En rapport
En• rap•port" [F.] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.

En route
En• route" [F.] On the way or road.

Enable
En•a´ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enabled p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling ]
1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12.
"Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power." Jer. Taylor.
2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
"Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor." Addison.

Enact
En•act´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
"The king enacts more wonders than a man." Shak.
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
"I did enact Julius Caesar." Shak. Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

Enact
En•act´, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

Enactive
En•act´ive, a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.

Enactment
En•act´ment, n.
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

Enactor
En•act´or, n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.

Enacture
En•ac´ture ( 135), n. Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.

Enaliosaur
En•al´i•o•saur, n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosauria
En•al•i•o•sau´ri•a, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. marine ( in + the sea) + a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

Enaliosaurian
En•al•i•o•sau´ri•an, a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. — n. One of the Enaliosauria.

Enallage
E•nal´la•ge, n. [L., fr. Gr. an exchange, fr. to exchange; in + to change.] (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

Enambush
En•am´bush, v. t. To ambush. [Obs.]

Enamel
En•am´el, n. [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
2. (Min.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
3. That which is enameled; also any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
4. (Anat.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. — Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

Enamel
En•am´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]
1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
"Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck." Milton.
3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman’s complexion.

Enamel
En•am´el, v. i. To practice the art of enameling.

Enamel
En•am´el, a. Relating to the art of enameling; as enamel painting. Tomlinson.

Enamel
En•am´el, n.
1. Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
2. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Enamelar
En•am´el•ar, a. Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.

Enameled
En•am´eled, a. Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.] { En•am´el•er, En•am´el•ist } n. One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

Enamor
En•am´or, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enamored p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.] To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; — with of, or with, before the person or thing; as to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.]
"Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream." W. Irving.

Enantiomorphous
E•nan•ti•o•mor´phous, a. [Gr. ’enanti•os opposite + morfh• form.] (Crystallog.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; — said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Enantiopathic
E•nan•ti•o•path´ic, a. (Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

Enantiopathy
E•nan•ti•op´a•thy, n. [Gr. of contrary properties or affections; ’enanti•os opposite + suffering, affection, fr.,, to suffer.]
1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Med.) Allopathy; — a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

Enantiosis
E•nan•ti•o´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. contradiction, fr. ’enanti•os opposite.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Enarch
En•arch´, v. t. To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.

Enarched
En•arched´, a. (Her.) Bent into a curve; — said of a bend or other ordinary.

Enargite
En•ar´gite, n. (Min.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

Enarmed
En•armed´, a. (Her.) Same as Armed, 3.

Enatation
E•na•ta´tion, n. [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.] A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.

Enaunter
E•naun´ter, adv. [Pref. en- + aunter.] Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enavigate
E•nav´i•gate, v. t. [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.] To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Enbattled
En•bat´tled, a. Embattled. [Obs.]

Enbibe
En•bibe´, v. t. To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.

Enbroude
En•broud´e, v. t. See Embroude.

Encamp
En•camp´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Encamped ( 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
"The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim." 1 Chron. xi. 15.

Encamp
En•camp´, v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.
"Bid him encamp his soldiers." Shak.

Encampment
En•camp´ment, n.
1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
"A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans." Gibbon.
"A green encampment yonder meets the eye." Guardian.

Encanker
En•can´ker, v. t. To canker. [Obs.]

Encapsulation
En•cap•su•la´tion, n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

Encarnalize
En•car´nal•ize, v. t. To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.

Encarpus
En•car´pus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. containing fruit; in + fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. .] (Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

Encase
En•case´, v. t. [Cf. Enchase.] To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.

Encashment
En•cash´ment, n. (Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

Encauma
En•cau´ma, n. [NL., from Gr. mark caused by burning, fr. . See Encaustic.] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

Encenia
En•ce´ni•a, n. pl. [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. a feast of dedication; in + new.] A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

Encense
En•cense´, v. t. & i. [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n. ] To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Encephalocele
En•ceph´a•lo•cele, n. [Gr. ’egke•falos the brain + kh•lh tumor.] (Med.) Hernia of the brain.

Encephaloid
En•ceph´a•loid, a. [Gr. ’egke•falos + -oid.] Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

Encephaloid
En•ceph´a•loid, n. An encephaloid cancer.

Encephalology
En•ceph•a•lol´o•gy, n. [Gr. ’egke•falos the brain + -logy.] The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

Encephalon
En•ceph´a•lon, n. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Encephalos
En•ceph´a•los, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’egke•falos; ’en in + kefalh• head.] (Anat.) The encephalon.
"In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age." Sir W. Hamilton.

Encephalotomy
En•ceph•a•lot´o•my, n. [Gr. ’egke•falos the brain + a cutting.] (Surg.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Encephalous
En•ceph´a•lous, a. (Zoöl.) Having a head; — said of most Mollusca; — opposed to acephalous.

Enchafe
En•chafe´, v. t. To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.

Enchafing
En•chaf´ing, n. Heating; burning. [Obs.]
"The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]." Chaucer.

Enchain
En•chain´, v. t. [F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]
1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
2. To hold fast; to confine; as to enchain attention.
3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

Enchair
En•chair´, v. t. To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

Enchannel
En•chan´nel, v. t. To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

Enchant
En•chant´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]
1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
"And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in." Shak.
"He is enchanted, cannot speak." Tennyson.
2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as music enchants the ear.
"Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted." Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. — To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

Enchanter
En•chant´er, n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also one who delights as by an enchantment.
"Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing." Shelley. Enchanter’s nightshade (Bot.), a genus ( Circaea) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

Enchanting
En•chant´ing, a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. — En•chant´ing•ly, adv.

