ENEID, e-n[=e]'id, _n._ Same as ÆNEID.
ENEMA, en'e-ma, or e-n[=e]'ma, _n._ a liquid medicine thrown into the
rectum: an injection. [Gr.,--_enienai_, to send in--_en_, in, and _hienai_,
to send.]
ENEMY, en'e-mi, _n._ one who hates or dislikes: a foe: a hostile
army.--_adj._ (_obs._) hostile.--HOW GOES THE ENEMY? (_slang_) what o'clock
is it?--THE ENEMY, THE OLD ENEMY, the Devil; THE LAST ENEMY, death. [O. Fr.
_enemi_ (mod. Fr. _ennemi_)--L. _inimicus_--_in_, neg., _amicus_, a
friend.]
ENEMY, a prov. form of _anemone_.
ENERGUMEN, en-er-g[=u]'men, _n._ one possessed: a demoniac. [Low L.,--Gr.
_energoumenos_--_energein_--_en_, in, _ergon_, work.]
ENERGY, en'[.e]r-ji, _n._ power of doing work: power exerted: vigorous
operation: strength: (_physics_) the term, as applied to a material system,
used to denote the power of doing work possessed by that system.--_adjs._
ENERGET'IC, -AL, having or showing energy: active: forcible:
effective.--_adv._ ENERGET'ICALLY.--_n.pl._ ENERGET'ICS, the science of the
general laws of energy.--_adj._ ENER'GIC, exhibiting energy.--_v.t._
EN'ERGISE, to give strength or active force to.--_v.i._ to act with
force:--_pr.p._ en'erg[=i]sing; _pa.p._ en'erg[=i]sed.--CONSERVATION OF
ENERGY (see CONSERVATION). [Gr. _energeia_--_en_, in, _ergon_, work.]
ENERVATE, en-[.e]r'v[=a]t, _v.t._ to deprive of nerve, strength, or
courage: to weaken.--_adj._ weakened: spiritless.--_n._
ENERV[=A]'TION.--_adj._ ENER'VATIVE.--_v.t._ ENERVE' (_obs._), to enervate.
[L. _enerv[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_e_, out of, _nervus_, a nerve.]
ENEW, e-n[=u]', _v.t._ in falconry, to drive back to the water: to pursue.
[O. Fr. _enewer_--_en_, in, _eau_, water.]
ENFEEBLE, en-f[=e]'bl, _v.t._ to make feeble: to weaken.--_n._
ENFEE'BLEMENT, weakening: weakness.
ENFELON, en-fel'on, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to make fierce.
ENFEOFF, en-fef', _v.t._ to give a fief to: to invest with a possession in
fee: to surrender.--_n._ ENFEOFF'MENT, act of enfeoffing: the deed which
invests with the fee of an estate. [O. Fr. _enfeffer_--_en-_, and _fief_.
See FIEF, FEOFF.]
ENFEST, en-fest, _v.t._ (_Spens._). Same as INFEST.
ENFETTER, en-fet'[.e]r, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to bind in fetters.
ENFIERCE, en-f[=e]rs', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to make fierce.
ENFILADE, en-fi-l[=a]d', _n._ a number of rooms with the doors opening into
a common passage: a fire that rakes a line of troops, &c., from end to end;
a situation or a body open from end to end.--_v.t._ to rake with shot
through the whole length of a line. [Fr.,--_enfiler_--_en_ (=L. _in_), and
_fil_, a thread. See FILE, a line or wire.]
ENFILED, en-f[=i]ld', _p.adj._ (_her._) thrust through with a sword. [See
ENFILADE.]
ENFIRE, en-f[=i]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to set on fire, inflame.
ENFLESH, en-flesh', _v.t._ to turn into flesh.
ENFLOWER, en-flow'[.e]r, _v.t._ to cover with flowers.
ENFOLD, en-f[=o]ld', INFOLD, in-, _v.t._ to wrap up.--_n._ ENFOLD'MENT, act
of enfolding: that which enfolds.
ENFORCE, en-f[=o]rs', _v.t._ to gain by force: to give force to: to put in
force: to give effect to: to urge: (_Spens._) to attempt.--_adj._
ENFORCE'ABLE.--_adv._ ENFORC'EDLY, by violence, not by choice.--_n._
ENFORCE'MENT, act of enforcing: compulsion: a giving effect to: that which
enforces. [O. Fr. _enforcer_--_en_ (=L. _in_), and _force_.]
ENFOREST, en-for'est, _v.t._ to turn into forest.
ENFORM, en-form', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to fashion.
ENFOULDERED, en-fowl'd[.e]rd, _p.adj._ (_Spens._) mixed with lightning or
fire. [_En_, in, and O. Fr. _fouldre_ (Fr. _foudre_)--L. _fulgur_,
lightning, _fulg[)e]re_, to flash.]
ENFRAME, en-fr[=a]m', _v.t._ to put in a frame.
