3 entries under this word

English

En'glish, a.

adjective

(ĭng'glish), a. [A-S. Englisc, from Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the south-east of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England.] Belonging to England, or to its inhabitants.

En'glish, n.

noun

(ĭng'glish), n. 1. The people of England.

Sense 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in India, America, and other countries.

En'glish, v. t.

verbtransitive

(ĭng'glish), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENGLISHED (ĭng'glisht); p. pr. & vb. n. ENGLISHING.] To translate into English; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.

Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. Milton.