enguard

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verb

To guard or treasure.

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Meanings

verbenguard (third-person singular simple present enguards, present participle enguarding, simple past and past participle enguarded)

present singular third person enguards · participle present enguarding · participle past enguarded · past enguarded

  1. obsoleteTo guard or treasure.

    He may enguard his dotage with their powers

    c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]

Origin

From en- + guard.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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