engyve

Etymology

From en- + gyve.

engyve means To put in gyves or shackles. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

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.”