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Encrease 1 (en-krēs'), v.t. v.i. and n. Same

as Increase Encrimson (en-krim'zn), v.t. Prefix en, and crimson.) To cover with a crimson colour. Shak. Encrinal, Encrinic (en-krin'al, en-krin'ik), a. Relating to or containing encrinites; as, encrinal marble. Encrinital (en-krin-it'al), a. Same as En

crinal. Encrinite (en'krin-it), n (Gr. en, in, and krinon, a lily.) A name often applied to the whole order of the Crinoidea or stone-lilies, but more specifically restricted to the genera

Is. ix. 7

sions of another, and taking possession; un- From the divine Founder of Christianity to the lawful intrusion; advance into the territories

withered Pontiff of Encyclopedism, in all things and

places, the Hero has been worshipped. Curile, or jurisdiction of another, by silent means or without right; assumption of the rights Encyclopædist, Encyclopedist (en-si'klőand privileges of another.

peel-ist), n. The compiler of an encycloIt will be seen that the system which effectually

pædia, or one who assists in such conipilasecured our liberties against the encrychments of tion; also, a person whose knowledge is of a kingly power gave birth to a new class of abuses very wide range. from which absolute monarchies are exempt.

Encyclopædy, Encyclopedy (en-sīklo-pe". Alamanday

di), n. 2. The act of advancing gradually and by Encyst (en-sist'), v.t. (Gr. en, in, and kystis,

An encyclopædia. (Rare.) stealth; unperceived approach, seizure, or

a bag) To inclose in a cyst or vesicle. progress; as, the encroachments of disease. 3. That which is taken by encroaching on

Encystation, Encystment (en-sist-a’shon,

en-sist ment), n. another. – 4. In law, the taking of more than

In physiol. a process unis one's right or due; as, if a tenant owes

dergone by certain Protozoa and Infusoria two shillings rent-service to the lord, and

previous to fission. They coat themselves the lord takes three, it is an encroachment.

with a secretion of gelatinous matter, which Encrust (en-krust'), v.t. To incrust (which

gradually hardens and incloses the body in

a cyst. Sometimes peculiar vesicular bodies see).

become formed in the interior of the cyst, Encrustment (en-krust'ment), n. 1. The act of encrusting or state of being encrusted.

through which they finally burst, and be 2. That which is formed as a crust; incrust

coming ruptured at the apex, give exit to ation; hence, any foreign matter with which

the embryos contained in their interior. something is surrounded. The work of dis. Encysted (en-sist'ed), p. and a. (Gr. en, and

kystis, the bladder, a bag, a pouch, from engaging truth from its encrustment of error.'

kyo, to hold. ] Inclosed in a bag, bladder, or 18. Taylor.

vesicle; as, an encysted tumour, a term apEncumber (en-kum'ber), v.t. [Prefix en, and cuinber (which see). ] 1. To load; to clog; to

plied by medical writers to those tumours

which consist of a fluid or other matter inimpede the motion of with a load, burden,

closed in a sac or cyst.
or anything inconvenient; to render the
motion or operation of difficult or laborious;

The encysted venom, or poison-bag, beneath the adder's fang

Coleridge. to embarrass; to perplex; to obstruct. Knowledge,

End (end), n. (A. Sax. end, ende; of same Till sinooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to its place,

origin as G. ende, Goth, anéis, the end, Skr. Does but cncumber whom it scems t'enrich.

anta, end, death.] 1. The extreme point of

Cont per a line, or of anything that has more length 2. To load with debts; as, an estate is en- than breadth; as, the end of a house; the cumbered with mortgages, or with a widow's

end of a table; the end of a finger; the end dower. --SYN. To load, clos, oppress, over- of a chain or rope.-2. The termination, conload, embarrass, perplex, hinder.

elusion, or last part of anything, as of a porEncumberingly (en-kun'bér-ing-li), adv. tion of time, of life, of an action, of a state In a manner to encumber or impede.

of things, of a quantity of materials. Encumbrance (en-kum'brans), n. 1. A

At the end of two months, she returned. Judg. xi. 39. load; anything that impedes action or renders it difficult and laborious, clog; impedi

of the increase of his government and peace there

shall be no end.
ment.
Strip from the branching Alps their piny load,

There is none end of the store. Nah. ii. o.
The huge cncumbranæ of horrific woont.

3. C'sed absolutely for the close of life, death,

7 homson.
2. In law, liability resting on an estate; a

decease, destruction, extermination. legal claim on an estate, for the discharge

Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.

Pan of which the estate is liable; any right to

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for or interest in an estate, to the diminution the end of that man is peace.

Ps. XXX111. 37. of its value, but not impeding the pa-sing The end of all flesh is come.

Gen. vi. 13. of the fee by conveyance, as a mortgage, a

4. Cause of death; a destroyer. lien for taxes, a judgment, a right of way,

And award &c. -SYN. Load, burden, clog, impediment,

Either of you to be the other's end. Shak cheek, hindrance. Encumbrancer (en-kum'brans-er), n.

5. Final determination; conclusion of deOne

bate or deliberation.
who has an encumbrance or a legal claim
oll an estate.

My guilt be on my head, and there's an end! Shak. Encurtain (en-ker'tin), t.t. To inclose with 6. Consequence; issue; result; conclusive (urtains

event; conclusion. Encyclic, Encyclical (en-sik'lik, en-sik'lik- The end of those things is death. Rom. vi. 21. al), a. (Gr. cukyklikos-en, in, and kyklos, a

7. A fragment or broken piece; the last circle.) Circular; sent to many persons or portion of anything. “Old odd ends.' Shak, places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men. 'An imperial encyclic letter.'

[Obsolete except in the phrase odds and

ends 1-8. The ultimate point or thing at Miiman. Used as a substantive in both

which one aims or directs his views; the forms; as, a papal encurrlic.

object intended to be reached or accomEncyclopædia, Encyclopedia (en-si'klo

plished by any action or scheme: purpose pe"di-a), n. (Gr. enkyklopauleit --en, in,

intended; scope; aim; drift; as, private ends; kyklos, a circle, and paideia, instruction.) The circle of sciences; a general system of

public ends. instruction or knowledge; more particu

Two things I shall propound to you as ends.

Suckling larly, a work in which the various branches

The end of the commandment is charity. 1 Tim. i. 5. of science or art are discussed separately,

The end of all is an action, not a thought, though and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclo- it were of the noblest.

Carlyle peedia; as, the French Encyclopædia; the

9. In mining, the farthest or last portion Popular Encyclopedia, or Conversations

of a level driven on the course of the lode. Lexicon.

