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enwomb

verb

To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.

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Meanings

verbenwomb (third-person singular simple present enwombs, present participle enwombing, simple past and past participle enwombed)

present singular third person enwombs · participle present enwombing · participle past enwombed · past enwombed · alternative inwomb

archaicpoetictransitiveTo place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
Dahood hypothesizes an occurrence of a verb rihham ('to conceive, enwomb')
2007, John Goldingay, David Payne, Isaiah 40-55 Vol 2: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN
1 more example
For not as other wemens commune brood / They were enwombed in the sacred throne / Of her chaste bodie [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
archaicpoetictransitiveTo enclose.

Origin

From en- + womb.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with enwomb

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Cite this entry

APA

enwomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwomb

MLA

“enwomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwomb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enwomb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwomb.

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