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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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E-nẽr'va-tĭve, a. p. 447Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [Rare.]E-nẽrve', v. t. p. 447To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton.E'nẽrv'oŭs, a. p. 447Lacking force or strength; enervated. [Rare.]En-făm'ish, v. t. p. 447To famish; to starve. [Rare.]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…En-fee'ble-ment, n. p. 447The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.En-fee'bler, n. p. 447One who, or that which, makes feeble or weakens.En-fee'blish, v. i. p. 447To enfeeble. [Obs.]En-fĕl'oned, a. p. 447Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] Spenser.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.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.En-fĕt'ter, v. t. p. 447To bind in fetters; to fetter. [Obs.] “Enfettered to her love.” Shak.En-fē'ver, v. t. p. 447To excite fever in; to make feverish. [Rare.] Seward.En-fiërçe', v. t. p. 447To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.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…Ĕn'fi-lāde', v. t. p. 447(Mil.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot through the whole length of, as a work or line of troops. Campbell.En-fīled', a. p. 447(Her.) Thrust through some object; — said of a sword represented in a charge.En-fīre', v. t. p. 447To set on fire; to inflame. [Obs.] Spenser.En-flĕsh', v. t. p. 447To clothe with flesh; to incorporate; to incarnate. [Obs.] Florio.En-flow'er, v. t. p. 447To cover or scatter with flowers. “These odorous and enflowered fields.” B. Jonson.En-fōld', v. t. p. 447To infold. See INFOLD.En-fōld'ment, n. p. 447The act of infolding. [Obs.]En-fōrçe', v. t. p. 447To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. 2. To make or gain by force; to force; as, to enforce a passage. 3. To put in act by violence; to drive.…En-fōrçe', v. i. p. 447To attempt by force. [Obs.] 2. To prove; to evince. [Rare.] Hooker.En-fōrçe', n. p. 447Force; strength; power. [Obs.] A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton,En-fōrçe'a-ble, a. p. 447Capable of being enforced.En-fōr'çed-ly, adv. p. 447In an enforced manner; by violence; not by choice. Shak.En-fōrçe'ment, n. p. 447The act of enforcing; compulsion; restraint; force. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master them. Raleigh. 2. A giving force to; a putting in execution. “Enforcement of strict…En-fōr'çer, n. p. 447One who enforces; one who compels or constrains; one who carries into effect.En-fōr'çi-ble, a. p. 447Capable of being enforced.En-fōr'çĭve, a. p. 447Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.En-fōr'çĭve-ly, adv. p. 447Without choice; of compulsion. Marston.En-fŏr'est, v. t. p. 447To turn into forests.En-fôrm', v. t. p. 447To form; to fashion. [Obs.] See FORM. Spenser.En-fōul'dered, a. p. 447Mixed with lightning. [Obs.] “Enfouldered smoke.” Spenser.En-frăn'chīse, v. t. p. 447To set free; to liberate from slavery; to release from custody. Bacon. 2. To make free of a city, corporation, or state; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to naturalize; as, colonies…En-frăn'chĭse-ment, n. p. 448The act of releasing from slavery or custody. “Uncontrolled enfranchisement.” Shah. 2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or state; investiture with the privileges of free citizens; admission…En-frăn'chis-er, n. p. 448One who enfranchises.En-free' or En-free'döm, v. t. p. 448To set free; to give freedom to. [Obs.] “The enfreed Athenor.” Shak.En-freeze', v. t. p. 448To freeze; to turn to ice; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.En-frō'ward, v. t. p. 448To make froward or perverse. [Obs.] Sandys.En-gāge', v. t. p. 448To put under pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear something, as by an oath, promise, pledge, agreement, or the like; to render liable; to bind; to involve. “Engaged by my oath.” Shak.…En-gāge', v. i. p. 448To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound. How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller. 2. To embark; to take a part; to employ one's self; to…En-gāged', p. a. p. 448Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed. 2. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest. Engaged columns (Arch.), columns sunk…En-gā'ged-ly, adv. p. 448With earnestness; with attachment.En-gā'ged-ness, n. p. 448The state of being seriously and earnestly occupied; zeal; animation.En-gāge'ment, n. p. 448The act of engaging, pledging, making liable, enlisting, occupying, or drawing into conflict. 2. The state of being pledged, made liable, occupied, or drawn into conflict. 3. That which is pledged or…En-gā'ger, n. p. 448One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.En-gā'ging, p. a. p. 448Tending to draw the attention or the affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. Engaging and disengaging machinery, that in which one part is alternately united to, or separated from…En-gā'ging-ly, adv. p. 448In a manner to win the affections.En-gāl'lant, v. t. p. 448To make a gallant of. [Obs.] B. Jonson.En-gāol’, v. t. p. 448To imprison. [Obs.] Shak.En-gär'boil, v. t. p. 448To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] "To engarboil the church." Mountagu.En-gär'land, v. t. p. 448To encircle with a garland. Sidney.En-găr'ri-son, v. t. p. 448To furnish with a garrison; to defend or protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.En-găs'tri-mŭth, n. p. 448A ventriloquist. [Obs. and rare.]En-gĕn'der, v. t. p. 448To produce by the union of the sexes; to form in embryo; to procreate. 2. To cause to exist; to cause to bring forth; to produce; hence, to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.…En-gĕn'der, v. i. p. 448To 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, especially in sexual embrace. “I saw their…En-gĕn'der-er, n. p. 448One who, or that which, engenders.En-gīld′, v. t. p. 448To gild; to brighten. Shak.