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enisle

[en-ahyl]

verb (used with object)

enisled, enisling 
  1. to make an island of.

  2. to place on an island.

  3. to isolate.



enisle

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. poetic(tr) to put on or make into an island

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Word History and Origins

Origin of enisle1

First recorded in 1605–15; en- 1 + isle
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Enisle, en-īl′, Inisle, in-, v.t. to isolate.

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The map shows how Northern sea-power could not only divide the South in two but almost enisle the eastern part as well.

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