early variant (in Middle English and early modern English) of words which now have standard forms in inter- prefix (compare discussion at that entry), e.g. interchange v., intercourse n., interfere v. Formations within English are found from the 16th cent. Up to the 17th cent. this prefix is often found in adaptations of synonymous prefixed formations in French. The early 17th cent. witnessed a spate of adaptations from French, largely due to J. Florio (the translator of Montaigne's Essais into English); some of Florio's adaptations of French words in entre- are exemplified below. Since the middle of the 17th cent. this prefix has ceased to be productive, being superseded by inter- prefix. Obsolete. Forming verbs, nouns, and (occasionally) adjectives with the senses ‘between’, ‘among’, ‘mutually’. Now superseded by inter- prefix in English formations.The formations listed below are isolated or very uncommon uses. For slightly more common formations such as enterparley n., enterpart v., entertear v., see the main entries. enter-advertise v. [after Middle French entradvertir, reflexive (1564; French entravertir, reflexive)] transitive (reflexive) to inform each other (of something). ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. viii. 562 We profitably enter-aduertize [Fr. entr'aduertissons] our selues of our defects. enter-bathe v. [after Middle French entrebaigner, reflexive (a1590 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive (reflexive) to bathe each other (with tears in quot.; cf. bathe v. 2c). ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 358 [They] cast away their speares, And rapt with ioy, them enter-bathe [Fr. s'entrebaignent] with teares. enter-bear v. [after Middle French entreporter, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive (apparently) to sustain or support (one another). ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 90 There have nations beene found, where, by custome, children killed their parents, and others, where parents slew their children, thereby to avoyde the hindrance of enter-bearing one another in after-times [Fr. qu'ils se peussent quelquesfois entreporter]. enterbrace v. transitive to embrace (each other) mutually; cf. interbrace v. ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cx^v/1 Atte last he opened hys dore, and sith entrebraced eche other. enter-braid v. intransitive to intertwine. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 364 Their shady boughes first bow they tenderly, Then enter-braid [Fr. enlacent pliez]. enterbreak v. transitive to cut into, make a break in. [After Middle French enterrompre, entrerompre (12th cent. in Old French; French entrerompre ). Compare earlier interrupt v.] ΚΠ ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Pj The syxth vtylyte that Galyen putteth is to entrebreake [1579 enterbrake; Fr. enterrompre], and intercyde the matter. enter-breath n. a breath taken between words or actions; (also) time for taking breath; a breather.Only in the works of Richard Braithwait. ΚΠ 1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. Ivi^v I know no enter-breath Limits these saue onely Death! 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies vii. 51 At the end of every Act..the encurtain'd Musique sounds, to give Enter-breath to the Actors. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 15 Passionate are his Enter-breaths. enter-call v. [after Middle French entrappeller, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entrappeler)] transitive to call reciprocally by a specified name or designation. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxx. 104 Those that are much about one age, doe generally enter-call [Fr. ils s'entr'appellent generalement] one another brethren. entercapering n. (in plural) interdependent or intermingled movements. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxii. 47 By the changes and entercaprings [Fr. aux couppures & muances] of which, the revolutions..of the..planets are caused. entercarriage n. transport back and forth between two places. ΚΠ 1598 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Hartfordshire ii. 6 For the more easie entercarriage of thinges between London and it [sc. Hartford]. enter-devour v. [after Middle French entremanger, reflexive (13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French, subsequently from the late 16th cent.; French entremanger, reflexive)] transitive to devour (one another) mutually. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 324 Without them [sc. lawes], men would enter-devoure [Fr. s'entremangeroient] one another. enter-engender v. [after Middle French entregendre, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive to be the cause of (one another); to produce reciprocally. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 651 Paine and pleasure..enter-engender [Fr. s'entregendrent] and succeede one another. enterglancing n. sharing of glances. ΚΠ 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 309 Their chief repast was by entreglancing of lookes. entergrave v. transitive to engrave between. ΚΠ 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 28 The verie worke it selfe of the feete, was entergraven [L. interrasile erat]: and entergravinges betwen the joyntures. entergraving n. an engraving between the parts of something. ΚΠ 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 28 The verie worke it selfe of the feete, was entergraven: and entergravinges [L. scalpturae] betwen the joyntures. enter-hinder v. [after Middle French entrempescher, reflexive (late 16th cent.)] transitive to be a mutual hindrance to (one another). ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 200 They are two occupations, that enter-hinder [Fr. s'entrempeschent] one another in their vigor. enterhold v. [perhaps after Middle French entretenir entertain v.] transitive to observe (a treaty) reciprocally. ΚΠ a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lxiii. f. cxiiii/1 The whyche paccyon they made and entrehelden, For after ofte tymes they vysited eche other. enter-kissing adj. [after Middle French entrebaiser, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entrebaiser, reflexive)] that are gently touching or brushing one another. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 66 Water, nointing with cold-moist the brimmes Of th' enter-kissing [Fr. s'entrebaisent] turning Globes extreemes, Tempers the heat. enter-lend v. [after Middle French entreprester, reflexive (1559)] transitive to lend to one another. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 They are things which enter-lend [Fr. s'entreprestent] and enter-owe one another their essence. enter-love v. [after Middle French entraimer, reflexive (12th cent. in Old French; French entraimer, reflexive)] transitive to love (one another) mutually. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 94 They enter-love one another [Fr. ils s'entre'aiment], and love me as much. enter-mine n. a mine or tunnel which joins two others; an intervening mine. ΚΠ 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 139 Iust in the mouth of th' enter-Mine [Fr. vers la mine entr-ouuert] he fired. entermine v. transitive (a) to work against (each other); to undermine mutually; cf. mine v. 2b; (b) (apparently) to get into by digging, to mine into. ΚΠ c1450 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Royal 18 D.iv) iii. l. 4304 Entremynyng [c1450 Rylands entermynyng, c1475 Harl. 4203 entyrmenyng, ?a1439 Bodl. 263 Tween hope and dreed ther is swich a bataille, Thoruh vndirmynyng ech other to confounde] . 1542 Lamentatyon Mary Magdaleyne in Wks. G. Chaucer (new ed.) f. cccli^v/1 The iewes..Hath entermyned [?1526 Pynson intermyned] my lordes sepulture And borne awaye that precious fygure. entermining n. the action or fact of working against each other; undermining. ΚΠ 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxiv. f. 81 Subtyll deceyuyng, crafty enterminyng. enter-owe v. [after Middle French entredevoir, reflexive (1580 in the passage translated)] transitive to owe to one another. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 They are things which enter-lend and enter-owe [Fr. s'entredoiuent] one another their essence. enterpillar n. [after classical Latin intercolumnium intercolumn n.] the space between two pillars. ΚΠ 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 31 The middle enterpillers [L. intercolumnia] [were] square not round. enter-seek v. [after Middle French entrechercher, reflexive (1572)] transitive to seek (one another) mutually. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxiv. 111 There are ever conditions that enter-seeke one another [Fr. s'entrecherchent]. enter-show v. [compare Middle French entremostrer, reflexive (12th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French, subsequently in 16th cent.)] transitive to show to one another. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 275 It was..a singular pleasure to observe the love..ech endevored to enter-shew [Fr. s'entrefaisoient] one another. enter-shine v. intransitive (a) [after classical Latin interlūcēre (see interlucent adj.)] to shine or show up between other things; to be partially visible; (b) [after Middle French entreluire (16th cent.)] to glimmer with interspersed lights. ΚΠ a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ee. ii^v Soldiours round ring not so thicke where wal most entershynes [L. interlucet]. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 311 An overshadowed and darke picture, enter-shining [Fr. entreluisant] with an infinite varietie of false lights. enter-shouldering n. mutual jostling. ΚΠ a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 226 At his very sight..a tumult, confused clamour, and enter shouldering of Male contents arose. enter-split v. transitive (reflexive) to split one another. ΚΠ 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 11 If that anie [stones] faile their foes to hit In fall; in flight themselues they enter-splitt [Fr. s'entrechoquans ils se blessent eux mesme]. enter-spoil v. [after Middle French entrepiller, reflexive (1580 in the passage translated)] transitive to despoil or pillage (one another); to plunder mutually (figurative in quot.). ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. vii. 551 Superioritie and inferioritie..must perpetually enter-spoyle one another [Fr. s'entrepillent]. entersuck v. [after Middle French entresucer, reflexive (1580 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated)] transitive to suck mutually. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by or as by suction > with the mouth, etc. suck1340 entersuck1603 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxvi. 397 They..mutually entersuck't [Fr. entresuçoient] each one the others [thumb]. entertake v. [compare entertain v.] transitive to take in as a guest, entertain.archaic in later use; quot. 1755 is taken from a work with the subtitle ‘A Poem. In Spenser's Stile’. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. V^v So did this mightie Ladie..With more myld aspect those two to entertake . View more context for this quotation 1755 M. Mendez Squire of Dames ii. xiii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 143 We entertake, quoth he, no vulgar guest. enter-warn v. [after Middle French entradvertir, reflexive (see enter-advertise vb.)] transitive to warn (one another) mutually. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxiv. 111 This meanes of enter-warning one another [Fr. entr'aduertir]; would bring no small commoditie vnto common commerce and societie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < prefixc1450
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