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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’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.En-vie', v. i. p. 454To vie; to endeavor to excel. Spencer.Ĕn'vi-er, n. p. 454One who envies; one who desires what another possesses, and hates him, or wishes his downfall.En'vi-oüs, a. p. 454Feeling or harboring envy; repining, or feeling uneasiness, at a view of the excellence, prosperity, or happiness of another; exhibiting envy; feeling, or actuated by, envy; — said of a person…En'vi-oüs-ly, adv. p. 454In an envious manner; with envy or malignity; spitefully.En'vi-oüs-ness, n. p. 454The quality or state of being envious.En-vī'ron, v. t. p. 454[Fr. environner, Pr. en-vironar, O. It. invironare, from Fr. & Pr. environ, about, thereabout, Pr. al viron, round about, from viron, circle, circuit, from Pr., Sp., & Pg. virar, O. Fr. virer, to…En-vī'ron, adv. p. 454About; around. [Obs. and rare.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.En-vī'ron-ment, n. p. 454Act of surrounding; state of being environed. 2. That which environs or surrounds.En-vī'rons or Ēn'vi-rōns, n. pl. p. 454The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; as, the environs of a city or town.En-vĭs'age, v. t. p. 454To look in the face of; to apprehend by a direct or immediate act; to know by intuition. From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.En-vĭs'age-ment, n. p. 454The act of envisaging.En-vŏl'ūme, v. t. p. 454To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [Rare.]En'voy, n. p. 454One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; especially, a person deputed by a prince or government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign prince or government…En'voy-ship, n. p. 455The office of an envoy.En'vy, v. t. p. 455To look with grudging or invidious eyes upon; to regard with discontent and malevolent longing, as some enjoyable thing which a person dislikes to see another have possession of, and would have…En'vy, v. i. p. 455To be filled with envious feelings; to regard any thing with grudging and longing eyes; — used especially with at. Thronged to the lists, and envied to behold The names of others, not their own…En'vy, n. p. 455Pain, uneasiness, mortification, or discontent excited by the sight of another’s superiority or success, accompanied with some degree of hatred or malignity, and often or usually with a desire or an…En-wall', v. t. p. 455See INWALL. Sidney.En-wal'low, v. t. p. 455To plunge into, or immerse or roll in, filth; to wallow. So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.En-wheel', v. t. p. 455To encircle. Shak.En-wid'en, v. t. p. 455To make wider; to widen. [Obs.] Cockeram.En-wom'an, v. t. p. 455To make womanish; to endow with the qualities of a woman. [Obs.] Daniel.En-wŏmb', v. t. p. 455To make pregnant. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern. Donne.