10. In spinning, a loose untwisted ribbon of The word encyclopedia implies the unity and circularity of knowiedge-that it has one cominon central

cotton or wool; a sliver. --- An end, for on principle, which is at once constitutive and regula. end, upright; erect; as, his hair stands an

Hare. end. She sleeps most an end.' Hasringer. Encyclopædiacal, Encyclopediacal (en- -- At one's uit's end, in a position that one

si'klo-pé-di"ak-al), a. Same as Encyclopædic. does not know what further to do.-- End on Encyclopædian, Encyclopedian (en-si'- (naut.), applied to a ship when her head or klo pe" ti-an), a.' Embracing the whole cir- stern is pointing directly to an object: opcle of learning

posed to broad side on. - End forend (naut.), Encyclopædian, Encyclopedian (en-si'. applied to a rope or any article, as a log of klo-pedian), n. Circle of sciences or know- timber, a spar, &c., reversed, so that the ledge; round of learning.

one end occupies the place that the other Let them have that encyclopedian, all the learning did before.- On end, (a) with one end restin the world, they must keep it to themselves.

ing on the ground; upright; as, place the Burton.

log on end. (6) Continuously. Encyclopædic, Encyclopædical (en-si'

He looked out of the window for two hours on end, klo péd’ik, en-si'kló-ped"ik-al), a. Pertain

Dickors. ing to an encyclopædia; universal in know

-- The ends of the earth, in Scrip. the remot. ledge and information. Written also Eir

est parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of cyclopedic. Encyclopedical.

those parts. To make both ends meet, to Encyclopædism, Encyclopedism (en-si'

keep one's expenditure within one's income,
klo-ped-izm), n.
The labour of writing or

or at least to keep them equal.
makin: encyclopedias; also, the possession
of a wide range of information; extensive

The other impecunious person contrived to maše

Piece of Derbyshire Marble, showing Encrinites.

America. In the cut representing the piece of Derbyshire marble, the variety in the figures of the encrinites is caused by the different angles at which they occur. Encrinitic, Encrinitical (en-krin-it'ik, enkrin-it'ik-al), a. Same as Encrinal. Encrisped (en-krispt'), a. [From crisp.)

Curled; formed in curls. Hairs encrisped,
yellow as the gold' Skelton.
Encroach(en-kroch'), v. i. [Prefix en, and Fr.

crocher (as in accrocher; see ACCROACH),
to hook on, from croc, a hook; E. crook
(which see).] 1. To enter on the rights and
possessions of another; to intrude; to take
possession of what belongs to another by
gradual advances into his limits or jurisdic.
tion, and usurping a part of his rights or
prerogatives; to trespass: with on; as, the
farmer who runs a fence on his neighbour's
land, and incloses a piece with his own,
encroaches on his neighbour's property; men
often encroach in this manner on the high-
way; the sea is said to encroach on the land
when it wears it away gradually; and the
land encroaches on the sea when it is ex-
tended into it by alluvion. “Superstition ..
a creeping and encroaching evil.' Hooker.
Exclude th' encroaching cattle from thy ground.

Dryden.
2. To advance gradually and by stealth; to
approach or take hold unperceived; as, old
age encroaches upon a man.-SYN. To in-
trude, trench upon, infringe, invade, tres-
pass, violate.
Encroacht (en-kröch), n. Gradual and un-
perceived advance, seizure, or progress.
South
Encroacher (en-kroch'ér), n. 1. One who
enters on and takes possession of what is
not his own by gradual steps; one who makes
gradual advances beyond his rights; one
who lessens or limits an object, as a right
or privilege, by narrowing its boundaries.
'An encroacher upon the public liberty.'
Dr. Spenser
Encroachingly (en-kroch'ing-li), adv. By

way of encroachment. Encroachment (en-kroch’ment), n. 1. The entering gradually on the rights or posses

tive.

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End (end), 0.t. 1. To finish; to close; to con- Endeavour (en-dev'er), v.t. To attempt to pleasure. The name explains itself, and clude; to terminate; as, to end a contro- gain; to try to effect; to strive to achieve or must not be mistaken forandiron or fire-dog. versy; to end a war. attain; to strive after,

Brewer. On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii. 2. It is our duty to endeavour the recovery of these End-iron (end'i-érn), n. See ANDIRON. 2. To destroy; to put to death.

beneficial subjects.

Chatham. Endite (en-dīt), v.t. To indite; to write. The lord of Stafford dear to-day hath bought

Endeavourer (en-dev'ér-ér), n. One who Enditer, Enditor (en-dīt'ér), n. An inditer; Thy likeness, for, instead of thee, King Harry, makes an effort or attempt.

a writer. This sword hath ended him.

Shak.

Endeavourmentt (en-dev'er-ment), n. En- Himself will be acknowledged, by all that read SYN. To finish, close, conclude, terminate. deavour. Spenser.

him, the basest and hungriest enditer that could take the boldness to look abroad.

Milton. End (end), v.: 1. To come to the ultimate Endecagon (en-de’ka-gon), n. (Gr. hendeka, point; to be finished; to terminate; to close; eleven, and gônia, an angle.) A plane figure Endive (en'div), n. (Fr. endive; Pr. and It. to conclude; to cease; as, a voyage ends by of eleven sides and angles.

endivia; L. intybum. Probably from Ar. the return of a ship; the discourse ends with Endecagynous (en-de-kaj'in-us), a. (Gr. hindeb.) A plant, Cichorium Endivia, nat. impressive words; a good life ends in peace. hendeka, eleven, and gynė, female.) In bot. order Compositæ, a native of Asia, introAll's well that ends well.' Shak. -2. To having eleven pistils or female organs of duced into Britain in 1548, and used as a conclude discourse; to cease speaking. The fructification.

salad. angel ended.' Milton.

Endecandria (en-de-kan'dri-a), n. (Gr. hen- Endless (end'les), a. (See END.) 1. Without Endable (end'a-bl), a. That may be put an deka, eleven, and aner, andros, a man.) An end; having no end or conclusion: applied end to or terminated; terminable.

order of plants in the artificial system of to length and to duration; as, an endless End-all (end'al), n. What ends all; conclu

Linnæus with eleven stamens.

line; endless progression; endless duration; sion.

Endecaphyllous (en-de-kaf'il-lus, en-de’ka- endless bliss. — 2. Perpetually recurring; inThat but this blow

fil'lus), a. (Gr. hendeka, eleven, and phyllon, terminable; incessant; continual; as, endless Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak. a leaf.) In bot. having a winged leaf com- praise; endless clamour.-3. Without object, Endamage (en-dam'āj), v.t. pret. & pp. en- posed of eleven leaflets.

purpose, or use; as, an endless pursuit. damaged; ppr. endamaging. [Prefix en, and Endeictic (en-dik'tik), a. (Gr. endeiknumi, 4. Without profitable conclusion;

fruitless. damage.] To bring loss or damage to; to to show.) Showing: exhibiting; as, an en- All lives are endless.' Beau. & Fl.- End harm; to injure; to prejudice.

deictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, less saw, a saw consisting of a ribbon of steel The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton, is one which exhibits a specimen of skisl. serrated on one edge and passing continuSo thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings,

Endeixis (en-diks'is), n. [Gr. endeixis, a ously over a wheel or pulley above and one

Ezra iv, 13 pointing out.) An indication; a showing; below.- Endless screvo, a mechanical arEndamageable (en-dam'āj-a-bl), a. Capable especially those symptoms or appearances rangement consisting of a screw, the thread of being damaged or injured. in a disease which indicate the proper reme

of which gears Endamagement (en-dam'āj-ment), n. Act dies to be applied for its cure.

in a wheel with of endamaging or state of being endamaged; Endellionite, Endellione (en-del'yun-it,

skew teeth, the loss; injury. en-del'yun), n. (From the parish of Endel

obliquity corThese flags of France, that are advanced here lion, in Cornwall, where it was first found.]

responding to Before the eye and prospect of your town, Have hither marched to your enda magement. A mineral composed of the triple sulphuret

the angle of of antimony, lead, and copper, occurring

pitch of the Shak. Endanger (en-dân'jér), v.t. [Prefix en, and chiefly in a mine named Huel Boys, in

screw It is danger.] 1. To put in hazard; to bring into Endellion.

generally used

as a means of danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury. Endemial(en-dēmi-al), a. Same as Endemic.

