entame

See also: entamé

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ tame.

Verb

entame (third-person singular simple present entames, present participle entaming, simple past and past participle entamed)

1. (obsolete) To make tame, subdue, conquer, subjugate, enslave.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:

     'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire,
     Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame
     That can entame my spirits to your worship.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “entame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Mateen

Asturian

Verb

entame

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of entamar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tam/

• Audio:

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Noun

entame f (plural entames)

1. start, opening, beginning
2. (card games) lead (first card played)
3. the first slice

Verb

entame

1. inflection of entamer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “entame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

entame

1. Rōmaji transcription of エンタメ