Meanings
verbencoffin (third-person singular simple present encoffins, present participle encoffining, simple past and past participle encoffined)
present singular third person encoffins · participle present encoffining · participle past encoffined · past encoffined
- transitiveTo place or enclose in a coffin.
The body having been encoffined, we two alone bore it to its rest.
1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Middle Englishen-
- Englishen-
- Englishcoffin
- Englishencoffin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 裝殮 /装殓
- 裝殮 /装殓 (zhuāngliàn)place in a coffin
Finnish sulkea arkkuun, laittaa arkkuun
- sulkea arkkuunplace in a coffin
- laittaa arkkuunplace in a coffin
- panna arkkuunplace in a coffin
Japanese 納棺する
- 納棺する (nōkan suru)place in a coffin
Cite this entry
APA
encoffin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffin
MLA
“encoffin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encoffin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffin.
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