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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-dōs'mo-mēt'rie, a.p. 446Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.
  2. Ĕn'dos-mōse or Ĕn'dos-mō'sis, n.p. 446The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena of osmose. See OSMOSE.
  3. Ĕn'dos-mŏs'mic, a.p. 446Relating to endosmose.
  4. Ĕn'dos-mŏt'ic, a.p. 446Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature of endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.
  5. Ĕn'do-spẽrm, n.p. 446(Bot.) The albumen of a seed commonly surrounding the embryo; a perisperm. Gray.
  6. En'do-spĕrm'ic, a.p. 446(Bot.) Relating to, or accompanied by, the endosperm;—said of an embryo.
  7. En-dŏss’, v. t.p. 446To put upon the back; to indorse. [Obs.] 2. To cut or carve upon. [Obs.] Spencer.
  8. En'do-stōme, n.p. 446(Bot.) The passage through the inner integument of an ovule. Gray.
  9. En-dōw', v. t.p. 446To 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…
  10. En-dow'er, v. t.p. 447To enrich with a dower or portion; to endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse.
  11. En-dow'er, n.p. 447One who endows.
  12. En-dow'ment, n.p. 447The act of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of any one, as a widow, professor, and the like. 2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or institution; property, fund, or…
  13. En-drŭdge', v. t.p. 447To make a drudge or slave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  14. En-dūe', v. t.p. 447To put on to; to invest; to clothe. “Men endued with worthy qualities.” Shak. 2. To supply with; to endow. See INDUE.
  15. En-dūe'ment, n.p. 447The same as INDUEMENT.
  16. En-dū'r'a-ble, a.p. 447Capable of being endured or borne.
  17. En-dū'r'a-ble-ness, n.p. 447Capability of being endured; tolerableness.
  18. En-dū'ra-bly, adv.p. 447In an endurable manner.
  19. En-dūʹrance, n.p. 447A state of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance. Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. W. Scott. 2. A bearing or suffering; a…
  20. En-dūre', v. t.p. 447To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting. Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As…
  21. En-dūre’, v. i.p. 447To remain firm and abiding; to continue in the same state without perishing; to abide; to last. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15. 2. To remain firm under…
  22. En-dūre’, v. t.p. 447To render hard; to indurate; to toughen. [Obs.] “Manly limbs endured with little care.” Spenser.
  23. En-dūre'ment, n.p. 447Endurance. [Obs.] South.
  24. En-dū'rer, n.p. 447One who endures; one who bears, suffers, or sustains. 2. One who, or that which, remains firm and abiding, or without change.
  25. En-dū'r'ing-ness, n.p. 447Quality of enduring; durability; permanence.
  26. End'wāys, adv.p. 447The same as ENDWISE.
  27. End'wīse, adv.p. 447On the end; erectly; in an upright position. 2. With the end forward.
  28. En'e-cāte, v. t.p. 447To kill; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey.
  29. E-nē'id, n.p. 447An epic poem, written by Virgil, in which Æneas is the hero.
  30. E-nē'mā or Ēn'e-mā, n.p. 447(Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn.
  31. Ĕn'e-my, n.p. 447One who is actuated by unfriendly feelings; one who hates, and wishes injury, or attempts to do injury; as, a bitter enemy; an enemy of truth. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. The enemy. (a.)…
  32. Ĕn'e-my, a.p. 447Hostile; inimical. [Obs. and rare.] They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. Bp. Taylor.
  33. Ĕn'er-ġĕt'ic or Ĕn'er-ġĕt'ic-al, a.p. 447Exerting force; showing activity; operative; active. “A being eternally energetic.” Grew. 2. Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic…
  34. Ĕn'er-ġĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 447In an energetic manner; with force and vigor.
  35. Ĕn'er-ġĕt'ic-al-ness, n.p. 447Quality of being energetical.
  36. Ĕn'er-ġĕt'ics, n. sing.p. 447That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the…
  37. En-ẽr'ġic or En-ẽr'ġic-al, a.p. 447Having energy or great power in effect. Collins. 2. In a state of action; acting; operating.
  38. Ĕn'er-ġīze, v. i.p. 447To use power in action; to act with force or vigor; to operate with vigor; to act in producing an effect.
  39. Ĕn'er-ġīze, v. t.p. 447To give strength or force to; to give active vigor to; to alacrify.
  40. Ĕn'er-ġīz'er, n.p. 447One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
  41. En-ẽr'gu-men or Ĕn'er-gū'men, n.p. 447(Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by the devil; a demoniac.
  42. Ĕn'er-ġy, n.p. 447Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies sometimes suffer them to lie inactive. The great energies of…
  43. E-nẽr'vate, a.p. 447Weakened; weak; without strength or force. Pope.
  44. E-nẽr'vāte, v. t.p. 447To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to weaken; to render feeble or impotent. “Enervated by licentiousness.” Macaulay. 2. To cut the nerves of; as, to enervate a horse. Syn. — To weaken…
  45. Ĕn'er-vā'tion, n.p. 447The act of weakening, or reducing strength. 2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy.
  46. E-nẽr'va-tĭve, a.p. 447Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [Rare.]
  47. E-nẽrve', v. t.p. 447To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton.
  48. E'nẽrv'oŭs, a.p. 447Lacking force or strength; enervated. [Rare.]
  49. En-făm'ish, v. t.p. 447To famish; to starve. [Rare.]
  50. En-fee'ble, v. t.p. 447To render feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate; to enervate. Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott. Syn.—To weaken…
  51. En-fee'ble-ment, n.p. 447The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
  52. En-fee'bler, n.p. 447One who, or that which, makes feeble or weakens.
  53. En-fee'blish, v. i.p. 447To enfeeble. [Obs.]
  54. En-fĕl'oned, a.p. 447Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] Spenser.
  55. En-fĕoff', v. t.p. 447(Law.) To give a feud to; to invest with a fee; to bestow or convey an estate in fee-simple or fee-tail, by livery of seizin. Blackstone. 2. To surrender or give up. [Obs.] Shak.
  56. En-fĕoff'ment, n.p. 447(Law.) (a.) The act of giving the fee-simple of an estate. (b.) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
  57. En-fĕt'ter, v. t.p. 447To bind in fetters; to fetter. [Obs.] “Enfettered to her love.” Shak.
  58. En-fē'ver, v. t.p. 447To excite fever in; to make feverish. [Rare.] Seward.
  59. En-fiërçe', v. t.p. 447To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.
  60. Ĕn'fi-lāde', n.p. 447(Mil.) A line or straight passage; or the situation of a place or of a body of men which may be raked with shot through its whole length. Enfilade fire (Mil.), one whose line of direction is in the…