enwisen
English
Etymology
en- + wise + -en
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈwaɪzə̆n/
Verb
enwisen (third-person singular simple present enwisens, present participle enwisening, simple past and past participle enwisened)
- Render wiser; make scient by subtle means.
- 1997, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, page 355:
- Dwelling who knows where, the archetypes constitute, one might say, a set of psyche instructions that traverse time and space and enwisen each new generation.
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Translations
render wiser
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