What does engyve mean?
Engyve means (obsolete, rare) To put in gyves or shackles..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete, rare) To put in gyves or shackles..
We have enough to doe, to endure the burthen of them, and are so engived and shackled in them, as if we were to fight but with the shocke or brunt of our armes: And as if we were as much bound to defend them, as they to shield us.
It is now, to the believer, not a tyrant to be dreaded, but a minister to perform a needed office; not a jailer to engyve us with the fetters of bondage, but a servant to assist us in unrobing for our entrance into the banqueting house[…].
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Engyve means (obsolete, rare) To put in gyves or shackles..
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We have enough to doe, to endure the burthen of them, and are so engived and shackled in them, as if we were to fight but with the shocke or brunt of our armes: And as if we were as much bound to defend them, as they to shield us.
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