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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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…
  2. En-ăct', n.p. 444Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
  3. En-ăct'ive, a.p. 444Having power to enact or establish as a law. Bramhall.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. En-ăct'ūre, n.p. 444Purpose; determination. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. En-ām'bush, v. t.p. 444To hide in ambush; to ambush. Chapman.
  10. 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…
  11. 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.
  12. En-ăm'el, v. i.p. 444To practice the art of enameling.
  13. En-ăm'el, a.p. 444Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.
  14. En-ăm'el-ar, a.p. 444Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [Written also enamellar.]
  15. 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.]
  16. 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…
  17. En-ām'o-rā'do, n.p. 444One deeply in love; an inamorato. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
  18. En'an-thē'sis, n.p. 444(Med.) A cutaneous eruption connected with an internal disease, as in measles and the like.
  19. E-năn/ti-o-păth'ie, a.p. 444(Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. En-ärched', a.p. 444(Her.) Having the form of an arch; arched;—said of a chevron or other ordinary.
  23. En-ärmed’, a.p. 444(Her.) Having arms, that is, horns, hoofs, &c., of a different color from that of the body.
  24. En’ar-rā’tĭon, n.p. 444Recital; relation; account. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  25. 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.
  26. E-nā's'cent, a.p. 444Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] “An enascent equivocation.” Warburton.
  27. En’a-tā’tion, n.p. 444A swimming out; escape by swimming. [Obs.] Bailey.
  28. E-nāte', a.p. 444Growing out. [Obs.]
  29. E-näun'ter, adv.p. 444Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.
  30. E-năv'i-gāte, v. t.p. 444To sail out, or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.
  31. En-bibe’, v. t.p. 444To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.
  32. En-cāġe', v. t.p. 444To shut up or confine in a cage; to coop. Shak.
  33. 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.
  34. En-cămp', v. t.p. 444To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.
  35. 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…
  36. En-cănk'er, v. t.p. 444To corrode; to canker. [Obs.] Shelton.
  37. En-eān’this, n.p. 444(Med.) A small tumor or excrescence growing from the inner angle of the eye. Brande.
  38. En-cär'di-on, n.p. 444(Bot.) The heart or pith of a plant.
  39. En-eär'nal-ize, v. t.p. 444To make carnal; to carnalize. Dabbling a shameless hand with shameful jest, En-eärnalize their spirits. Tennyson.
  40. En-căr'pus, n.p. 444(Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, and the like.
  41. En-eāse', v. t.p. 444See INCASE.
  42. En-căsh'ment, n.p. 444(Eng. Banking.) The payment in cash of a note, draft, &c.
  43. 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.
  44. 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…
  45. 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.
  46. En-cāve', v. t.p. 444To hide in a cave or recess. “Do but encave yourselves.” Shak.
  47. 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.
  48. Enceinte, a.p. 444(Law.) Pregnant; with child. Blackstone.
  49. 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…
  50. Ĕn'ce-phāl'gi-ā, n.p. 444(Med.) A severe or deep-seated pain in the head.
  51. En`çe-phā'l'ic, a.p. 444Belonging to the head or brain.
  52. En-cēph'a-lī'tis, n.p. 444(Med.) Inflammation of the brain.
  53. En-cĕph'a-lo-cēle, n.p. 444(Med.) Hernia of the brain.
  54. En-cĕph'a-loid, a.p. 444Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.
  55. 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.
  56. En-cĕph'a-lŏt'o-my, n.p. 444(Anat.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.
  57. En-chāfe', v. t.p. 444To chafe. See CHAFE. Shak.
  58. En-chāin', v. t.p. 444To chain; to fasten with a chain. See CHAIN. 2. To hold fast; to restrain; to confine; as, to enchain the attention. 3. To link together; to connect. Howell.
  59. En-chāin'ment, n.p. 444The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained. Warburton.
  60. En-chānt', v. t.p. 444To charm by sorcery; to get the control of by magic; to fascinate; to hold as by a spell. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. 2. To…