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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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Ensemble, n. p. 451The whole; all the parts taken together.Ensemble, adv. p. 451All at once; together; simultaneously.En-shīeld′, v. t. p. 451To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Obs.] Shak.En-shīeld’, a. p. 451Defended, as with a shield. [Obs.] Shak.En-shrīne', v. t. p. 451To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve with care and affection; to cherish. We will enshrine it as a holy relic. Massinger.En-shroud', v. t. p. 451To cover, as with a shroud. Churchill.En-sif'er-oŭs, a. p. 451Bearing or carrying a sword.Ĕn'si-fōrm, a. p. 451Having the shape of a sword; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage (Anat.), a sword-shaped appendage to the lower part of the sternum or breast-bone.Ĕn'sign, n. p. 451A mark of distinction in office, rank, party, or nationality; especially, the flag or banner which distinguishes a company of soldiers, or army, or vessel; a badge; the colors; hence, a signal, as to…Ĕn'sign, v. t. p. 451To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] The roses that ensigned particular families. B. Jonson. 2. (Her.) To distinguish by a mark or ornament.En'sign-bear'er, n. p. 451One who carries a flag; an ensign.En'sign-cy or En'sign-ship, n. p. 451The rank or office of an ensign.En-sīze', n. p. 451Character; quality. [Obs.] Chaucer.En-sky', v. t. p. 451To place in the sky or in heaven. [Obs.] “A thing enskied and sainted.” Shak.En-slāve', v. t. p. 451To reduce to slavery or bondage; to deprive of liberty, and subject to the will of a master; to subject to the dominant influence of, as, to enslave the negro; to become enslaved to anger or…En-slāv'ed-ness, n. p. 451The state of being enslaved.En-slāve'ment, n. p. 451The act of reducing to slavery, or the state of being enslaved; slavery; bondage; servitude. South.En-slāv'er, n. p. 451One who enslaves or reduces another to bondage. Swift.En-smāre', v. t. p. 451See INSNARE.En-snār'l, v. t. p. 451To entangle; to snarl. Spenser.En-snār'l, v. i. p. 451To snarl, as a dog; to growl; to gnash the teeth. [Obs.] Cockram.En-sō'ber, v. t. p. 451To make sober; to sober. [Obs.] God sent him . . . sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Bp. Taylor.En-sphēre′, v. t. p. 451<br>1. To place in a sphere. “His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered.” Chapman.<br>2. To form into a sphere. Carew.En-stämp’, v. t. p. 451To impress as with a stamp; to impress deeply; to stamp. It is the motive, the disposition, the actuating principle, which enstamps the character. Cogan.En-stāte', v. t. p. 451See INSTATE.En-stōre', v. t. p. 451To restore. [Obs.] Wycliffe.En-stylē', v. t. p. 451To style; to name. [Obs.] Drayton.En-sūe', v. t. p. 451To follow; to pursue. “Seek peace, and ensue it.” 1 Pet. iii. 11. One would have thought That Nature had for wantonness ensued Art. Spenser. A sudden change ensued the alteration of his medicines. W.…En-sūe', v. i. p. 451To follow or come after; to result from; to succeed; as, a train of events in the order of time, or by a necessary connection or consequence from the premises; as, ensuing years; an ensuing…En-sure', v. t. p. 451See INSURE.En-sur'er, n. p. 451See INSURER.En-sweep', v. t. p. 451To sweep over; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.En-tăb'la-tūre or En-tă'ble-ment p. 451n. [O. Fr. entablature, N. Fr. entablement, It. intavolatura, Sp. entablatura, entablamento, L. Lat. intabulamentum, from Lat. in and tabula, board, table.] (Arch.) That part of an order which is…En-tăck'le, v. t. p. 451To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.En-tāil', n. p. 451That which is entailed; hence, (Law.) (a.) An estate or fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular heir or heirs. (b.) The rule by which the descent is fixed or settled. A power of breaking…En-tāil', v. t. p. 451To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants; — said especially of lands and tenements which must descend by a fixed rule from generation to generation.…En-tāil'ment, n. p. 451The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. 2. The condition of being entailed.En-tāme', v. t. p. 451To tame; to subdue. [Obs.] Gower.En-tāṅ'gle, v. t. p. 451To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; as, thread, yarn, or ropes, may be entangled; to entangle the hair. 2. To involve in complications; as, to entangle the feet in…En-tăn'gle-ment, n. p. 451State of being entangled; involution; a confused or disordered state; intricacy; perplexity.En-tāŋ'gler, n. p. 451One who entangles.En-tā'z̄i-ā, n. p. 451(Med.) Tonic spasm; — a general designation for tetanus, trismus, and similar diseases.En'ta-sĭs, n. p. 452(Arch.) An almost imperceptible swelling of the shaft of a column. Brande. 2. (Med.) Tonic spasm.En-tăss'ment, n. p. 452A heap; accumulation. [Rare.]En-tās'tie, a. p. 452(Med.) Relating to all diseases characterized by tonic spasms.En-tĕl'e-chy, n. p. 452(Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; an object completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.En-tĕn'der, v. t. p. 452To treat with tenderness or kindness. Young.En'ter, v. t. p. 452To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, and the like. That darksome…En'ter, v. i. p. 452To go or come in;—sometimes with in; also, to begin. “The year entering.” Evelyn. No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton. 2. To get within; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or…En'ter-ād'/e-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 452(Med.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.En'ter-äd'e-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 452(Anat.) That branch of anatomy which treats of the intestinal glands.En'ter-elōse, n. p. 452(Arch.) A passage leading from the door to the hall, or between two rooms.En’ter-dēal, n. p. 452Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.] “The enterdeal of princes strange.” Spenser.En'ter-er, n. p. 452One who makes an entrance or beginning. Seward.En-tēr'ic, a. p. 452(Med.) Belonging to the intestines. Dunglison.En-te-rī'tis, n. p. 452(Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.En'ter-lāce', v. t. p. 452The same as INTERLACE.En'ter-mew'er, n. p. 452A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.En-tēr’o-çēle, n. p. 452(Surg.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine. Hoblyn.En’ter-o-e-pip’lo-cēle, n. p. 452(Med.) A hernia in which the protruding mass consists of intestines, with a portion of the omentum or caul.