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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-sīze', n.p. 451Character; quality. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. En-sky', v. t.p. 451To place in the sky or in heaven. [Obs.] “A thing enskied and sainted.” Shak.
  3. 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…
  4. En-slāv'ed-ness, n.p. 451The state of being enslaved.
  5. En-slāve'ment, n.p. 451The act of reducing to slavery, or the state of being enslaved; slavery; bondage; servitude. South.
  6. En-slāv'er, n.p. 451One who enslaves or reduces another to bondage. Swift.
  7. En-smāre', v. t.p. 451See INSNARE.
  8. En-snār'l, v. t.p. 451To entangle; to snarl. Spenser.
  9. En-snār'l, v. i.p. 451To snarl, as a dog; to growl; to gnash the teeth. [Obs.] Cockram.
  10. En-sō'ber, v. t.p. 451To make sober; to sober. [Obs.] God sent him . . . sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Bp. Taylor.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. En-stāte', v. t.p. 451See INSTATE.
  14. En-stōre', v. t.p. 451To restore. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  15. En-stylē', v. t.p. 451To style; to name. [Obs.] Drayton.
  16. 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.…
  17. 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…
  18. En-sure', v. t.p. 451See INSURE.
  19. En-sur'er, n.p. 451See INSURER.
  20. En-sweep', v. t.p. 451To sweep over; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
  21. En-tăb'la-tūre or En-tă'ble-mentp. 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…
  22. En-tăck'le, v. t.p. 451To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.
  23. 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…
  24. 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.…
  25. 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.
  26. En-tāme', v. t.p. 451To tame; to subdue. [Obs.] Gower.
  27. 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…
  28. En-tăn'gle-ment, n.p. 451State of being entangled; involution; a confused or disordered state; intricacy; perplexity.
  29. En-tāŋ'gler, n.p. 451One who entangles.
  30. En-tā'z̄i-ā, n.p. 451(Med.) Tonic spasm; — a general designation for tetanus, trismus, and similar diseases.
  31. En'ta-sĭs, n.p. 452(Arch.) An almost imperceptible swelling of the shaft of a column. Brande. 2. (Med.) Tonic spasm.
  32. En-tăss'ment, n.p. 452A heap; accumulation. [Rare.]
  33. En-tās'tie, a.p. 452(Med.) Relating to all diseases characterized by tonic spasms.
  34. En-tĕl'e-chy, n.p. 452(Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; an object completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
  35. En-tĕn'der, v. t.p. 452To treat with tenderness or kindness. Young.
  36. 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…
  37. 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…
  38. En'ter-ād'/e-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 452(Med.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
  39. En'ter-äd'e-nōl'o-gy, n.p. 452(Anat.) That branch of anatomy which treats of the intestinal glands.
  40. En'ter-elōse, n.p. 452(Arch.) A passage leading from the door to the hall, or between two rooms.
  41. En’ter-dēal, n.p. 452Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.] “The enterdeal of princes strange.” Spenser.
  42. En'ter-er, n.p. 452One who makes an entrance or beginning. Seward.
  43. En-tēr'ic, a.p. 452(Med.) Belonging to the intestines. Dunglison.
  44. En-te-rī'tis, n.p. 452(Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.
  45. En'ter-lāce', v. t.p. 452The same as INTERLACE.
  46. En'ter-mew'er, n.p. 452A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
  47. En-tēr’o-çēle, n.p. 452(Surg.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine. Hoblyn.
  48. 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.
  49. En’ter-ōg’ra-phy, n.p. 452(Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
  50. En'ter-o-hy'dro-cēle, n.p. 452(Med.) A combination of intestinal hernia with hydrocele, causing the scrotum to become distended with a serous fluid.
  51. Ĕn'ter-o-līte or Ĕn'ter-o-lĭth, n.p. 452(Med.) A concretion in the intestines resembling stone.
  52. Ĕn'ter-ŏl'o-ġy, n.p. 452(Anat.) A treatise or discourse on the bowels or internal parts of the body, usually including the contents of the head, breast, and belly. Quincy.
  53. Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŏs or Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŭsp. 452Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŭs, n. [Gr. ἔντερον, intestine, and ὀμφαλός, navel; Fr. entéromphale.] (Med.) An umbilical hernia whose contents are intestine. Dunglison.
  54. Ĕn'ter-ŏp'a-thy, n.p. 452(Med.) Disease of the intestines.
  55. Ĕn'ter-ŏs'che-o-çēle, n.p. 452(Med.) Hernia in which the intestines descend into the scrotum.
  56. Ĕn'ter-ŏt'o-my, n.p. 452(Anat.) The act, or art, of dissecting the intestines; dissection of the intestines. 2. (Surg.) Incision of the intestines in reducing certain cases of hernia.
  57. Ĕn'ter-pär'lançe, n.p. 452Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Hayward.
  58. Ĕn'ter-plēad', v.p. 452The same as INTERPLEAD.
  59. Ĕn'ter-prīse, n.p. 452That which is undertaken or attempted to be performed; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an adventure; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. Their hands can not…
  60. Ĕn'ter-prīse, v. t.p. 452To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden. 2. To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.] Him at the threshold met, and…