Enchantment
En•chant´ment, n. [F. enchantement.]
1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.
"After the last enchantment you did here." Shak.
2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as to break an enchantment.
3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.
"Such an enchantment as there is in words." South.
Syn. — Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

Enchantress
En•chant´ress, n. [Cf. F. enchanteresse.] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also a woman who fascinates. Shak.

Encharge
En•charge´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encharged p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging ] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.] To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.
"His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with." Jeffrey.

Encharge
En•charge´, n. A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.

Enchase
En•chase´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enchased p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]
1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.
"Enchased with a wanton ivy twine." Spenser.
"An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced." Mickle.
2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as to enchase a watch case.
"With golden letters … well enchased." Spenser.
3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.]
"All which … for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween." Spenser.

Enchasten
En•chas´ten, v. t. To chasten. [Obs.] { En•che´son, En•chea´son }, n. [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.] Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enchest
En•chest´, v. t. [Cf. Inchest.] To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

Enchisel
En•chis´el, v. t. To cut with a chisel.

Enchodus
En´cho•dus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a spear + ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; — so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike ( Esox).

Enchondroma
En•chon•dro´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. in + cartilage + -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain. { En•cho´ri•al, En•chor´ic } a. [Gr. domestic, native; in + place, country.] Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

Enchyma
En´chy•ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•gchyma an infusion; ’en in + chei^n to pour.] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

Encincture
En•cinc´ture, n. A cincture. [Poetic]
"The vast encincture of that gloomy sea." Wordsworth.

Encindered
En•cin´dered, a. Burnt to cinders. [R.]

Encircle
En•cir´cle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encircled p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling ] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
"Her brows encircled with his serpent rod." Parnell.
Syn. — To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

Enclasp
En•clasp´, v. t. [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.] To clasp. See Inclasp.

Enclavement
En•clave´ment, n. [F.] The state of being an enclave. [Recent] { En•clit´ic (en•klit"ik), En•clit´ic•al (-i•k al), } a. [L. encliticus, Gr. ’egkli•tikos, fr. ’egkli•nein to incline; ’en in + kli•nein to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; — said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

Enclitically
En•clit´ic•al•ly, adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

Enclitics
En•clit´ics, n. (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

Encloister
En•clois´ter, v. t. [Cf. Incloister.] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

Encloud
En•cloud´, v. t. [Cf. Incloud.] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.

Encolden
En•cold´en, v. t. To render cold. [Obs.]

Encollar
En•col´lar, v. t. To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

Encolor
En•col´or, v. t. To color. [R.]

Encolure
En•co•lure´, n. [F.] The neck of horse. R. Browning.

Encomber
En•com´ber, v. t. See Encumber. [Obs.]

Encomion
En•co´mi•on, n. [NL.] Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Encomium
En•co´mi•um, n. ; pl. Encomiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; in + a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
"His encomiums awakened all my ardor." W. Irving.
Syn. — See Eulogy.

Encore
En•core´, adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.] Once more; again; — used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

Encore
En•core´, n. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repetition; as the encores were numerous.

Encore
En•core´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encored p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as to encore a song or a singer.
"[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets." Thackeray.

Encoubert
En•cou•bert´, n. [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

Encounter
En•coun´ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encountered p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv. ] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him." Acts xvii. 18.
"I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you." Shak.

Encounter
En•coun´ter, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as three armies encountered at Waterloo.
"I will encounter with Andronicus." Shak.
"Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars." Tatham.

Encounter
En•coun´ter, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]
1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
"To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd." Pope.
2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as a bloody encounter.
"As one for … fierce encounters fit". Spenser.
"To join their dark encounter in mid- air". Milton.
Syn. — Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See Contest.

Encourage
En•cour´age ( 48), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encouraged ( 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging ] [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; — the opposite of discourage.
"David encouraged himself in the Lord." 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
Syn. — To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.

Encourager
En•cour´a•ger, n. One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
"The pope is … a great encourager of arts." Addison.

Encouraging
En•cour´a•ging, a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. — En•cour´a•ging•ly, adv.

Encowl
En•cowl´, v. t. To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.

Encradle
En•cra´dle, v. t. To lay in a cradle.

Encratite
En´cra•tite, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. self-disciplined; in + strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; — called also Continent.

Encrease
En•crease´, v. t. & i. [Obs.] See Increase.

Encrinite
En´cri•nite, n. [Gr. in + a lily: cf. F. encrinite.] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid. { En•cri•nit´ic, En•cri•nit´ic•al } a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.

Encrinoidea
En•cri•noid´e•a, n. pl. [NL. See Encrinus and -oid.] (Zoöl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; — also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illust. . under Comatula and Crinoidea.

Encroach
En•croach´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Encroached p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.] To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; — commonly with on or upon; as to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
"No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another." South.
"Superstition, … a creeping and encroaching evil." Hooker.
"Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground." Dryden.
Syn. — To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.

Encroach
En•croach´, n. Encroachment. [Obs.] South.

Encroacher
En•croach´er, n. One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

Encroachingly
En•croach´ing•ly, adv. By way of encroachment.

Encroachment
En•croach´ment, n.
1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
"An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment." Bancroft.
2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.
3. (Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Encrust
En•crust´, v. t. To incrust. See Incrust.

Encumber
En•cum´ber, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encumbered p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.] [Written also incumber.]
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.
"Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience." Hooker.
2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Syn. — To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.

