envowel (English, verb)
expansion: envowel (third-person singular simple present envowels, present participle (US) envoweling or (UK) envowelling, simple past and past participle (US) envoweled or (UK) envowelled)
Senses:
glosses: to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
tags: dated
humorous
rare
transitive
Forms:
form: envowels
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: envoweling
tags: US
participle
present
form: envowelling
tags: UK
participle
present
form: envoweled
tags: US
participle
past
form: envoweled
tags: US
past
form: envowelled
tags: UK
participle
past
form: envowelled
tags: UK
past
form: emvowel
tags: alternative