1603 Florio Montaigne iii. viii. (1632) 528We profitably *enter-advertize our selves of our defects.
1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Handie-crafts 21cast away their spears, And rapt with joy, them *enterbathe with tears. [ They]
1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxvii. (1632) 90Children killed their parents..to avoid the hindrance of *enterbearing one another.
1483 Caxton Gold.Leg. 110/3Atte last he opened hys dore and sith *entrebraced eche other.
1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Handie-crafts 209Their shady boughs first bow they tenderly, Then *enterbraid.
1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg.,The syxth vtylyte that Galyen putteth is to *entrebreake , and intercyde the matter. [ 1579 enterbrake]
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies, Gamester 40At the end of every act..the encurtain'd musique sounds, to give *enterbreath to the actors.
1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxx. (1632) 104Those that are much about one age, doe generally *entercall one another brethren.
Ibid. i. xxii. 47By the changes and *entercaprings of which, the revolutions..of the..planets are caused.
1598 Norden Spec. Brit. , M'sex ii. 6For the more easie *entercarriage of thinges between London and it . [ Hartford]
1603 Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 617Paine and pleasure..*enter-engender and succeed one another.
1575 Gascoigne Flowers (R.),Their chiefe repast was by *enterglancing of lookes.
1609 Bible (Douay) 1 Kings vii. 28The verie worke it selfe of the feete, was *entergraven: and *entergravinges betwen the joyntures.
1603 Florio Montaigne ii. ii. (1632) 190They are two occupations that *enterhinder one another, in their vigor.
1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. lxiii. 114 a/1The whyche paccyon they made and *entrehelden; For after ofte times they vysited eche other.
1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 1050Water, 'noynting with cold-moist the brims Of th' *enterkissing turning Globes extreams Tempers the heat.
1603 Florio Montaigne iii. iii. (1632) 463They are things which *enterlend and *enterowe one another their essence.
Ibid. i. xxvii. 94They *enterlove one another, and love me as much.
1475 Caxton Jason 105They *entremarched with their feet under the tables. [ Medea and Jason]
c1611 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Decay 949Just in the mouth of th' *entermine he . [ fir'd]
1541 Elyot ImageGov. (1556) 135 b,Craftie *enterminynge.
1609 Bible (Douay) 1 Kings vii. 31The middle *enterpillers square not round. [ were]
1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxxiv. (1632) 111There are ever conditions that *enterseeke one another.
Ibid. ii. xii. 265It was..a singular pleasure to observe the love..each endevored to *entershew one another.
1562 Phaër æneid ix. B b iiij b,Soldiours round ryng not so thicke, Where wal most *entershines.
1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 301An overshadowed and darke picture, *entershining with an infinit varietie of false lights.
a1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Jas. VWks. 113At his very sight..a tumult, confused clamour, and *enter-shouldering of male-contents arose.
1605 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. Vocation 301If that any fail their foes to hit In full, in flight themselves they *entersplit. [ stones]
1603 Florio Montaigne iii. vii. (1632) 517Superiority and inferiority..must perpetually *enterspoile one another.
Ibid. ii. xxvi. 387They.. mutually *entersuck't each one the others . [ thumb]
1596 Spenser F.Q. v. ix. 35So did this mightie Ladie..with more myld aspect those two to *entertake.
1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xi. (1632) 240All are pleased to see them ..*enterteare one another. [ beasts]
Ibid. i. xxxiv. 111This means of *enterwarning one another would bring no small commoditie into common commerce and societie.
entre-
in words from French, corresponds to English enter-, which is itself from French entre "between, among" (11c.), from Latin inter (see inter-).