Encumbrance
En•cum´brance, n. [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. Incumbrance.]
1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
2. (Law) Same as Incumbrance.
Syn. — Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.

Encyclopediacal
En•cy•clo•pe•di´a•cal, a. Encyclopedic.

Encyclopedian
En•cy•clo•pe´di•an, a. Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects. { En•cy•clo•ped´ic, En•cy•clo•ped´ic•al, } a. [Cf. F. encyclopedique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.

Encyclopedism
En•cy•clo•pe´dism, n. The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

Encyclopedist
En•cy•clo•pe´dist, n. [Cf. F. encyclopediste.] The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderot and D’Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau.

Encyst
En•cyst´, v. t. To inclose in a cyst.

Encystation
En•cys•ta´tion, n. Encystment.

Encysted
En•cyst´ed, a. Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as an encysted tumor.
"The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder’s fang." Coleridge.

Encystment
En•cyst´ment, n.
1. (Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. The animal ( a) first contracts its body to a globular mass ( b) and then secretes a transparent cyst ( c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
2. (Zoöl.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

Endable
End´a•ble, a. That may be ended; terminable.

End-all
End´-all, n. Complete termination. [R.]
"That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here." Shak.

Endamage
En•dam´age ( 48), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endamaged ( 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging ] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.]
"The trial hath endamaged thee no way." Milton.

Endamagement
En•dam´age•ment, n. [Cf. F. endommagement.] Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

Endamnify
En•dam´ni•fy, v. t. To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.

Endanger
En•dan´ger, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endangered p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.]
1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as to endanger life or peace.
"All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him." Burke.
2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.]
"He that turneth the humors back … endangereth malign ulcers." Bacon.

Endark
En•dark´, v. t. To darken. [Obs.] Feltham.

Endaspidean
En•das•pid´e•an, a. [ Endo- + Gr.,, a shield.] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; — said of certain birds.

Endazzle
En•daz´zle, v. t. To dazzle. [Obs.] "Endazzled eyes." Milton.

Endear
En•dear´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endeared p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.]
1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.
2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).

Endearedness
En•dear´ed•ness, n. State of being endeared.

Endearing
En•dear´ing, a. Making dear or beloved; causing love. — En•dear´ing•ly, adv.

Endearment
En•dear´ment, n. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor.
"Her first endearments twining round the soul." Thomson.

Endeavor
En•deav´or, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endeavored p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.] To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
"It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects." Ld. Chatham.To endeavor one’s self, to exert one’s self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.

Endeavor
En•deav´or, v. i. To exert one’s self; to work for a certain end.
"And such were praised who but endeavored well." Pope. Usually with an infinitive; as to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.
"He had … endeavored earnestly to do his duty." Prescott.
Syn. — To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.

Endeavor
En•deav´or, n. [Written also endeavour.] An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
"To employ all my endeavor to obey you." Sir P. Sidney.To do one’s endeavor, to do one’s duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; — a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one’s dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.
Syn. — Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.

Endeavorment
En•deav´or•ment, n. Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Endecagon
En•dec´a•gon, n. [See Hendecagon.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Endecane
En´de•cane, n. [Gr. eleven.] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C₁₁H₂₄, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Endecaphyllous
En•de•caph´yl•lous, a. [Gr. eleven + leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of eleven leaflets; - - said of a leaf.

Endeictic
En•deic´tic, a. [Gr., fr. to point out, show; in + to show.] Serving to show or exhibit; as an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

Endeixis
En•deix´is, n. [NL., fr. Gr. indication. See Endeictic.] (Med.) An indication.

Endemic
En•dem´ic, n. (Med.) An endemic disease.
"Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic." J. B. Heard.

Endemic
En•dem´ic, a. Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as a plant endemic in Australia; — often distinguished from exotic.
"The traditions of folklore … form a kind of endemic symbolism." F. W. H. Myers.

Endemically
En•dem´ic•al•ly, adv. In an endemic manner.

Endemiology
En•dem•i•ol´o•gy, n. The science which treats of endemic affections.

Endenization
En•den•i•za´tion, n. The act of naturalizing. [R.]

Endenize
En•den´ize, v. t. To endenizen. [Obs.]

Endenizen
En•den´i•zen, v. t. [Pref. en- + denizen. Cf. Indenizen.] To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Endermatic
En•der•mat´ic, a. Endermic.

Endermic
En•der´mic, a. [Gr. in + skin.] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

Endermically
En•der´mic•al•ly, adv. By the endermic method; as applied endermically.

Enderon
En´de•ron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. in + skin.] (Anat.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. — En•de•ron´ic, a.

Endiademed
En•di´a•demed, a. Diademed. [R.]

Endiaper
En•di´a•per, v. t. [See Diaper.] To decorate with a diaper pattern.

Endless
End´less, a. [AS. endeleás. See End.]
1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; — applied to length, and to duration; as an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. Shak.
3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] "All loves are endless." Beau. & Fl.
4. Void of design; objectless; as an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. — Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.
Syn. — Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.

Endlessness
End´less•ness, n. [AS. endeleásnys.] The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

Endlong
End´long ( 115), adv. & prep. [Cf. Along.] Lengthwise; along. [Archaic]
"The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and endelong With iron tough." Chaucer.
"He pricketh endelong the large space." Chaucer.
"To thrust the raft endlong across the moat." Sir W. Scott.

Endocarditis
En•do•car•di´tis, n. [NL. See -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the endocardium.

Endocarp
En´do•carp, n. [ Endo- + Gr. fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Endochondral
En•do•chon´dral, a. [ Endo- + Gr. cartilage.] (Physiol.) Growing or developing within cartilage; — applied esp. to developing bone.

