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Webster 1913 Edition


Ententive

En-ten′tive

,
Adj.
[OF.
ententif
.]
Attentive; zealous.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


ententive

ententive

English

Adjective

ententive (comparative more ententive, superlative most ententive)

  1. Obsolete form of intentive.
    • 1899, H. D. Madge, Leaves from the Golden Legend, page #87:
      And because he was ententive to the work of mercy, he deserved to be enlumined to the way of truth.