Endemic, Endemical (en-dem'ik,en-dem'ikEvery one hath a natural dread of everything that

producing slow can endanger his happiness.

Tillotson.
al), a. (Fr. endémique; Gr.endēmios,dwelling

motion in the 2+ To incur the hazard of. among a people at home-en, in, among, and

adjustments of demos, people. ] Peculiar to a people or nation;

machines, movHe that turneth the humours back, and maketh

as, an endemic disease is one to which the inthe wound bleed inwards, endangereth malign ulcers.

ing the valve Bacon. habitants of a particular country are pecu

gear of marEndangerment (en-dān'jèr-ment), n. Act liarly subject, and which, for that reason,

ine engines by of endangering or state of being endangered; may be supposed to proceed from local Endless Screw and Wheel. hand, &c., radanger. causes, as bad air or water. The epithet is

ther than for Yokes not to be lived under without the endanger. also applied to a disease which prevails in a transmitting any great amount of power. ment of our souls.

Milton. particular season, chiefly or wholly in a par- Called also Perpetual Screw. - SYN. EterEndark, t Endarkent (en-dårk', en-därk'en), ticular place.

nal, everlasting, interminable, infinite, unv.t. To make dark; to darken.

Ague is endemic in marshy countries; goître at the limited, incessant, perpetual, uninterrup

Dunglison,

base of lofty mountains. Endear (en-der), v.t. [Verb-forming prefix

ted, continual. en, and dear.] 1. To make dear; to make Endemic (en-dem'ik), n. A disease of an Endlessly (end'les-li), adv. 1. Without end more beloved; to attach; to bind by ties endemic nature.

or termination; as, to extend a line endof affection and love. To be endeared to a Endemically (en-dem'ik-al-li), adv. In an lessly. -2. Incessantly; perpetually; conking.' Shak. endemic manner.

tinually.-3. Without purpose; uselessly; I sought by all means, therefore,

Endemicity (en-dem-is'i-ti), n. The state or aimlessly; as, he is labouring quite endHow to endear and hold thee to me firinest.' Milton. quality of being endemic.

lessly. 2+ To raise the price of; to make costly or Endemiology (en-dem'i-ol"o-ji), n. The doc- Endlessness (end'les-nes), n. Extension expensive. King James VI. trine of endemic diseases; a treatise on without end or limit; perpetuity; endless

duration. endemic diseases. Endearedly (en-der'ed-li), adv. Affectionately; dearly

Endenization (en-den'īz-ā"shon) n. The Endlong (end long), a. or adv. [A. Sax. and. Endearedness (en-der'ed-nes), n. State of

act of naturalizing. Gentleman's Mag. (Rare.) lang-and, against, and lang, long; its elebeing endeared.

Endenize (en-den'īz), v.t. [Short form of ments are the same as in G. entlang, D. onEndearing (en-dēr'ing), a. Having a ten

endenizen.) To make free; to naturalize; to lang. Comp. headlong, sideling or sidelong.) dency to make dear or beloved; tender;

admit to the privileges of a denizen. Hol- With the end forward; lengthwise; as, end

land. affectionate; as, endearing qualities. •En

long motion. "To thrust the raft endlong dearing smiles. Milton.

Endenizen (en-de'ni-zn), v.t. (Verb-form- across the moat.' Sir W. Scott. Endearment (en-der'ment), n. 1. The act of

ing prefixen, and denizen.) To make a deni- Endmost (end'möst), a. Furthest; reendearing; the state of being beloved; ten

zen of; to naturalize.

motest. Bailey. der affection.

It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenisen a Endo- (en'do). A prefix derived from Greek When a man shall have done all to create endear.

man everywhere.

B. Jonson. endon, signifying within. ment between them.

South, Ender (end'ér), n. One who ends or finishes. Endocardiac (en-do-kardi-ak), a. (Gr. en2. The cause of love; that which excites or Endermatic, Endermic (en-der-matik, en- don, within, and kardia, the heart.) In increases affection, particularly that which

dèrm'ik), a. (Gr. en, and dermatikos, cutane- pathol. relating to the endocardium, or to excites tenderness of affection.

ous.) A term applied to that method of using the interior of the heart; as, endocardiac

medicines in which they are rubbed into sound or murmur. Opposed to exocardiac Her first endearments twining round the soul.

Thomson.

the skin, especially after the cuticle has or exocardial. Endeavour (en-dev'er), n. [Fr. en, in, and been removed, as by a blister.

Endocarditis (en'do -kär-di"tis), n. [See devoir, duty, from the use of these words in Enderon (en'de-ron), n. (Gr. en, in, and ENDOCARDIAC.) A disease ending in the such expressions as se mettre en devoir, to

deros, skin.) In zool. the inner plane of deposit of fibrin upon the valves of the try to do; to set about; devoir is from L.

growth of the outer integumentary layer of heart, and resulting from inflammation or debere, to owe, to be under obligation.) An

the skin (viz. the ectoderm or epidermis). disease of the internal structure of that effort; an essay; an attempt; an exertion of Endetted, t pp: Indebted. Chaucer.

organ. physical strength or the intellectual powers Endewt (en-dū), v.t. To indue; to clothe; Endocardium (en-do-kär’di-um), n. (See toward the attainment of an object. to invest; to put on. Spenser.

ENDOCARDIAC.) In anat.

EN
The bold and sufficient pursue their game with
Endexoteric(en-deks'o-te"rik), n. (Gr. endon,

Ep a colourless transparent more passion, endeavour, and application, and there. within, and E. ezoteric.] In med. that

membrane which lines fore often succeed.

Sir W. Temple.
which results from internal and external

the interior of the heart. Imitation is the endeavour of a later poet to write causes simultaneously; that which includes

Endocarp (en'dő-kärp). like one who has written before him on the same both esoteric and exoteric agency.

n. (Gr.endon, within, and subject. Dryden. Endiaper (en-di'a-per), v.t. To variegate.

karpos, fruit.) In bot. Sex. Effort, attempt, struggle, exertion, See DIAPER.

the inner layer of the essay, trial, experiment. Endict, Endictment (en-diť, en-dit'ment).

pericarp, when its texEndeavour (en-dev'èr), v.i. To labour or See INDICT, INDICTMENT.

ture differs from the

MES exert one's self for the accomplishment of Ending (end'ing), n. 1. Termination; con

outer layer. It may be

Fruit of Common an object; to strive; to try; as, in a race, clusion.-2. In gram. the terminating syl

Peach (Amygdalus

hard and stony, as in the each man endeavours to outstrip his an- lable or letter of a word.

persica).

plum and peach, memtagonist; 'to endeavour after a handsome Endiron (end's-ern), n. One of two movable

branous as in the apple, elocution.' Addison. -Sen. To try, attempt, iron cheeks or plates, still used in cooking- or fleshy as in the orange. The endocarp strive, struggle, labour, essay, aim.

stoves to enlarge or contract the grate at or stone, the epicarp or outer skin, and ch, chain; ch, Sc. loch; 8, go; j, job; n, Fr. ton; ng, sing; TH, then; th, thin; w, wig, wh, whig; zh, azure.- See KEY.

