v. Obs. Also 6 entwyte, (entuite, intwight) 7 enthwite. [Altered form of ATWITE; cf. TWIT.] trans. a. To twit, rebuke, reproach (a person). Const. of, with. b. To make (a thing) a subject of reproach.
1542. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 146 b. Thou dooest naught, to entwyte me thus. Ibid. (a. 1553), Royster D., II. iii. (Arb.), 36. No good turnes entwite, Nor olde sores recite.
1560. School House for Women, 828, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 137. In case they doo you but one benefit They wil you ever with that one entwit.
1582. N. T. (Rhem.), Matt. xxiii. 29, note. Christ … entwyteth them of their malice.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, Ded. (Arb.), 8. I may bee perhaps entwighted of more haste then good speede.
1588. Bp. Andrewes, Serm., 10 April (1629), 8. By that word he meanes to enthwite them.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 68. He doth somewhat bitingly taxe and entuite the Corinthians.
1608. [Hieron], Defence, II. 42. He entwitteth the suspended and deprived ministers with want of learninge.
