enfile

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verb

To thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.

OriginFrench enfiler →
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Meanings

verbenfile (third-person singular simple present enfiles, present participle enfiling, simple past and past participle enfiled)

present singular third person enfiles · participle present enfiling · participle past enfiled · past enfiled · alternative infile

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.

Origin

  1. Frenchenfiler
  2. Frenchenfiler
  3. Englishenfile

Borrowed from French enfiler.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

enfile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfile

MLA

“enfile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfile. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enfile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfile.

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