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the mesocarp or fleshy part are shown in Cells produce other cells endogenously or exo- Endorsed (en-dorst'), a. In her, same as the cut.

genously; and fronds give origin to other fronds from Adorsed.
their edges or surfaces.

Herbert Spencer.
Endocarpeæ, Endocarpei (en-do-kärp'e-ē,

Endorsement (en-dors'ment), n. 1. Superen-do-kärp'ê-í), n. pl. A family of angio- Endolymph (en'do-limf), n. (Gr. endon, scription; a noting of the contents of any spermous or close-fruited lichens, having within, and E. lymph (which see). ) In anat. paper on its back; docquetting. closed apothecia imbedded in the thallus, the vitreous humour of the ear, consisting As this collection will grow daily, I have digested and bursting by a distinct prominent pore of a limpid fluid filling the membranous it into several bundies, and made proper endorseor ostio It comprises four British genera, labyrinth.

ments on each particular letter.

Tatler. Endocarpon, Sagedia, Pertusaria, and Thelo- Endomorph (en'do-morf), n. [Gr. endon,

2. In com. the signature of the proprietor trema.

within, and morphē, form.] In mineral, a or endorser of a bill of exchange written on Endochroa (en-do-krõ'a), n. [Gr. endon, term applied to minerals inclosed in crys- its back. within, and chroia, chroa, surface.) In bot. tals of other minerals. Thus we find non

His endorsement on a foreign bill (which is not usua supposed interior layer of the cuticle. metallic minerals, as sulphur, graphite,

ally made payable to the bearer) would not have Endochrome (en'dő-krõm), n. [Gr. endon, anthracite; metallic minerals, as gold, sil- entitled hiin to have received the money, nor have within, and chroma, colour.] In bot, a some- ver, &c.; halogen compounds, as fluor-spar - been a sufficient discharge, except the bill had been what indefinite term for the miscellaneous inclosed in quartz crystals.

made payable to him.-Report of Committee of House

of Commons. collection of substances and structures in- Endoparasite (en-do-pa'ra-sīt), n. [Gr. closed in the cells of plants; specifically, the endon, within, and parasite.) A parasite

3. Ratification; sanction; approval. colouring matter which fills vegetable cells, living on the internal organs of animals, as

It has so narrow a basis, therefore, that it can never except the green, which is chlorophyll; as, opposed to an ectoparasite, which infests the receive the

endorsement of the public.- American

Publishers' Circular. the endochrome of the algæ.

skin. Endoctrine (en-dok'trin), v.t. (Prefix en, Endophlæum (en-do-flē'um), n. [Gr. endon,

Written also Indorsement. and doctrine.) To teach; to indoctrinate. within, and phloios, bark.] In bot. the liber Endorser (en-dors'ér), n. One who endorses. Endocyst (en'do-sist), n. (Gr. endon, within, of bark; the inner layer, containing woody Endosarc (en'dő-särk), n. [Gr. endon, within, and kystis, a bag.) In zool. the inner mem- tissue lying next the wood.

and sarx, sarkos, flesh.) In physiol. the brane or layer of the body-wall of a poly- Endophyllous (en-do'fil-us or en-do-fillus), inner molecular portion of sarcode in the zoon. Where there is no ectocyst, the en- a. (Gr. endon, within, and phyllon, a leaf.] Ameba and other allied rhizopods. docyst constitutes the entire integument. In bot. a term applied to the young leaves Endoskeleton (en'do-ske-le-ton), n. (Gr. Endoderm (en'do-dérm), n. (Gr. endon, of monocotyledons, from their being formed endon, within, and skeleton, a dry body.) within, and derma, skin.s In zool. the inner within a sheath.

In anat. a term applied to the internal skin or layer of some simple animals, as the Endoplast (en'do-plast), 1. [Gr. endon, bony structure of man and other animals, Celenterata. within, and plastos, moulded, from plasso,

in contradistinction to exoskeleton, which is Endodermic (en-do-dérm'ik), a. Pertaining to mould.) În zool. a rounded or oval body, the outer and hardened covering of such to the endoderm.

bearing a close resemblance to the nucleus animals as the crab, lobster, &c. Endogamous (en-dog'am-us), a. Pertaining of a histological cell, embedded in the pro- Endosmic (en-dos’mik), a. Same as Endosto, practising, or characterized by endo- toplasm of the higher section (Endoplastica)

motic. gamy.

of the Protozoa, and differing slightly from Endosmometer (en-dos-mom'et-ér), n. (Gr. Endogamy (en-dog'a-mi), n. [Gr. endon, protoplasm in either its optical or chemical endon, within, osmos, impulsion, and metron, within, and gamos, marriage.) A custom characters, as in becoming more deeply measure.) An instrument for measuring the among some savage peoples of marrying stained by such colouring matters as hæma. force of endosmotic action. only within their own tribe: opposed to toxylin or car ne, and in resisting the ac- Endosmometric (en-dos'mo-met"rik), a. exogamy (which see). tion of acetic acid better.

Pertaining to or designed for the measureEndogen (en'do-jen), n. (Gr. endon, within, Endoplastica (en-do-plas'ti-ka), n. pl. The ment of endosmotic action.

and ginomai, to grow.) A plant belonging higher division of the Protozoa, distinguished Endosmose, Endosmosis (en'dos-mos, ento one of the large primary classes into from the other division, the Monera, by the dos-mo'sis), n. (Gr. endon, within, and osmos, which the vegetable kingdom is divided, so protoplasm having embedded in it a nucle- impulsion, from otheo, to push.] The transated cell or endoplast. The Endoplastica

mission of fluids or gases through porous are subdivided by Huxley into (1) the Radio- septa or partitions, from the exterior to the laria, (2) the Protoplasta or Amoebea, (3) the interior. Gregarinidæ, (4) the Catallacta of Haeckel, M. Poisson has further attempted to show that this which possibly ought to be included in the

force of endosmose may be considered as a particular modification of capillary action.

Whowell. next group, namely (5) the Infusoria. Endopleura (en'do-plū-ra), n. [Gr. endon, Endosmosmic (en-dos-mos'mik), a. Relatwithin, and pleura, the side.] In bot. the

ing to endosmose; endosmotic. innermost skin of a seed-coat.

Endosmotic (en-dos-mot'ik), a.