Endochrome
En´do•chrome, n. [ Endo- + Gr. color.] (Bot.) The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

Endoctrine
En•doc´trine, v. t. [Pref. en- + doctrine.] To teach; to indoctrinate. [Obs.] Donne.

Endocyst
En´do•cyst, n. [ Endo- + Gr. bladder, a bag.] (Zoöl.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Endoderm
En´do•derm, n. [ Endo- + Gr. skin.] (Biol.) (a) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. (b) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm. { En•do•der´mal, En•do•der´mic } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

Endogamy
En•dog´a•my, n. Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; — opposed to exogamy.

Endogen
En´do•gen, n. [ Endo- + - gen: cf. F. endogène.] (Bot.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

Endogenetic
En•do•ge•net´ic, a. (Biol.) Endogenous.

Endogenous
En•dog´e•nous, a.
1. (Bot.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.
2. (Biol.) Originating from within; increasing by internal growth. Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.

Endogeny
En•dog´e•ny, n. [See Endogenesis.] (Biol.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

Endolymph
En´do•lymph, n. [ Endo- + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.] (Anat.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

Endolymphangial
En´do•lym•phan´gi•al, a. [ Endo- + lymphangial.] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel.

Endolymphatic
En´do•lym•phat´ic, a. [ Endo- + lymphatic.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as the endolymphatic duct. (b) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

Endome
En•dome´, v. t. To cover as with a dome.

Endometritis
En•do•me•tri´tis, n. [NL. See Endometrium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the endometrium.

Endomorph
En´do•morph, n. [ Endo- + Gr. form.] (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

Endomysium
En•do•my´si•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•ndon within + my^s a muscle.] (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Endoneurium
En•do•neu´ri•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•ndon within + a sinew, nerve.] (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

Endoparasite
En•do•par´a•site, n. [ Endo- + parasite.] (Zoöl.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; — opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön. — En•do•par•a•sit´ic (#), a.

Endophragma
En•do•phrag´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•ndon + fra•gma a fence.] (Zoöl.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Endophragmal
En•do•phrag´mal, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Endophyllous
En•doph´yl•lous, a. [ Endo- + Gr. fy•llon leaf.] (Bot.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Endoplasm
En´do•plasm, n. [ Endo- + Gr. anything formed or molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

Endoplasma
En•do•plas´ma, n. [NL. See Endoplasm.] (Biol.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.

Endoplastule
En•do•plas´tule ( 135), n. [A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. to mold.] (Biol.) See Nucleolus.

Endopodite
En•dop´o•dite, n. [ Endo- + Gr.,, a foot.] (Zoöl.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Endorse
En•dorse´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endorsed p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.] Same as Indorse. Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.

Endorse
En•dorse´, n. (Her.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Endorsee
En•dor•see´, n. Same as Indorsee.

Endoscope
En´do•scope, n. [ Endo- + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Endoscopy
En•dos´co•py, n. (Med.) The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.

Endoskeletal
En•do•skel´e•tal, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as endoskeletal muscles.

Endoskeleton
En•do•skel´e•ton, n. [ Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

Endosmometer
En•dos•mom´e•ter, n. [ Endosmose + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.

Endosmometric
En•dos•mo•met´ric, a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action. { En´dos•mose•, En•dos•mo´sis } n. [NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. ’e•ndon within + a thrusting, impulsion, fr. to push: cf. F. endosmose.] (Physics) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

Endosmosmic
En•dos•mos´mic, a. Endosmotic.

Endosmotic
En•dos•mot´ic, a. Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.

Endosperm
En´do•sperm, n. [ Endo- + Gr. seed.] (Bot.) The albumen of a seed; — limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Endospermic
En•do•sper´mic, a. (Bot.) Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Endospore
En´do•spore, n. [ Endo- + spore.] (Bot.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous
En•do•spor´ous, a. (Bot.) Having the spores contained in a case; — applied to fungi.

Endoss
En•doss´ ( 115), v. t. [F. endosser. See Endorse.] To put upon the back or outside of anything; — the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Endosternite
En•do•ster´nite, n. [ Endo- + sternum.] (Zoöl.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Endosteum
En•dos´te•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + a bone.] (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Endostoma
En•dos´to•ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. +,, the mouth.] (Zoöl.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Endostome
En´do•stome, n. [See Endostoma.]
1. (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.
2. (Zoöl.) And endostoma.

Endothecium
En•do•the´ci•um, n. [NL. See Endotheca.] (Bot.) The inner lining of an anther cell.

Endothelium
En•do•the´li•um, n. ; pl. Endothelia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•ndon within + nipple.] (Anat.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Endothermic
En•do•ther´mic, a. [Pref. endo- + thermic.] (Chem.) Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as an endothermic substance; — opposed to exothermic.

Endothorax
En•do•tho´rax, n. [ Endo- + thorax.] (Zoöl.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Endow
En•dow´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endowed p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue.]
1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
"Endowing hospitals and almshouses." Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); — followed by with, rarely by of; as man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

Endowment
En•dow´ment, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; — usually in the plural.
"His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do." I. Taylor.

Endozoa
En•do•zo´a (en•do•zo"a), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’e•ndon within + zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) See Entozoa.

Endue
En•due´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endued p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.] To invest. Latham.
"Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." Luke xxiv. 49.
"Endue them … with heavenly gifts." Book of Common Prayer.

Endue
En•due´, v. t. An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.

Endurable
En•dur´a•ble, a. [Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.] Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. — En•dur´a•ble•ness, n.

