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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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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.En-wrāp', v. t. p. 455See INWRAP.En-wrāp'ment, n. p. 455The act of enwrapping, or the state of being enwrapped; also, that which enwraps; a covering; a wrapping or wrapper.E'o-cēne, a. p. 455(Geol.) First in time of the three subdivisions into which the tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; pertaining to the…Ē'o-cēne, n. p. 455(Geol.) A rock pertaining to the eocene epoch, or the earliest part of the tertiary period. Lyell.E-ō'li-an, a. p. 455E-ōl'ie p. 455Pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor. 2. Pertaining to Æolus, the god of the winds, in ancient mythology; and hence to the wind. Eolian attachment. See ÆOLIAN. — Eolian harp. See ÆOLIAN.E-ōl'ie, n. p. 455The dialect of Greek spoken in ancient Æolia; the music or verse of the Æolians.Ēōl'i-pīle, n. p. 455The same as ÆOLIPILE. See ÆOLIPILE.E'o-lis, n. p. 455(Zööl.) A genus of shell-less mollusks having branchial tufts along the back. Carpenter.Ē'on, n. p. 455A space or period of time, especially the time during which a person lives, or any thing exists; hence, also, the period during which the universe has duration; infinite space of time; eternity…Ĕp', or Ĕp'i. p. 455A prefix, signifying on, toward, to, among, &c.E'pāct, n. p. 455(Chron.) The moon's age at the end of the year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Menstrual or monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month…