engarment

English

Etymology

en- +‎ garment

Verb

engarment (third-person singular simple present engarments, present participle engarmenting, simple past and past participle engarmented)

  1. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To clothe.
    • 1897, Frederick William Orde Ward, Matin bells, and Scarlet and gold (page 346)
      I see it manifold / And mystical with inward gifts and graces, / That should be mine and would engarment me / For ever in the purest panoplies / Of innocence […]
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