Endurance
En•dur´ance, n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.]
1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
"Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession." Sir W. Scott.
2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.
"Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death." Sir W. Temple.
Syn. — Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.

Endure
En•dure´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Endured p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring ] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
"Their verdure still endure." Shak.
"He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure." Job viii. 15.
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
"Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?" Ezek. xxii. 14.

Endure
En•dure´, v. t.
1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
"Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure." Dryden.
2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
"I will no longer endure it." Shak.
"Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake." 2 Tim. ii. 10.
"How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?" Esther viii. 6.
3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
"Manly limbs endured with little ease." Spenser.
Syn. — To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Endurement
En•dure´ment, n. [Cf. OF. endurement.] Endurance. [Obs.] South.

Endurer
En•dur´er, n. One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Enduring
En•dur´ing, a. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. — En•dur´ing•ly, adv. T. Arnold. — En•dur´ing•ness, n. { End´ways•, End´wise } adv.
1. On end; erectly; in an upright position.
2. With the end forward.

Endyma
En´dy•ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a garment.] (Anat.) See Ependyma.

Enecate
En´e•cate, v. t. [L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.] To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey.

Eneid
E•ne´id, n. Same as AEneid.

Enemy
En´e•my, n. ; pl. Enemies (#). [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.] One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
"To all good he enemy was still." Spenser.
"I say unto you, Love your enemies." Matt. v. 44.The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
"It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay." Macaulay.
Syn. — Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

Enemy
En´e•my, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
"They … every day grow more enemy to God." Jer. Taylor.

Enepidermic
En•ep•i•der´mic, a. [Pref. en- (Gr. ) + epidermic.] (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; — said of medicines. { En•er•get´ic, En•er•get´ic•al } a. [Gr., fr. to work, be active, fr. active. See Energy.]
1. Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.
2. Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as energetic measures; energetic laws.
Syn. — Forcible; powerful; efficacious; potent; vigorous; effective; strenuous. — En•er•get´ic•al•ly, adv. — En•er•get´ic•al•ness, n.

Energize
En´er•gize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Energized p. pr. & vb. n. Energizing ] [From Energy.] To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
"Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards." J. C. Shairp.

Energize
En´er•gize, v. t. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as to energize the will.

Energizer
En´er•gi•zer, n. One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

Energizing
En´er•gi•zing, a. Capable of imparting or exercising energy.
"Those nobler exercises of energizing love." Bp. Horsley.

Energumen
En•er•gu´men, n. [L. energumenos, fr. Gr. possessed by an evil spirit, from : cf. F. energumène. See Energetic.] (Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

Enervation
En•er•va´tion, n. [L. enervatio: cf. F. enervation.]
1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength.
2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon.

Enervative
E•ner´va•tive, a. Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]

Enerve
E•nerve´, v. t. [Cf. F. enerver. See Enervate.] To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton.

Enface
En•face´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enfaced p. pr. & vb. n. Enfacing.] [Pref. en- + face.]
1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.); as to enface drafts with memoranda.
2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as to enface the words "Payable in Calcutta" upon the face of a draft. Enfaced paper (Com.), Indian government securities the principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in silver rupees. Dict. of Pol. Econ.

Enfect
En•fect´, a. [See Infect, a. ] Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enfeebler
En•fee´bler, n. One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

Enfeeblish
En•fee´blish, v. i. To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.

Enfeloned
En•fel´oned, a. [Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner.] Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] "Like one enfeloned or distraught." Spenser.

Enfeoff
En•feoff´ ( see Feoff, 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.
2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]
"[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity." Shak.

Enfester
En•fes´ter, v. t. To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).

Enfetter
En•fet´ter, v. t. To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.

Enfever
En•fe´ver, v. t. [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfievrer.] To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward.

Enfierce
En•fierce´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enfierced p. pr. & vb. n. Enfiercing ] To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enfire
En•fire´, v. t. To set on fire. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enflesh
En•flesh´, v. t. To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]
"Vices which are … enfleshed in him." Florio.

Enfleurage
En•fleu•rage´, n. [F., fr. en- (L. in) + fleur flower.] A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.

Enflower
En•flow´er, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enflowered p. pr. & vb. n. Enflowering.] To cover or deck with flowers. [Poetic]
"These odorous and enflowered fields." B. Jonson.

Enforceable
En•force´a•ble, a. Capable of being enforced.

Enforced
En•forced´, a. Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. — En•for´ced•ly, adv. Shak.

Enforcement
En•force´ment, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.]
1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.
"He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them." Sir W. Raleigh.
"Confess ’t was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her." Shak.
2. A giving force to; a putting in execution.
"Enforcement of strict military discipline." Palfrey.
3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
"The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law." Locke.

Enforcer
En•for´cer, n. One who enforces.

Enforcible
En•for´ci•ble, a. That may be enforced.

Enforcive
En•for´cive, a. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion. — En•for´cive•ly, adv.

Enforest
En•for´est, v. t. To turn into a forest.

Enform
En•form´, v. t. [F. enformer. See Inform.] To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enframe
En•frame´, v. t. To inclose, as in a frame.

Enfranchise
En•fran´chise, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enfranchised p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising ] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.]
1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon.
2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts.

Enfranchiser
En•fran´chis•er, n. One who enfranchises.

Enfree
En•free´, v. t. To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." Shak.

Enfreedom
En•free´dom, v. t. To set free. [Obs.] Shak.

Enfreeze
En•freeze´, v. t. To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.]
"Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast." Spenser.