ENFRANCHISE, en-fran'chiz, _v.t._ to set free: to give a franchise or
political privileges to.--_n._ ENFRAN'CHISEMENT, act of enfranchising:
liberation: admission to civil or political privileges. [O. Fr.
_enfranchir_--_en_, and _franc_, free. See FRANCHISE.]
ENFREE, en-fr[=e]', ENFREEDOM, en-fr[=e]'dum, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to set free,
to give freedom to.
ENFREEZE, en-fr[=e]z', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to freeze: turn to ice:--_pr.p._
enfreez'ing: _pa.p._ enfr[=o]z'en, enfr[=o]z'ened.
ENGAGE, en-g[=a]j', _v.t._ to bind by a gage or pledge: to render liable:
to gain for service: to enlist: to gain over: to betroth: (_archit._) to
fasten: to win: to occupy: to enter into contest with: (_obs._) to
entangle.--_v.i._ to pledge one's word: to become bound: to take a part: to
enter into conflict.--_p.adj._ ENGAGED', pledged: promised, esp. in
marriage: greatly interested: occupied: (_archit._) partly built or sunk
into, or so appearing: geared together, interlocked.--_n._ ENGAGE'MENT, act
of engaging: state of being engaged: that which engages: betrothal:
promise: employment: a fight or battle.--_p.adj._ ENGAG'ING, winning:
attractive.--_adv._ ENGAG'INGLY.--ENGAGE FOR, to answer for. [Fr.
_engager_--_en gage_, in pledge. See GAGE.]
ENGAOL, en-j[=a]l', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to put in gaol.
ENGARLAND, en-gär'land, _v.t._ to put a garland round.
ENGARRISON, en-gar'i-sn, _v.t._ to establish as a garrison.
ENGENDER, en-jen'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to beget: to bear: to breed: to sow the
seeds of: to produce.--_v.i._ to be caused or produced.--_ns._ ENGEN'DRURE,
ENGEN'DURE, act of engendering: generation. [Fr. _engendrer_--L.
_ingener[=a]re_--_in_, and _gener[=a]re_, to generate.]
ENGILD, en-gild', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to gild.
ENGINE, en'jin, _n._ a complex and powerful machine, esp. a prime mover: a
military machine: anything used to effect a purpose: a device: contrivance:
(_obs._) ability, genius.--_v.t._ to contrive: to put into action.--_ns._
EN'GINE-DRIV'ER, one who manages an engine, esp. who drives a locomotive;
ENGINEER', an engine maker or manager: one who directs works and engines: a
soldier belonging to the division of the army called Engineers, consisting
of men trained to engineering work.--_v.i._ to act as an engineer.--_v.t._
to arrange, contrive.--_ns._ ENGINEER'ING, the art or profession of an
engineer; EN'GINE-MAN, one who drives an engine; EN'GINE-ROOM, the room in
a vessel in which the engines are placed; EN'GINERY, the art or business of
managing engines: engines collectively: machinery; EN'GINE-TURN'ING, a kind
of ornament made by a rose-engine, as on the backs of watches, &c.--CIVIL
ENGINEER (see CIVIL). [O. Fr. _engin_--L. _ingenium_, skill. See
INGENIOUS.]
ENGIRD, en-g[.e]rd', _v.t._ to gird round.
ENGIRDLE, en-g[.e]rd'l, ENGIRT, en-g[.e]rt', _v.t._ to surround, as with a
girdle: to encircle.
ENGLISH, ing'glish, _adj._ belonging to _England_ or its inhabitants.--_n._
the language of the people of England.--_v.t._ to translate a book into
English: to make English.--_ns._ ENG'LANDER, an Englishman; ENG'LISHER,
ENG'LISHMAN, a native or naturalised inhabitant of England; ENG'LISHRY, the
fact of being an Englishman; in Ireland, the population of English
descent.--OLD ENGLISH, or _Anglo-Saxon_, the language spoken in England
from 450 till about 1150; MIDDLE ENGLISH till 1500; MODERN ENGLISH from
1500 onwards (EARLY ENGLISH often means Early Middle English; (_archit._),
see EARLY).--PRESENTMENT OF ENGLISHRY, the offering of proof that a person
murdered belonged to the English race, to escape the fine levied on the
hundred or township for the murder of a Norman. [A.S. _Englisc_, from
_Engle_, _Angle_, from the Angles who settled in Britain.]
ENGLOBE, en-gl[=o]b', _v.t._ to enclose as in a globe.
ENGLOOM, en-gl[=oo]m', _v.t._ to make gloomy.
ENGLUT, en-glut', _v.t._ to glut, to fill: to swallow.
ENGORE, en-g[=o]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to gore: to wound.
ENGORGE, en-gorj', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to devour, to glut.--_v.i._ (_Milton_)
to feed voraciously.--_adj._ ENGORGED', filled to excess with blood.--_n._
ENGORGE'MENT, the act of swallowing greedily: (_med._) an obstruction of
the vessels in some part of the system.