Of or per Endopodite (en-dop'o-dīt), n. [Gr. endon,

taining to endosmose; of the nature of enwithin, and pous, podos, a foot.) In compar.

dosmose. anat, the inner or nearer to the middle line Endosperm (en'do-sperm), n. (Gr. endon, of the two branches into which the typical

within, and sperma, seed.] In bot. the limb of a crustacean is divided.

tissue which surrounds the embryo in many Endoptile (en-dop'til), a. (Gr. en

seeds, and which is contained with it within don, within, and ptilon, a feather,

the testa. It contains the supply of food for a leaf.) In bot. a term applied to

the germinating embryo. It is farinaceous, an embryo whose plumule is

oily, mucilaginous, or horny. It is called Endogen. rolled up by the cotyledon, as in

also Albumen or Perisperm.

Endospermic (en-do-sperm'ik), a. In bot. endogens. 1, Section of the stem of a Palm: c, Portion of stem, natural size, showing the ends of the bundles of Endorhiz, Endorhiza (en'do-riz,

a term applied to seeds containing endowoody fibre; e, Remains of leaf-stalks; J, Bundles en-do-ri'za), n. [Gr. endon, within,

sperm, as in the Gramineæ, Umbelliferæ, of woody fibre. 2. Endogenous Leaf, showing its and rhiza, a root.] In bot. a term

&c.; relating to or accompanied by the enparallel veins. 3. Monocotyledonous Seed, show. descriptive of the radicle of the

dosperm; as, an endospermic embryo. ing its single cotyledon: a, a, Cotyledon. 4, Ger. embryo of monocotyledonous

Endospore (en'do-spor), n. mination of Palm: c, Cotyledon; , Albumen; d,

(Gr. endon, Plumule; e, Radicle issuing from a short sheath, plants, which is developed inside

within, and spora, a seed.] In bot. the endorhiza. 5. Flower of Endogen, à sheath from which it issues in

inner integument of lichen spores. germination. The cut shows the

Endosporous (en'dő-spor-us), a. In bot. a named in consequence of its new woody germinating embryo of the oat

term applied to fungi which have their bundles being developed in the parenchyma (Avena sativa).

spores contained in a case. of the interior of the stem, in which there Endorhizal, Endorhizous (en

Endosst (en-dos'), v.t. [Fr. endosser, to put is no distinction of pith and bark. In trans- dő-riz'al, en-do-riz'us), a. In bot.

on the back-en, and dos= L. dorsum, the verse section the bundles appear scattered applied to plants in which the

back.] 1. To write on the back of; to inthrough the cellular matter, being more radicle is protected in its early Endorhiz. dorse.-2. To engrave or carve. compact towards the circumference. The stage by a sheath.

A shield, in which he did endoss other organs of the plants are also character- Endorsable (en-dors'a-bl), a. That may be

His dear Redeemer's badge upon the boss. Spenser. istic. The leaves are generally parallel- endorsed

Endostome (en'do-stom), n. (Gr. endon, veined, the flowers usually with three Endorse (en-dors'), v.t. pret. & pp. endorsed; within, and stoma, the mouth.) In bot. the organs in each whorl, and the seed has an ppr. endorsing. (Prefix en, and L. dorsum,

passage through the inner integument of a embryo with one cotyledon, and the radicle a back.] 1. To place on the back of; to seed or ovule forming the inner portion of issues from a sheath and is never developed burden; to load. Elephants endorsed with the micropyle. See EXOSTOME. into a tap-root in germination. To this towers.' Milton.-2. To write on the back Endothecium (en-do-thē'si-um), n. (Gr. class belong palms, grasses, rushes, lilies, of, as a note of the contents of a paper, or endon, within, and thēkē, a cell.] In bot. &c. Endogens increase in thickness only one's name on the back of a note or bill; the fibrous cellular tissue lining an anther. to a limited extent; hence they are not in- hence, to assign by writing one's name on Endoute,t v.t. or i. To doubt; to fear. jured by twining plants as exogens are.

the back of, as a note or bill; to assign or Chaucer. Endogenous (en-do'jen-us), a. 1. Pertaining

transfer by endorsement; as, the bill was Endow (en-dou'), v.t. (En, and Fr. douer, to endogens: applied to plants in which the

endorsed to the bank.-3. To sanction; to to endow, from L. dos, dotis, a marriage new woody bundles are formed in the parenratify; to approve; as, to endorse a state

portion, a dowry, from root do, da, gift, chyma of the interior of the stem.-2. Ori- ment or the opinions of another. 'Anopinion seen in L. do, Gr. didomi, to give.] 1. To ginating or stimulated from within; inter- we are not prepared to endorse.' Times furnish with a portion of goods or estate, nal. newspaper

called dower; to settle a dower on, as on a To such persons the Russian government, viewed | Endorse (en-dors'), n. In her. an ordinary married woman or widow. from a distance, seems quite admirable. But it gives containing in breadth one-fourth, or, acbut little play to spontaneous development, but little

A wife is by law entitled to be endowed of all chance for endogenous growth. T. M. Anderson, cording to some, one-eighth of the pale.

lands and tenements, of which her husband was It bears exactly the same relation to that seized in fee simple or fee tail during the coverture. Endogenously (en-do'jen-us-li), adv. In an ordinary as the cottise does to the bend.

Blackstone. endogenous manner; internally. Written also Indorse.

2. To settle on, as a permanent provision; to ENDOWER

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furnish with a permanent fund of property; Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, ing or exhibiting energy; vigorous; as, an as, to endoro a church.

As might the strokes of two such arms enduire,

energetic man.

Dryden. But thousands die without or this or that,

He is very energetic in what he undertakes. 2. To bear with patience; to bear without

Il'orcester Die, and endow a college or a cat. Pope.

opposition or sinking under the pressure. Syn. Forcible, powerful, efficacions, potent, 3. To enrich or furnish with any gift. quality,

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. vigorous, effective, active, operative, assidor faculty; to indue; as, mau is endowed by

2 Tim. il. 10. Uous. his Maker with reason.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as Energetically (en-er-jet'ik-al-li), adv. With Nor does it become at all aristocratic by having a

with sons.

Heh. xli. 7.

force and vigour; with energy and effect. council or other body endowed with certain privi

3. To undergo; to suffer; to experience. Energeticalness (en-ér-jet'ik-al- nes), n. leges.

Brorgham. -Endue, Endow. See under ENDUE.

How small, of all that human hearts endure,

The quality of being energetic; activity; Endower (en-dou'ér), n.

vigour. Sir W. Scott.
One who endows.
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure,

Johnson.

Energetics (en-er-jet'iks), n. That branch Endowert (en-dou’ér), v.t. To furnish with 4. To continue in.

of science which investigates the laws regua dower or portion; to endow. Waterhouse. Endowment (en-dou'ment), n. 1. The act

The deer endureth the womb but eight months. lating physical or mechanical forces, as op

Sir T. Brownie, posed to vital. The whole range of physical of settling dower on a woman, or of settling 5.1 To harden; to inure.

phenomena thus forms the subject of its a fund or permanent provision for the sup

And manly limbs endured with little care

consideration. port of any person or object, as a parson or

Against all hard mishaps.