Enfroward
En•fro´ward, v. t. To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Engage
En•gage´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engaged p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging ] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See Gage.]
1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince’s word." Shak.
2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
"Good nature engages everybody to him." Addison.
4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
"Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage." Pope.
"Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation." Hawthorne.
5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
"A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy." Ludlow.
6. (Mach.) To come into gear with; as the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

Engage
En•gage´, v. i.
1. To promise or pledge one’s self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
"How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not." Fuller.
2. To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one’s self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as to engage in controversy.
3. To enter into conflict; to join battle; as the armies engaged in a general battle.
4. (Mach.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Engaged
En•gaged´, a.
1. Occupied; employed; busy.
2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

Engagedness
En•ga´ged•ness, n. The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

Engagement
En•gage´ment, n. [Cf. F. engagement.]
1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.
"Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league." Milton.
4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle.
"In hot engagement with the Moors." Dryden.
5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
Syn. — Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.

Engaging
En•ga´ging, a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as engaging manners or address. — En•ga´ging•ly, adv. - - En•ga´ging•ness, n. Engaging and disengaginggear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

Engallant
En•gal´lant, v. t. To make a gallant of. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Engaol
En•gaol´, v. t. [Pref. en- + gaol: cf. OF. engaoler, engeoler. See Gaol, and cf. Enjail.] To put in jail; to imprison. [Obs.] Shak.

Engarland
En•gar´land, v. t. [Pref. en- + garland: cf. F. enguirlander.] To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. Sir P. Sidney.

Engarrison
En•gar´ri•son, v. t. To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.

Engastrimuth
En•gas´tri•muth, n. [Gr. ; in + belly + to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe.] An ventriloquist. [Obs.]

Engender
En•gen´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engendered p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See Generate, and cf. Ingenerate.]
1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.]
2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as angry words engender strife.
"Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth." Southey.
Syn. — To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.

Engender
En•gen´der, v. i.
1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
"Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there." Dryden.
2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.

Engender
En•gen´der, n. One who, or that which, engenders.

Engendrure
En•gen•drure´, n. [OF. engendreure.] The act of generation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engild
En•gild´, v. t. To gild; to make splendent.
"Fair Helena, who most engilds the night." Shak.

Engine
En´gine, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin a snare.]
1. (Pronounced, in this sense, .) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]
"A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also." Chaucer.
2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Shak.
"You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?" Bunyan.
"Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust." Shak.
3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. "Terrible engines of death." Sir W. Raleigh.
4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. — Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe. — Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. — Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro- magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high- pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.

Engine
En´gine, v. t.
1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.]
"To engine and batter our walls." T. Adams.
2. To equip with an engine; — said especially of steam vessels; as vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
3. (Pronounced, in this sense, .) To rack; to torture. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engineer
En•gi•neer´, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ingenieur. See Engine, n. ]
1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. — Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.

Engineer
En•gi•neer´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engineered p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.]
1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as to engineer a road. J. Hamilton.
2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.]

Engineering
En•gi•neer´ing, n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. — Civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. — Mechanical engineering relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. — Mining engineering deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc.

Engineman
En´gine•man, n. ; pl. Enginemen . A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.

Enginer
En´gin•er, n. [See Engineer.] A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. [Obs.] Shak.

Engine-sized
En´gine-sized, a. Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; — said of paper. Knight.

Engine-type generator
En"gine-type• gen"er•a•tor. (Elec.) A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.

Enginous
En´gi•nous, a. [OF. engignos. See Ingenious.]
1. Pertaining to an engine. [Obs.]
"That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all." Decker.
2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [Obs.]
"The mark of all enginous drifts." B. Jonson.

Engirt
En•girt´, v. t. To engird. [R.] Collins.

Engiscope
En´gi•scope, n. [Gr. near + -scope.] (Opt.) A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]

Englaimed
En•glaimed´, a. [OE. engleimen to smear, gleim birdlime, glue, phlegm.] Clammy. [Obs.]

Engle
En´gle, n. [OE. enghle to coax or cajole. Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.] A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Engle
En´gle, v. t. To cajole or coax, as favorite. [Obs.]
"I ’ll presently go and engle some broker." B. Jonson.

English
Eng´lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n. , 8. — English breakfast tea. See Congou. — English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. — English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.

English
Eng´lish, n.
1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English.
3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. The type called English.
4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. TheKing’s, or Queen’s, English. See under King.

English
Eng´lish, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Englished p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.]
1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
"Those gracious acts … may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation." Milton.
"Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing." T. L. K. Oliphant.
2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]

Englishism
Eng´lish•ism, n.
1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.
2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Englishman
Eng´lish•man (-m an), n. ; pl. Englishmen (-m en). A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

Englishry
Eng´lish•ry, n.
1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] Cowell.
2. A body of English or people of English descent; — commonly applied to English people in Ireland.
"A general massacre of the Englishry." Macaulay.

Englishwoman
Eng´lish•wom•an, n. ; pl. Englishwomen . Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

Englue
En•glue´, v. t. [Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime.] To join or close fast together, as with glue; as a coffer well englued. Gower.

Englut
En•glut´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Englutted p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting ] [Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir.]
1. To swallow or gulp down. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To glut. [Obs.] "Englutted with vanity." Ascham.

Engorge
En•gorge´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engorged p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging ] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. Mir. for Mag.
2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour. Spenser.

Engorge
En•gorge´, v. i. To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one’s self with food. Beaumont.

Engorged
En•gorged´, p. a.
1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.

Engorgement
En•gorge´ment, n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]
1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.
3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.

