English
ensear
From en- + sear.
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- ‘dry, parched’
Proto-Germanic *sauzaz ‘dry’
Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī) ‘dry, parched’
Old English sēar ‘dry, sere, sear, withered, barren’
Middle English sere ‘dry, withered, shrunken, brittle’
English sear
Today it means
verb To sear; to dry up.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ensear