Entame v.²

[f. EN-¹ + TAME.] a. trans. To tame; to subdue. † b. intr. To grow or become tame. Obs.

1600.  Shaks., A. Y. L., III. v. 48. ’Tis not … your cheeke of creame That can entame my spirits to your worship.

1768.  J. Ross, Ode on Loss of Friend, MS. Wks. 223. My trembling frame With some felt impulse shrinks, and all my pow’rs entame.

1855.  Singleton, Virgil, I. 111. All are … at much cost entamed.