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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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Ĕn’trant, n. p. 453One who enters. [Obs.] “The entrant upon life.” Bp. Terret.En-trăp’, v. t. p. 453To catch, as in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to entangle; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of…En-trăp'ping-ly, adv. p. 453In a manner to entrap.En-trēat', v. t. p. 453To treat or conduct toward; to deal with; to use or manage. I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil. Jer. xv. 11. 2. To treat with or in respect to a thing desired; hence, to…En-trēat', v. i. p. 453To treat or discourse, as upon a subject; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.] Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. Alexander was the first that…En-trēat', n. p. 454Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.En-trēat'a-ble, a. p. 454Capable of being entreated, or won by entreaty. [Rare.]En-trēat'ance, n. p. 454Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.En-trēat′er, n. p. 454One who entreats or asks earnestly.En-trēat'ing-ly, adv. p. 454In an entreating manner; with solicitation.En-trēat'ive, a. p. 454Used in entreaty; pleading. “Embellished my entreative phrase.” Brewer.En-trēat'ment, n. p. 454Entreaty; discourse. [Obs.] Shak.En-trēat'y, n. p. 454Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. “Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment.”…Entrée, n. p. 454A coming in, or entry; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house. 2. A course of dishes, the first that is placed upon the table.Entremets, n. p. 454A small plate, or dainty dish, set on between the principal dishes at table. 2. (Mus.) An inferior and lesser movement, which is inserted between the greater and more important movements of a…En-trĕnch', v. t. p. 454See INTRENCH.Entrepôt, n. p. 454A warehouse or magazine, for the deposit of goods; a bonded-warehouse; a mart or place where goods are received and deposited, free of duty, for exportation to another port or country; a free port.Entresol, n. p. 454A low story in a building between two higher ones, usually placed between the ground floor and the first story.En-trĭck', v. t. p. 454To trick; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.En'tro-chal, a. p. 454Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochite, or the bones of encrinites; — said of a kind of stone or marble.En'tro-chite, n. p. 454(Paleon.) A genus of fossils mostly made up of the petrified arms of star-fishes.En-trō'pi-ŭm, n. p. 454(Med.) The inversion or turning in of the eyelashes.En-trūst’, v. t. p. 454See INTRUST.Ĕn’try, n. p. 454The act of entering; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea or a lake; the entry of air into the…Writ of entry p. 454a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. Bouvier.En-tūne’, v. t. p. 454To tune. Chaucer.En-twîne', v. t. p. 454To twine; to twist together; to entangle or involve; as, to entwine cords or flowers. Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert.En-twîne', v. i. p. 454To become twisted or twined. With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey.En-twîne'ment, n. p. 454A twining or twisting round; union. [Rare.] Hackett.En-twist', v. t. p. 454To twist or wreathe around. Shak.E-nū'bi-lāte, v. t. p. 454To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. [Obs.] Bailey.E-nū'bi-lōus, a. p. 454Clear from fog, mist, or clouds.E-nū'cle-āte, v. t. p. 454To bring out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks; to uncover; to make manifest; to clear; to explain. Bailey.E-nū'cle-ā'tion, n. p. 454The act of enucleating, clearing, or making manifest; exposition. Neither air, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute any thing to the enucleation of this disease. Foote.E-nū'mer-āte, v. t. p. 454To count or tell off, one after another; to number; to reckon; to count; to compute; hence, to mention one by one; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; to recapitulate; as, to…E-nū'/mer-ā'tion, n. p. 454The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting. 2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed. Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of…E-nū'mer-a-tĭve, a. p. 454Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. “Enumerative of the variety of evils.” Bp. Taylor.E-nū'mer-ā'tor, n. p. 454One who enumerates.E-nŭn'ci-a-ble, a. p. 454Capable of being enunciated or expressed.E-nŭn'ci-āte, v. t. p. 454To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge. 2. To make distinctly audible; to utter; to…E-nūn'ci-āte, v. i. p. 454To utter words or syllables. Hart.E-nŭn'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 454The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important fact or truth. “By way of interpretation and enunciation.” Bp.…E-nŭn'ci-a-tĭve, a. p. 454Pertaining to enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe.E-nŭn'ci-a-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 454Declaratively.E-nŭn'ci-ā'tor, n. p. 454One who enunciates or proclaims.E-nŭn'ci-a-to-ry, a. p. 454Pertaining to enunciation or utterance.En-ūre', v. t. p. 454See INURE.Ĕn'ū-rē'sis, n. p. 454(Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine.En-văs'sal, v. t. p. 454To reduce to vassalage; to make a vassal or slave of. [Obs.] Henry More.En-vault', v. t. p. 454To inclose in a vault or tomb; to inter; to entomb.En-vēi'gle, v. t. p. 454To entice. See INVEIGLE.En-vĕl'op, v. t. p. 454To surround as a covering; to invest completely; to lie around and conceal; to surround; as, the fog envelops a ship. Nocturnal shades this world envelop. Phillips. 2. To put a covering about; to…En'vel-ōpe or En-vĕl'op, n. p. 454That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; a cover; especially, the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter. 2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of…En-vĕl'op-ment, n. p. 454The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides. 2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.En-vēn'om, v. t. p. 454To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon, and the like; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow.…En-vĕr'meil, v. t. p. 454To dye red; to give a red color to. [Obs.] Milton.En-vēr'meil, a. p. 454Having a red color. [Obs.] “My cheek envermeil.” Milton.En'vi-a-ble, a. p. 454Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to possess or resemble. One of the most enviable of human beings. Macaulay.Ĕn'vi-a-ble-ness, n. p. 454The state or quality of being enviable.Ĕn'vi-a-bly, adv. p. 454In an enviable manner.