Spenser. Energic, Energical(en-ér'jik,en-er'jik-al),a. vicar, a professor, and the like. -2. That which is bestowed or settled on; property, fund, or Syn. To bear, sustain, undergo, experience,

1. Exhibiting energy or force; producing revenue permanently appropriated to any abide, support, suffer, tolerate.

directly a certain physical effect; as, heat is object; as, the endowments of a church,

Endurementt(en-dúr'ment), n. Endurance. an energic agent. -2. Having energy or great hospital, or college. – 3. That which is given Endurer (en-dür'er), n. South.

power in effect; effective; vigorous. Ener

1. One who bears, gic and powerful preachers' Waterhouse. or bestowed on the person or mind; gift of nature; natural capacity.

suffers, or sustains.--2. He who or that 3. In a state of action; acting; operating. which continues long; he who or that

Goodrich His early endotuments had fitted him for the work he was to do.

Energico (en-er'ji-ko), adv. (It.) In music, Is. Taylor. which remains firm or without change.

with energy and force; with strong articulaThe capacity to speak and write well wil in future Enduring (en-dūr’ing), a. Lasting long; years be an invaluable endocument.

tion and accentuation. Dr. Caird. permanent; as, an enduring habitation. Endrie,t Endry,tv.t. (Comp. Sc. dreeor drie, Enduringly (en-dūr'ing-li), adv. Lastingly; Energize (en’ér-jiz), v.i pret. & pp. ener

.

gized; ppr. energizing. (From energy.) To to suffer.) To suffer. In court no longer should I.

Already at the end of the first Punic war some

act with energy or force; to operate with eminent Romans were in their full manhood, whose vigour; to act in producing an effect. Dwellen, but shame in all my life endry. Chancer.

names are enduringly associated with the events of Energize (en'ér-jiz), v.t. To give strength Endrudge (en-druj'), v. t. [Verb-forming the second.

Arnold.

or force to; to give active vigour to. prefix en, and drudge.) To make a drudge Enduringness (en-dūr'ing-nes), n. Quality Energizer (en’ér-jiz-ér), n. One who or that or slave of.

of enduring; durability; permanence. which gives energy, or acts in producing an End-speecht (end'spēch), n. An epilogue. Endways, Endwise (end'wāz, end' wiz), adv. effect. Endue (en-dū'), v.t. pret. & pp. endued; ppr. 1. On the end; erectly; in an upright posi- Energumen (en-er-gūʼmen), n. (Gr. enerenduing. (L induo, to put on. See INDUE.] tion. Pitiful huts and cabins made of goumenos.) Eccles. a person possessed by 1. To invest; to clothe; to indue.

poles set endwise.' Ray.--2. With the end any spirit whether good or bad; specifically, Endue them with thy Holy Spirit. forward.

one whose body is possessed by an evil Book of Cominon Prayer. Enecatet (ē'ne-kāt), v.t. (L. enecó, eneca- spirit; a demoniac. 2. To supply with; to endow; to portion. tum--e, out or outright, and neco, to kill.] Energy (en'ér-ji), n. (Gr. energeia-en, and God hath endued me with a good dowry. To kill.

ergon, work.] i. Internal or inherent power: Gen. XXX. 20.

Soine plagues partake of such a pernicious degree the power of operating, whether exerted or - Endue, Endow. Endue is used generally of malignity, that, in the manner of a most presen

not; as, men possessing energies sometimes tancous poison, they enccate in two or three hours, of moral qualities; endou, of the body, suddenly corrupting or extinguishing the vital spirits.

suffer them to lie inactive; danger will external things, and mental gifts. An insti

Harvey.

rouse the dormant energies of our natures tution is richly endowed; a person is endowed Enecia (e-nē'shi-a), n. (Gr. énekes, continu- into action. -- 2. Power exerted; vigorous with beauty; he is endued with virtue. “En- ous.) In med. a name for continued fever, operation; force; vigour; as, the adminisdued with royal virtues as thou art.' Milton. including inflammatory, typhus, and syno- tration of the laws requires energy in the Then will L. chal fever.

magistrate Endow you with broad lands and territory. Eneid (ē-nē'id), n. An epic poem written in My desire, like all strongest hopes, Tennyson. Latin by Virgil, of which Æneas, reputed

By its own energy fulfilled itself. Tennyson. Enduement (en-dü'ment), n. Same as In- the founder of the Latin race, is the hero. 3. Effectual operation; efficacy; strength or duement. See ÆNEID.

force producing the effect. Endurable (en-dūr'a-bl), a. That can be Enema (en'ē-ma), n. (Gr.'enema, a clyster, Beg the blessed Jesus to give an energy to your borne or suffered

from eniemi, to send in-en, in, and hiemi, imperfect prayers, by his most powerful intercession, Endurableness (en-dur'a-bl-nes), n. State to send.) A liquid or gascous form of medi

Smalridge. of being endurable; tolerableness.

cine thrown into the rectum; a clyster.- 4. Strength of expression; force of uiterEndurably (en-dūr'a-bli), adv. In an en

Enema - instrument, enema - pump, an in

ance; life; spirit; emphasis. during manner. strument which acts on the principle of the

Who did ever, in French authors, see Endurance (en-dūr'ans), n. (See ENDURE.) force-pump, used to administer an enema.

The comprehensive English energy!

Roscoin mon. 1. Continuance; a state of lasting or dura- Enemy (en'ê-mi), n. (Fr. ennemi, from L. intion; lastingness. imicus-in, neg.,and amicus, a friend. ] 1. One

5. In mech, capability for performing work; Some of them are of very great antiquity, others of hostile to another; one who hates another;

the action of a power to move a machine. less endurance. Spenser a foe; an adversary; an opponent; an antag

Mechanical energy is actual or potential-2. A bearing or suffering; a continuing onist.

the former denoting the energy in relation under pain or distress without resistance, I say unto you, Love your enemies. Mat. v. 44. to the work actually performed; the latter, or without sinking or yielding to the pres- 2. One who dislikes any subject or cause.

energy in relation to the maximum of work

it is capable of performing. ---Conservation sure; sufferance; patience. 'An enemy to truth and knowledge.' Locke.

of energy, in physics, the theory that the Their fortitude was most admirable in their pres. --The enemy, (a) in theol. the devil. (6) Milit.

total amount of energy in the universe is ence and endurance of all evils, of pain, and of the opposing force: used as a collective death. Sir W. Temple.

always the same, though it may change its noun and construed with a verb and pro- condition or mode of exhibition; conserva3.1 Delay; procrastination. noun either in the singular or plural.

tion of force. See under FORCE.-- SYN. Force, My lord, I look'd You would have given me your petition, that

The enemy thinks of raising threescore thousand

power, vigour, strength, spirit, life, resolumen for the next summer.

Addison. I should have ta'en some pains to bring together

tion, efficiency, potency. Yourself and your accusers, and to have heard you

We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Perry. Enervate (e-nerv'át), a. (L. enervatus, pp. Without endurance further.

Shak.

(c) Time; as, how goes the enemy? (=what of enervo. See the verb.) Weakened; weak; [The meaning of the word in the above ex- o'clock is it?); to kill the enemy.- Adversary, without strength or force. Away, enertract, which is from Henry VIII. v. 1, has Antagonist, Enemy. See under ADVERSARY. vate bards, away!' Warton. been disputed, some thinking it equal to Syn. Foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist. Enervate (ē-nérv'at), v.t. pret. & pp. enerdurance, confinement; others, to suffering.) Enemy! (en'ê-mi), a. Inimical; hostile; vated; ppr. enervating. (L. enervo, enervaSYN. Perinanence, persistence, continuance, opposed to.

tum-e, out, and nervus, a nerve.] 1. To suffering, sufferance, tolerance, patience, They ... every day grow more enemy to God. deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to fortitude, resignation.

