Etymology

enew

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Today it means: To drive back to the water; to pursue. Full definition →

Old French enewer
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  1. Old French · derived fromenewer
  2. English todayenew

From Old French enewer; see en- and compare modern French eau (“water”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.