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Webster 1828 Edition


Enceint

ENCE'INT

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Noun.
[L. cingo, to gird.] In fortification, inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains. It is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall.

ENCE'INT

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Adj.
In law, pregnant;; with child.

Definition 2024


enceint

enceint

French

Verb

enceint m (feminine singular enceinte, masculine plural enceints, feminine plural enceintes)

  1. past participle of enceindre
  2. third-person singular present indicative of enceindre