Meaning & use
Enisle
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To place on or turn into an island; to isolate as if surrounded by water.
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The poet imagines grief as a force that enisles the mourner from everyone around them.
Floodwaters enisled the farmhouse for nearly a week.
A note on using this word
A largely poetic word, popularized by Matthew Arnold's image of people as "enisled" from one another in a sea of life.
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