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noun ɒ̃ˈsãtänˈsant archaic An enclosure or the enclosing wall of a fortified place. 〈古〉围墙（或围廊）以内的地区；围廊，壁垒 Example sentencesExamples - The early settlement was sparse, but this changed around 625 BC, when a substantial defensive wall was built across the neck of the promontory and roughly aligned stone houses were constructed within the enceinte.
- There are circles all around its walls and enceintes.
- Some very strongly fortified castles of this class have an additional wall set a short distance out from the main enceinte and concentric with it.
- Within the enceinte the regular town plan can be discerned: it is based on elongated insulae of classical type running downhill.
OriginEarly 18th century: from French, from Latin incincta, feminine past participle of incingere 'gird in', from in- 'in' + cingere 'to gird'. Rhymesant, Brabant, Brandt, brant, cant, extant, gallant, Kant, levant, pant, pointe, pointes, rant, scant adjective ɒ̃ˈsãtänˈsant archaic Pregnant. 〈古〉妊娠的，怀孕的 Example sentencesExamples - Rather, you might ‘suggest’ to your beloved that his attentions to the enceinte neighbor lady are inappropriate, as well as hurtful.
- Who will watch a channel presented by an obviously enceinte woman?
Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
OriginEarly 17th century: from French. nounänˈsant archaic An enclosure or the enclosing wall of a fortified place. 〈古〉围墙（或围廊）以内的地区；围廊，壁垒 Example sentencesExamples - The early settlement was sparse, but this changed around 625 BC, when a substantial defensive wall was built across the neck of the promontory and roughly aligned stone houses were constructed within the enceinte.
- There are circles all around its walls and enceintes.
- Within the enceinte the regular town plan can be discerned: it is based on elongated insulae of classical type running downhill.
- Some very strongly fortified castles of this class have an additional wall set a short distance out from the main enceinte and concentric with it.
OriginEarly 18th century: from French, from Latin incincta, feminine past participle of incingere ‘gird in’, from in- ‘in’ + cingere ‘to gird’. adjectiveänˈsant archaic Pregnant. 〈古〉妊娠的，怀孕的 Example sentencesExamples - Who will watch a channel presented by an obviously enceinte woman?
- Rather, you might ‘suggest’ to your beloved that his attentions to the enceinte neighbor lady are inappropriate, as well as hurtful.
Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
OriginEarly 17th century: from French. |