Jer. Taylor, weaken; to render feeble; as, idleness and Endure (en-dūr'), v.i. pret. & pp. endured; Enepidermic (en'e-pi-dérm"ik), a. [Gr. en, voluptuous indulgences enerrate the body. ppr. enduring. (Fr. endurer; L induro, to in, and epidermis (which see)] In med. Sheepish softness often enervates those who are make hard or harder-in, and duro, from an epithet given to

of treating bred like fondlings at home.

Locke. durus, hard.) 1. To last; to continue in diseases which consists in the application 2. To cut the nerves of; as, to enervate a the same state without perishing; to re- of medicines, as plasters, blisters, &c., to horse. - SYN. To weaken, enfeeble, unnerve, main; to abide. the skin.

debilitate. The Lord shall endure for ever.

Energetic, Energetical (en-er-jet'ik, en-er- Enervation (e-nerv-ā'shon), n. 1. The act He shall hold it (his house) fast, but it shall not jet'ik-al), a. (Gr. energetikos, from energés, of weakening or reducing strength.-2. The ondere.

Job viii. 15. energeo-en, and ergon, work.) 1. Operating state of being weakened; effeminacy. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh with force, vigour, and effect; forcible; This colour of meliority and pre-eminence is a sign in the morning. Ps. XXX. 5. powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; of enervation and weakness.

Bacon. 2. To bear; to suffer without resistance, or energetic laws.-2. Moving; working; active; Enervative (ē-nerv'a-tiv), a. Having power without yielding. 'A courage to endure and operative. “A Being eternally energetic.' or a tendency to enervate; weakening. to obey.' Tennyson, -SYN. To last, remain, Greu.

(Rare.) continue, abile, bear, suffer, hold out.

Unless the same force be made energetical and Enervet (ē-nérv), v.t. pret. & pp. enerved ; Endure (en-cur'), vot. 1. To bear; to sustain; operative.

Jer. Taylor,

ppr. enerving. (L. enervo. See ENERVATE.] to support without breaking or yielding. 3. Endowed with or full of energy; exercis- To weaken; to enervate. Milton.

Ps. ix. 7.

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That may

Enervous (ē-nérv'us), a. Wanting force or Enforcing sentiments of the truest human. Enfranchisement (en-fran'chiz-ment), n. nerve; enervated. [Rare.) ity.' Burke.

1. Release from slavery. Eneuch, Eneugh (e-nüch'), n. Enough. Fear gave her wings, and rage enforc'd my flight. Pardon, Cesar; Cæsar, pardon: (Scotch)

Spenser.

As low as to thy fout doth Cassius fall, 2. To make or gain by force or compulsion; To beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber. Shak. He that has just enesch may soundly sleep, The o'ercoine only fashes folk to keep. Ramsay.

to force; as, to enforce a passage; he en- ! 2. Relea-e, as from custody, bad habits, or En famille (an fä-mel). (Fr.) In a family forced obedience.

any restraining power.-3. The admission Sometimes with lunatic bans, sometimes with prayers, way; domestically.

of persons to the freedom of a corporation Enforce their charity.

Shak.

or state; investiture with the privileges of Deluded mortals whom the great Choose for companions tête-à-tête,

3. To discharge with force: to hurl or throw. free citizens; the incorporating of a person Who at their dinners en famille

As swift as stones

into any society or body politic; the act of Get leave to sit where'er you will. Swift.

Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak. conferring the franchise or endowing with Enfamined, pp. or a. ( Prefix en, and 4. To compel; to constrain; to force. 'Adam the right of voting for a member of parlia

famine.) Hungry; famished. Chaucer. now enforced to close his eyes.' Milton. ment.--Enfranchisement of copyhold lands, Enfamisht (en-fam'ish), v.t. [Prefix en, and (Rare.)-5. To put in execution; to cause to a legal conveyance in fee-simple of copyhold famish.) To famish.

take effect; as, to enforce the laws.--6. To tenements by the lord of a manor to the Enfect, + v.t. To infect. Chaucer. press or urge, as with a charge.

tenants, so as to convert such tenements into Enfeeble (en-fe'bl), v.t. pret. & pp. enfeebled;

If he evade us there,

freeholds. ppr. en feebling. [ Verb-forming prefix en, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak. Enfranchiser (en-fran'chiz-ér), n. One who and feeble.) To make feeble; to deprive of

enfranchises.

Hooker.

7. To prove; to evince. strength; to reduce the strength or force Enforce (en-fors'), v.i. To attempt by force.

Enfree (en-fre'), v.t. (Verb-forming prefix of; to weaken; to debilitate; to enervate; Enforce (en-förs'), n. Force : strength;

en, and free.) To set free; to release from as, intemperance enfeebles the body; long

captivity. * The enfreed Antenor.' Shak. power. “A petty enterprise of small enjorce.' wars enfeeble a state.

Enfreedom (en-fre'dom), v.t. [Prefix en, and Milton. Some en feeble their understandings by sordid and Enforceable (en-förs'a-bl), a

freedom.] To free; to set free. Shak.

be brutish business, Jer, Taylor.

Enfreezet (en-fréz'), v.t. (Prefix en, and enforced. SYN. To weaken, debilitate, enervate. Enforcedly (en-förs'ed-li), adv. By violence;

freeze.) To freeze; to turn into ice; to conEnfeeblement (en-fe'bl-ment), n. The act not by choice.

geal. of weakening; enervation; weakness. Enforcement (en-förs’ment), n.

Thou hast en frozen her disdainful voice. Spenser.

1. The act Enfeebler (en-fe’bler), n. One who or that

of enforcing; compulsion.

Enfroward 1 (en-frö'wérd), v. t. (Verb-formwhich makes feeble or weakens.

ing prefix en, and frouard ] To make froO goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung Enfeeblish (en-fē'blish), v.t. To enfeeble. By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear. Keats.

ward or perverse. Sir E. Sandy8.
Enfelon (en-fel'on), v.t. (See FELON.) To
render fierce, cruel, or frantic.

Like one
2. That which gives force, energy, or effect; Enfyret (en-fir“), v.t. To set on fire; to kindle.

Spenser.
sanction.
enfelon'd or distraught.' Spenser.

Engage (en-gāj), v.t. pret. & pp. engaged;

Rewards and punishments of another life, which Enfeoff (en-fef'), v.t. [En, and L. L. feoffo, to

ppr. engaging. (Fr. engager-en, and gager, confer a feudum, a fee or feud, on one; same

the Almighty has established as the enforcements of
his

.

from gage, a pledge. See GAGE) 1. (Generas feudare. See FIEF.) 1. In law, to give 3. Motive of conviction; urgent evidence.

ally followed by reflexive pron.) To bind, as a feud to; hence, to invest with a fee; to

by oath, pledge, contract, or promise; to

His assumption of our filesh was an enforcement give any corporeal hereditament to in fee beyond all the methods of wisdom. Hammond.

bring under an obligation to do or forbear simple or fee tail, by livery of seizin.-2. To

doing something; to makeliable, as for a debt surrender or give up. 4. Pressing exigence; that which urges or

to a creditor; to bind as surety; as, nations constrains. The skipping king

engage themselves to each other by treaty:

More than I have said Grew a companion to the common streets,

The leisure and enforcement of the time

the young often engage themselves to their Enfeoffed himself to popularity,

Shak.
Forbids to dwell on.

