enguard

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ guard.

Verb

enguard (third-person singular simple present enguards, present participle enguarding, simple past and past participle enguarded)

1. (obsolete) To guard or treasure.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     He may enguard his dotage with their powers

References

• “enguard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• raunged