Meaning of insinew | Babel Free

Definitions

To strengthen with, or as if with, sinews; to innerve; to invigorate.

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“All members of our Cauſe, both here, and hence, / That are inſinewed to this Action.”

“Oh ye floods! oh ye floods! of the ever-rolling deep, / The breath of God insinews ye, and awful is your sweep, […]”

“The treacherous peace which followed it gave to Prussia a theatre for military achievement, an opportunity and an ally; […] strengthened her in in territory, population and wealth, and insinewed her for the future with the prestige and preparation needful for a great military State.”

CEFR level