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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-tăss'ment, n.p. 452A heap; accumulation. [Rare.]
  2. En-tās'tie, a.p. 452(Med.) Relating to all diseases characterized by tonic spasms.
  3. En-tĕl'e-chy, n.p. 452(Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; an object completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
  4. En-tĕn'der, v. t.p. 452To treat with tenderness or kindness. Young.
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. En'ter-ād'/e-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 452(Med.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
  8. En'ter-äd'e-nōl'o-gy, n.p. 452(Anat.) That branch of anatomy which treats of the intestinal glands.
  9. En'ter-elōse, n.p. 452(Arch.) A passage leading from the door to the hall, or between two rooms.
  10. En’ter-dēal, n.p. 452Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.] “The enterdeal of princes strange.” Spenser.
  11. En'ter-er, n.p. 452One who makes an entrance or beginning. Seward.
  12. En-tēr'ic, a.p. 452(Med.) Belonging to the intestines. Dunglison.
  13. En-te-rī'tis, n.p. 452(Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.
  14. En'ter-lāce', v. t.p. 452The same as INTERLACE.
  15. En'ter-mew'er, n.p. 452A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
  16. En-tēr’o-çēle, n.p. 452(Surg.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine. Hoblyn.
  17. 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.
  18. En’ter-ōg’ra-phy, n.p. 452(Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
  19. 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.
  20. Ĕn'ter-o-līte or Ĕn'ter-o-lĭth, n.p. 452(Med.) A concretion in the intestines resembling stone.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Ĕn'ter-ŏp'a-thy, n.p. 452(Med.) Disease of the intestines.
  24. Ĕn'ter-ŏs'che-o-çēle, n.p. 452(Med.) Hernia in which the intestines descend into the scrotum.
  25. 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.
  26. Ĕn'ter-pär'lançe, n.p. 452Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Hayward.
  27. Ĕn'ter-plēad', v.p. 452The same as INTERPLEAD.
  28. 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…
  29. 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…
  30. Ĕn'ter-prīse, v. i.p. 452To undertake any thing difficult. [Rare.] Pope.
  31. Ĕn'ter-prīs'er, n.p. 452One who undertakes any projected scheme, especially a bold or hazardous one; an adventurer. Hayward.
  32. 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.
  33. Ĕn'ter-prīs'ing-ly, adv.p. 452In a bold, resolute, and active manner.
  34. 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…
  35. Ĕn'ter-tāin', v. i.p. 452To receive guests; as, he entertains generously.
  36. Ĕn'ter-tāin', n.p. 452Entertainment. [Obs.] Spenser.
  37. Ĕn'ter-tāin'er, n.p. 452One who entertains, amuses, accepts, or admits.
  38. Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing, a.p. 452Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
  39. Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing-ly, adv.p. 452In an amusing manner. Warton.
  40. Ĕn'ter-tāin'ing-ness, n.p. 452The quality of being entertaining or diverting.
  41. 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…
  42. Ĕn'ter-tāke', v. t.p. 452To entertain. [Obs.] Spenser.
  43. En’ter-tis’süed, a.p. 452Having various colors intermixed; interwoven. [Obs.] Shak.
  44. En'the-al or En'the-an, a.p. 452Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]
  45. En'the-ăsm, n.p. 452Inspiration; enthusiasm. [Rare.] “Religious enthusiasm.” Byron.
  46. En'the-äs'tic, a.p. 452Having the energy of God; divinely powerful.
  47. En'the-äs'tie-al-ly, adv.p. 452According to deific energy; with divine power.
  48. En'the-at, a.p. 452Divinely inspired; enthusiastic. [Obs.] Drummond.
  49. En'thel-min'thā or En'thel-min'thēs, n. pl.p. 452(Med.) Intestinal worms; entozoa.
  50. En'the-üs, n.p. 452Inspiration. [Rare.] P. Scott.
  51. En-thrall', v. t.p. 452To hold in thrall; to enslave; to inthrall. See INTHRALL. The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron.
  52. En-thrall'ment, n.p. 452See INTHRALLMENT.
  53. En-thrill', v. t.p. 452To pierce; to thrill. [Obs.] Sackville.
  54. En-thrōne', v. t.p. 452To place on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority. Ayliffe. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. 2. (Eccl.) To induct…
  55. En-thrōne'ment, n.p. 452The act of enthroning, or of being enthroned.
  56. En-thrōn'i-zā'tion, n.p. 452The act of enthroning; hence, the placing a bishop in his stall or throne in his cathedral. Hook.
  57. En-thrōn'ize, v. t.p. 452To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. Should be there openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles.
  58. En-thŭn'der, v. i.p. 452To make a loud noise, like thunder; to thunder. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
  59. En-thŭ'sĭ-ăsm, n.p. 452Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; possession by a higher influence; rapture; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation; also, extravagant hope and expectation.…
  60. En-thü’sĭ-ăst, n.p. 452One who is moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as, (a.) One who imagines himself divinely inspired and possessed; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b.) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by…