Engouled
En•gouled´, a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as a bend engouled.

Engoulee
En•gou•lee´, a. [F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth.] (Her.) Same as Engouled.

Engrailed
En•grailed´, a. (Her.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.

Engrailment
En•grail´ment, n.
1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.
2. (Her.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.

Engrain
En•grain´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engrained p. pr. & vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
"Leaves engrained in lusty green." Spenser.
2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
"The stain hath become engrained by time." Sir W. Scott.
3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

Engrasp
En•grasp´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engrasped p. pr. & vb. n. Engrasping.] To grasp; to grip. [R.] Spenser.

Engravement
En•grave´ment, n.
1. Engraving.
2. Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.

Engraver
En•grav´er, n. One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

Engravery
En•grav´er•y, n. The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Engraving
En•grav´ing, n.
1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.

Engregge
En•greg´ge, v. t. [OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis heavy, for L. gravis. Cf. Aggravate.] To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engross
En•gross´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engrossed p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n. , an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.]
"Waves … engrossed with mud." Spenser.
"Not sleeping, to engross his idle body." Shak.
2. To amass. [Obs.]
"To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf." Shak.
3. To copy or write in a large hand ( en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
"Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials." Hawthorne.
"Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail." De Quincey.
4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as to engross commodities in market; to engross power. Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage. — Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.
Syn. — To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb.

Engrossment
En•gross´ment, n.
1. The act of engrossing; as the engrossment of a deed.
"Engrossments of power and favor." Swift.
2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

Enguard
En•guard´, v. t. To surround as with a guard. [Obs.] Shak.

Engulf
En•gulf´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engulfed p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf.] To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
"It quite engulfs all human thought." Young.
Syn. — See Absorb.

Engyn
En•gyn´ Variant of Engine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enhance
En•hance´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enhanced p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing ] [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]
1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs.] Wyclif.
"Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced." Spenser.
2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also to render more heinous; to aggravate; as to enhance crime.
"The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated." Southey.

Enhance
En•hance´, v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.

Enhancement
En•hance´ment, n. The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

Enhancer
En•han´cer, n. One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.

Enharbor
En•har´bor, v. t. To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne.

Enharden
En•hard´en, v. t. [Pref. en- + harden: cf. F. enhardir to embolden.] To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell. { En•har•mon´ic (en•har•mon"ik), En•har•mon´ic•al (-i•k al), } a. [Gr. ’enarmoniko•s, ’enarmo•nios fitting, accordant; ’en in + "armoni•a harmony: cf. F. enharmonique.]
1. (Anc. Mus.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.
2. (Mus.) (a) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A♭ for G♯. (b) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.

Enharmonically
En•har•mon´ic•al•ly, adv. In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

Enhearten
En•heart´en, v. t. To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.
"The enemy exults and is enheartened." I. Taylor.

Enhedge
En•hedge´, v. t. To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.

Enhort
En•hort´, v. t. [OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort.] To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

Enhydros
En•hy´dros, n. [NL. See Enhydrous.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Enigma
E•nig´ma (e•nig"ma), n. ; pl. enigmas (- maz). [L. aenigma, Gr. a’i•nigma, fr. a’ini•ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a’i^nos tale, fable.]
1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
"A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals." Pope.
2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as his conduct is an enigma. { E•nig•mat´ic ( 277), E•nig•mat´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. enigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as an enigmatical answer.

Enigmatically
E•nig•mat´ic•al•ly, adv. Darkly; obscurely.

Enigmatist
E•nig´ma•tist, n. [Gr. .] One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.

Enigmatize
E•nig´ma•tize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Enigmatized p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing ] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles. { E•nig•ma•tog´ra•phy, E•nig•ma•tol´o•gy } n. [Gr.,, an enigma + - graphy, -logy.] The art of making or of solving enigmas.

Enjail
En•jail´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enjailed p. pr. & vb. n. Enjailing.] [Pref. en- + jail. Cf. Engaol.] To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne.

Enjoiner
En•join´er, n. One who enjoins.

Enjoinment
En•join´ment, n. Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Enjoy
En•joy´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enjoyed p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoying.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See Joy.]
1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
"That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers." Num. xxxvi. 8.
"To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." Heb. xi. 25.
3. To have sexual intercourse with. Milton. To enjoy one’s self, to feel pleasure; to be happy.

Enjoy
En•joy´, v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.

Enjoyable
En•joy´a•ble, a. Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.

Enjoyer
En•joy´er, n. One who enjoys.

Enjoyment
En•joy´ment, n.
1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as the enjoyment of an estate.
2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
"The hope of everlasting enjoyments." Glanvill.
Syn. — Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight.

Enkennel
En•ken´nel, v. t. To put into a kennel.

Enkerchiefed
En•ker´chiefed, a. Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton.
"That soft, enkerchiefed hair." M. Arnold.

Enkindle
En•kin´dle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enkindled p. pr. & vb. n. Enkindling ]
1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. Shak.
2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
"To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist." Talfourd.

Enlacement
En•lace´ment, n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

Enlard
En•lard´, v. t. [Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste.] To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak.

Enlarge
En•large´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enlarged p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging ] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]
1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one’s house.
"To enlarge their possessions of land." Locke.
2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as knowledge enlarges the mind.
"O ye Corinthians, our … heart is enlarged." 2 Cor. vi. 11.
3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]
"It will enlarge us from all restraints." Barrow. Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; — used by gold beaters. Knight. — To enlarge anorder or rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. Abbott. — To enlarge one’s self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. "They enlarged themselves on this subject." Clarendon. — To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable.
Syn. — To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.

