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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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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.En’ter-ōg’ra-phy, n. p. 452(Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.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.Ĕn'ter-o-līte or Ĕn'ter-o-lĭth, n. p. 452(Med.) A concretion in the intestines resembling stone.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.Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŏs or Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŭs p. 452Ĕn'ter-ŏm'pha-lŭs, n. [Gr. ἔντερον, intestine, and ὀμφαλός, navel; Fr. entéromphale.] (Med.) An umbilical hernia whose contents are intestine. Dunglison.Ĕn'ter-ŏp'a-thy, n. p. 452(Med.) Disease of the intestines.Ĕn'ter-ŏs'che-o-çēle, n. p. 452(Med.) Hernia in which the intestines descend into the scrotum.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.Ĕn'ter-pär'lançe, n. p. 452Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Hayward.Ĕn'ter-plēad', v. p. 452The same as INTERPLEAD.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…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…Ĕn'ter-prīse, v. i. p. 452To undertake any thing difficult. [Rare.] Pope.Ĕn'ter-prīs'er, n. p. 452One who undertakes any projected scheme, especially a bold or hazardous one; an adventurer. Hayward.Ĕn'ter-prīs'ing, a. p. 452Bold or forward to undertake; resolute, active, or prompt to attempt; as, enterprising men often succeed beyond all human probability.Ĕn'ter-prīs'ing-ly, adv. p. 452In a bold, resolute, and active manner.Ĕn'ter-tāin', v. t. p. 452To be at the charges of; to keep up; to sustain in one’s service; to maintain; to support. You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. Shak. 2. To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to…Ĕn'ter-tāin', v. i. p. 452To receive guests; as, he entertains generously.Ĕn'ter-tāin', n. p. 452Entertainment. [Obs.] Spenser.Ĕn'ter-tāin'er, n. p. 452One who entertains, amuses, accepts, or admits.Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing, a. p. 452Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing-ly, adv. p. 452In an amusing manner. Warton.Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing-ness, n. p. 452The quality of being entertaining or diverting.Ĕn'ter-tāin'ment, n. p. 452The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing. “The provision made for their entertainment.” Trench. “The entertainment of Christ by faith.” Baxter. 2. That which entertains…Ĕn'ter-tāke', v. t. p. 452To entertain. [Obs.] Spenser.En’ter-tis’süed, a. p. 452Having various colors intermixed; interwoven. [Obs.] Shak.En'the-al or En'the-an, a. p. 452Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]En'the-ăsm, n. p. 452Inspiration; enthusiasm. [Rare.] “Religious enthusiasm.” Byron.En'the-äs'tic, a. p. 452Having the energy of God; divinely powerful.En'the-äs'tie-al-ly, adv. p. 452According to deific energy; with divine power.En'the-at, a. p. 452Divinely inspired; enthusiastic. [Obs.] Drummond.En'thel-min'thā or En'thel-min'thēs, n. pl. p. 452(Med.) Intestinal worms; entozoa.En'the-üs, n. p. 452Inspiration. [Rare.] P. Scott.