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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĕn p. 444A prefix to many English words, chiefly borrowed from the French. It coincides with the Latin in, Gr. ἐν; and some English words are written indifferently with en or in. For the ease of…Ĕn, n. p. 444(Print.) Half an em, i. e., half the square of the type.En-ā'ble, v. t. p. 444To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Bp. Taylor. 2. To supply with sufficient power…En-ā'ble-ment, n. p. 444The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. [Obs.] Bacon.En-ăct′, v. t. p. 444To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the last act of legislation to, as a bill, giving it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to…En-ăct', n. p. 444Purpose; determination. [Obs.]En-ăct'ive, a. p. 444Having power to enact or establish as a law. Bramhall.En-ăct'ment, n. p. 444The passing of a bill into a law; the act of voting, decreeing, and giving validity to a law. 2. That which is enacted; a decree; a law. 3. The acting as a part or character in a play.En-ăct'or, n. p. 444One who enacts or passes a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. 2. One who performs any thing. [Obs.] Shak.En-ăct'ūre, n. p. 444Purpose; determination. [Obs.] Shak.En-ăl'i-o-saur' or En-ăl'i-o-sau'ri-an, n. p. 444(Palæon.) A marine or swimming saurian of gigantic size, now extinct, and found only in a fossil state. The family includes the ichthyosaur and allied reptiles. Dana.E-năl'la-je, n. p. 444(Gram.) A change of words, or a substitution of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.En-ām'bush, v. t. p. 444To hide in ambush; to ambush. Chapman.En-ām'el, n. p. 444A substance of the nature of glass, but more fusible and nearly opaque, used in ornamental inlaying of jewelry, and for like purposes, with a variety of colors; also, other materials used for giving…En-ăm'el, v. t. p. 444To lay enamel upon, as on gold, silver, copper &c.; to paint in enamel. 2. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card-paper; to enamel leather or cloth.En-ăm'el, v. i. p. 444To practice the art of enameling.En-ăm'el, a. p. 444Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.En-ăm'el-ar, a. p. 444Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [Written also enamellar.]En-ăm'el-er or En-ăm'el-ist, n. p. 444One who enamels; one whose occupation is to lay on enamels, or inlay colors. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]En-ăm'or, v. t. p. 444To 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.] He became…En-ām'o-rā'do, n. p. 444One deeply in love; an inamorato. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.En'an-thē'sis, n. p. 444(Med.) A cutaneous eruption connected with an internal disease, as in measles and the like.E-năn/ti-o-păth'ie, a. p. 444(Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.E-năn'-ti-ŏp'a-thy, n. p. 444An opposite passion or affection. Everest. 2. (Med.) Allopathy, or the theory of acting and curing by contraries;—a term used by the disciples and followers of Hahnemann.E-năn’tĭ-ō’sĭs, n. p. 444(Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.En-ärched', a. p. 444(Her.) Having the form of an arch; arched;—said of a chevron or other ordinary.En-ärmed’, a. p. 444(Her.) Having arms, that is, horns, hoofs, &c., of a different color from that of the body.En’ar-rā’tĭon, n. p. 444Recital; relation; account. [Obs.] Halliwell.Ĕn'ăr-thrō'sis, n. p. 444(Anat.) A ball-and-socket joint; that species of articulation which consists in the insertion of the round end of a bone in the cup-like cavity of another, forming a joint movable in every direction.E-nā's'cent, a. p. 444Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] “An enascent equivocation.” Warburton.En’a-tā’tion, n. p. 444A swimming out; escape by swimming. [Obs.] Bailey.E-nāte', a. p. 444Growing out. [Obs.]E-näun'ter, adv. p. 444Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.E-năv'i-gāte, v. t. p. 444To sail out, or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.En-bibe’, v. t. p. 444To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.En-cāġe', v. t. p. 444To shut up or confine in a cage; to coop. Shak.En-cămp', v. i. p. 444To form and occupy a camp; to prepare or settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, spread tents, and remain for a night or for a longer time, as an army or company.En-cămp', v. t. p. 444To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.En-cămp'ment, n. p. 444The 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 company is encamped; a camp; a regular order of tents or…En-cănk'er, v. t. p. 444To corrode; to canker. [Obs.] Shelton.En-eān’this, n. p. 444(Med.) A small tumor or excrescence growing from the inner angle of the eye. Brande.En-cär'di-on, n. p. 444(Bot.) The heart or pith of a plant.En-eär'nal-ize, v. t. p. 444To make carnal; to carnalize. Dabbling a shameless hand with shameful jest, En-eärnalize their spirits. Tennyson.En-căr'pus, n. p. 444(Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, and the like.En-eāse', v. t. p. 444See INCASE.En-căsh'ment, n. p. 444(Eng. Banking.) The payment in cash of a note, draft, &c.En-ca-u'ma, n. p. 444(Med.) (a.) A mark, sore, or excoriation caused by a burn. (b.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.En-caus'tic, a. p. 444Pertaining to the art of burning in colors; — applied to a species of painting in wax liquefied by heat, whereby the colors acquire brilliancy and durability; also, to painting on glass or porcelain…En-caus'tic, n. p. 444The method of painting in heated or burnt wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.En-cāve', v. t. p. 444To hide in a cave or recess. “Do but encave yourselves.” Shak.Enceinte, n. p. 444(Fort.) The main inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains;—called also body of the place.Enceinte, a. p. 444(Law.) Pregnant; with child. Blackstone.En-cē'ni-a, n. pl. p. 444Festivals anciently kept on the days on which cities were built or churches consecrated; and, in later times, ceremonies renewed at certain periods, as at Oxford, at the celebration of founders and…Ĕn'ce-phāl'gi-ā, n. p. 444(Med.) A severe or deep-seated pain in the head.En`çe-phā'l'ic, a. p. 444Belonging to the head or brain.En-cēph'a-lī'tis, n. p. 444(Med.) Inflammation of the brain.En-cĕph'a-lo-cēle, n. p. 444(Med.) Hernia of the brain.En-cĕph'a-loid, a. p. 444Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.En-cĕph'a-lŏn or En-cĕph'a-lŏs, n. p. 444That which is within the head; hence, the brain. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.En-cĕph'a-lŏt'o-my, n. p. 444(Anat.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.