Enlarge
En•large´, v. i.
1. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
"To enlarge upon this theme." M. Arnold.
3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel’s course; to draw aft; — said of the wind.

Enlarged
En•larged´, a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. — En•lar´ged•ly (#), adv. — En•lar´ged•ness, n.

Enlargement
En•large´ment, n.
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.
2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.
"Give enlargement to the swain." Shak.
4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
"An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army." Clarendon.

Enlarger
En•lar´ger, n. One that enlarges.

Enlay
En•lay´, v. t. See Inlay.

Enleven
En•lev´en, n. Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enlight
En•light´, v. t. [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.] To illumine; to enlighten. [R.]
"Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last." Pope.

Enlightenment
En•light´en•ment, n. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Enlightenment
En•light´en•ment, n. = Aufklärung.

Enlist
En•list´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enlisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlisting.]
1. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
2. To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as to enlist men.
3. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.

Enlist
En•list´, v. i.
1. To enroll and bind one’s self for military or naval service; as he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.
2. To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Enlistment
En•list´ment, n.
1. The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.
2. The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.

Enlive
En•live´, v. t. [Pref. en- + live, a.] To enliven. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Enliven
En•liv´en, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enlivened p. pr. & vb. n. Enlivening ] [Pref. en- + liven.].
1. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
"Lo! of themselves th’ enlivened chessmen move." Cowley.
2. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.
Syn. — To animate; rouse; inspire; cheer; encourage; comfort; exhilarate; inspirit; invigorate.

Enlock
En•lock´, v. t. To lock; to inclose.

Enlumine
En•lu´mine, v. t. [F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.] To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enmanche
En•man•che´, a. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + manche sleeve.] (Her.) Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; — said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.

Enmarble
En•mar´ble, v. t. [Pref. en- + marble.] To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enmesh
En•mesh´, v. t. [Pref. en- + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.] To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. Shak.
"My doubts enmesh me if I try." Lowell.

Enmity
En´mi•ty, n. ; pl. Enmities (#). [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimitie, OF. enemistie. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.]
1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
"No ground of enmity between us known." Milton.
2. A state of opposition; hostility.
"The friendship of the world is enmity with God." James iv. 4.
Syn. — Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor.

Enmove
En•move´, v. t. See Emmove. [Obs.]

Enmure
En•mure´, v. t. To immure. [Obs.]

Ennation
En•na´tion, n. [Gr. ’enne•a nine.] (Zoöl.) The ninth segment in insects.

Ennead
En´ne•ad, n. [Gr.,, fr. ’enne•a nine.] The number nine or a group of nine. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; — so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

Enneagon
En´ne•a•gon ( 277), n. [Gr. ’enne•a nine + gwni•a corner, angle: cf. enneagone.] (Geom.) A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.

Enneagonal
En•ne•ag´o•nal, a. (Geom.) Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles.

Enneagynous
En•ne•ag´y•nous, a. [Gr. ’enne•a nine + woman, female.] (Bot.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; — said of a flower or plant.

Enneahedral
En•ne•a•he´dral, a. [Gr. ’enne•a nine + side.] (Geom.) Having nine sides. { En•ne•a•he´dri•a, En•ne•a•he´dron } n. (Geom.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.

Enneandria
En•ne•an´dri•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’enne•a nine + ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man, male: cf. F. enneandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens. { En•ne•an´dri•an, En•ne•an´drous } a. (Bot.) Having nine stamens.

Enneapetalous
En•ne•a•pet´al•ous, a. [Gr. ’enne•a nine + E. petalous: cf. F. enneapetale.] (Bot.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves.

Enneaspermous
En•ne•a•sper´mous, a. [Gr. ’enne•a + spe•rma seed.] (Bot.) Having nine seeds; — said of fruits. { En•ne•at´ic, En•ne•at´ic•al } a. [Gr. ’enne•a nine.] Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. — Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man’s life.

Ennew
En•new´, v. t. [Pref. en- + new. Cf. Innovate.] To make new. [Obs.] Skelton.

Ennoble
En•no´ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ennobled p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling ] [Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.]
1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench.
"What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards." Pope.
2. To raise to the rank of nobility; as to ennoble a commoner.
Syn. — To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize.

Ennobler
En•no´bler, n. One who ennobles.

Ennui
En•nui´, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray.

Ennuyee
En•nuy•ee´, n. [F.] A woman affected with ennui. Mrs. Jameson.

Enodal
E•nod´al, a. (Bot.) Without a node. Gray.

Enodation
En•o•da´tion, n. [L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See Enode.] The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.

Enoint
E•noint´, a. Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enomotarch
E•nom´o•tarch, n. [Gr. ; + leader. See Enomoty.] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.

Enopla
En´o•pla, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. armed; in +, pl., armor.] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

Enoptomancy
En•op´to•man•cy, n. [Gr. visible in (a thing) + -mancy.] Divination by the use of a mirror.

Enorm
E•norm´, a. [Cf. F. enorme. See Enormous.] Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enormousness
E•nor´mous•ness, n. The state of being enormous.

Enorthotrope
En•or´tho•trope, n. [Gr. in + upright, correct + to turn.] An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

Enounce
E•nounce´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enounced p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing ] [F. enoncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Enunciate.]
1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To utter; to articulate.
"The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently." A. M. Bell.

Enow
E•now´ A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak.

Enpierce
En•pierce´, v. t. [See Empierce.] To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.

Enquicken
En•quick´en, v. t. To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.