Shak. sorrow
Enfeoffment (en-fef ment), n. In law, (a) 5. In a general sense, anything which com-

I have engaged myself to a dear friend,

Engaged my friend to his mere enemy the act of giving the fee simple of an estate. pels or constrains; anything which urges To feed my means.

Shak. (6) The instrument or deed by which one is either the body or the mind; constraining invested with the fee of an estate.

2. To pawn; to stake; to pledge. power.

They most perfidiously condemn Enfetter (en-fet'ter), v.t. (Prefix en, and

Let gentleness my strong en forcement be. Shak.

Those that engag'd their lives for them. Hudibras. fetter (which see).) To fetter; to bind in fetters. 'Enfettered to her love.' Shak.

6. A putting in execution; as, the enforce- 3. To enlist; to bring into a party; as, to

ment of law. Enfever (en-fé' vér), v.t. [Prefix en, and

One who compels,

Enforcer (en-förs'ér), n. fever.) To excite fever in. Seward. [Rare.]

engage mera ise service to engage friends to

in cause. To Enfield Rifle (en'feld ri'fl), n. A rifle for

constrains, or urges; one who effects by attach; to draw to; to attract and fix; as.

violence; one who carries into effect. merly in use in the British army.

good nature engages every one to its posEnfierce † (en-fers'), v. t. pret. & pp. enfierced; Enforcible (en-fors’i-bl), a. Capable of being

sessor; to engage the attention. enforced.

Y'aller. ppr. enfiercing. (Verb-forming prefix en,

To every duty he could minds engage. and fierce.) To make fierce. More enfierced

Grounded upon plain testimonies of Scripture, and enforcible by good reason.

Barrow.

5. To occupy; to employ the attention or him sternly grypt.' Spenser.

efforts of; as, I soon engaged him in converEnfilade (en-fi-lad'), n. [Fr. en, and file, a Enforcive (en-förs’iv), a. Serving or tending

sation; the nation is engaged in war; to row, a rank, from fil, a thread, L. filum.] to enforce or constrain; compulsive.

engage one's self in party disputes. Milit. a line or straight passage; or the situa- A sucking hind-calf, which she trussed with her Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope. tion of a place, or of a body of men, which

en forcive seres.

Chapman. may be raked with shot through its whole Enforcively (en-förs'iv-li), adv.

Of or by

6. To enter into contest with; to bring to

conflict; to encounter; as, the army engaged length.

compulsion; under constraint. Marston. Enfilade (en-A-lad'), v.t. pret. & pp.enfiladed; Enforest (en-foʻrest), n.

the enemy at ten o'clock.

[Verb - forming ppr. enfilading. (From the noun.) Milit. pretix en, and forest.] To turn into or lay Engage (en-gaj'), v.i. 1. To encounter; to to pierce, scour, or rake with shot through under forest; as, the Ameers of Scinde

begin to fight; to attack in conflict. the whole length of, as a work or line of enforested large portions of the country for

Upon advertisement of the Scots armr, the Earl of

Holland was sent with a body to meet and engage troops. the purpose of converting them into hunting

with it.

Clarendon. The avenues, being cut through the wood in right grounds. lines, were enfiladed by the Spanish cannon. Enform (en-form'), v. t. (Prefix en, and

2. To embark in any busi

ness; to take a concern Expedition to Carthagena. form.) To form; to fashion. Spenser. Enfiled (en-jild), pp. [Fr. enfiler.) In her. Énfortunet (en-for'tun), v.t. [Prefix en, and

in; to undertake. a term applied to a sword drawn as trans- fortune.) To endow with a fortune. Chaucer.

'Tis not indeed my talent to

engage fixing the head of a man, or an animal, a Enfouldered, t a. (Prefix en, and 0. Fr.

In loity

trifles. Dryden, coronet, or any other object.

fouldre, lightning, from L. fulgor, lightning, Enfiret (en-fir), v.t. pret. & pp. enfired; from fulgeo, to shine. ) Mixed with light

3. To promise or pledge ppr. entiring. (Prefix en, and fire.) To in- ning. - Enfouldred smoake, smoke giving

one's word; to become Hame; to set on fire. forth flashes of fire like lightning. Spenser.

bound; as, a friend has The touch hath enfired his ghostly zeal. Bp. Hall. Enfranchise (en-fran'chiz), v.t. pret. & pp.

engaged to supply the Enflesh t (en-flesh), v.t.

necessary funds. [Prefix en, and

enfranchised; ppr. enfranchising. (Prefix flesh.) To incorporate, as with the flesh; to en, and franchise.] 1. To set free; to liber

How proper the remedy for

the malady, I engage not embody; to incarnate; to ingrain. · Vices ate from slavery.

Fulier. which are habituated, inbred, and enfleshed Prisoners became slaves, and continued so, unless

Engaged (en-gājd'), pp. in him.' Florio. enfranchised by their masters. Sir W. Temple.

or a. Pledged; promised; Enflower t (en-flou'ér), v.t. (Prefix en, and 2. To make free of a city, corporation, or

affianced; betrothed; enflower.] To cover or bedeck with flowers. state; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

listed; gained and atThese odorous and en flowered fields. B. Yonson. The English colonies, and some septs of the Irishry,

tached; attracted and enfranchised by special charters, were admitted to

fixed; embarked; occuEnfold (en-fold'), v.t. To infold (which see). the benefit of the laws.

Sir 7. Davies.

pied; earnestly employ. Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, 3. To free or release, as from custody, bad

ed; zealous - Engaged And in her veil en folded, manchet bread. Tennyson. habits, or any restraining power.

column, in arch. a column Enfoldment (en-föld'ment), n. The act of If a man have the fortitude and resolution to en.

attached to a wall so that infolding. Scott. franchise himself (from drinking) at once, that is the

a part of it is concealed. Enfoliate (en-fo'li-át), v.t. Same as Infoliate. best.

Engaged columns stand Eclec. Rev. 4. To naturalize; to receive as denizens.

out at least one half Enforce (en-fors), v.t. pret. & pp. enforced; These words have been enfranchised amongst us. Engaged Column.

their thickness. -- Engag. ppr. enforcing. [Prefix en, and force; Fr.

Matts.

ed wheels, in mech. wheels enforcir. ] 1. To give strength to; to 5. To confer the franchise on; to endow that are in gear with each other. The driver strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with with the right of voting for a member of is the engaging wheel, and the follower is energy; to give force to; to impress on the parliament; as, to enfranchise a university; the wheel engaged. mind; as, to enforce remarks or arguments. to enfranchise a class of people.

Engagedly (en-gāj'ed-li), ado. With earnest

Bacon.