v. Obs. or arch. Forms: 4 enchaufye, 4–7 enchauf(e, 4– enchafe; also 7 inchafe. [ME. enchaufe, an alteration of eschaufe, ACHAFE.]
1. trans. To make hot or warm. Also fig. to excite, irritate.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., III. iv. 73. As fire … ne stinteþ nat to enchaufen [Camb. MS. eschaufen] and to ben hote.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, II. 395. The gude, at enchaufyt war Off Ire.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, XVIII. xv. Syr Lauayne was ryden to playe hym to enchauffe his hors.
c. 1534. trans. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (1846), I. 43. The legates of Rome being enchafed with such woords.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 225. He alone after this maner enchaufeth himselfe, and giveth an edge unto his anger. Ibid., XVIII. xxx. The Frument … soone catcheth a heat, and is quickly enchaufed.
1611. Shaks., Cymb., IV. ii. 174. They are as rough (Their Royall blood enchaf’d) as the rud’st winde.
1812. H. & J. Smith, Rej. Addr., 86. Thy embryo form … The dark enlightens, and enchafes the cold.
2. intr. To grow hot. Also fig.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 2256. He louaþ þat fyr; let hym enchaufye ynne.
1382. Wyclif, Job vi. 17. As thei enchaufe, thei shul be losid fro ther place.
