enfame

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verb

to make famous

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Meanings

verbenfame (third-person singular simple present enfames, present participle enfaming, simple past and past participle enfamed)

present singular third person enfames · participle present enfaming · participle past enfamed · past enfamed

  1. archaicto make famous

    Him, for his exploits exc'ellent to reward, God gave in shortest space a gallant son, whose arm to 'noble and enfame was fain the warlike name of Lusitania's reign.

    1880, Richard Burton, transl., The Lusiads

Origin

From en- + fame.

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APA

enfame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfame

MLA

“enfame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfame. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enfame,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfame.

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