Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.

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  • verb transitive To clothe in a cowl; to convert to a monk.

Etymologies

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en- +‎ cowl

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Examples

  • It's Brooke himself whom Harvard should encowl, as the leading pioneer of Boston's venture capital industry, splendidly resurgent in the years after World War II.

    Economic Principals 2009

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