ENTRAMMEL, en-tram'el, _v.t._ to trammel, fetter.
ENTRANCE, en'trans, _n._ act of entering: power or right to enter: the
place for entering, the door: the beginning.--_n._ EN'TRANT, one who, or
that which, enters. [Fr. _entrer_--L. _intr[=a]re_, to enter.]
ENTRANCE, en-trans', _v.t._ to put into a trance: to fill with rapturous
delight.--_n._ ENTRANCE'MENT, state of trance or of excessive
joy.--_p.adj._ ENTRANC'ING, charming, transporting.
ENTRAP, en-trap', _v.t._ to catch, as in a trap: to ensnare: to
entangle.--_ns._ ENTRAP'MENT, act of entrapping: the state of being
entrapped: ENTRAP'PER. [O. Fr. _entraper_--_en_, in, _trappe_, a trap.]
ENTREASURE, en-trezh'[=u]r, _v.t._ to lay up, as in a treasury.
ENTREAT, en-tr[=e]t', _v.t._ to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray for:
(_orig._) to treat, to deal with--so in _B._--_v.i._ to pray.--_adjs._
ENTREAT'ABLE; ENTREAT'FUL (_Spens._); ENTREAT'ING, that entreats.--_adv._
ENTREAT'INGLY, in an entreating manner: with solicitation.--_adj._
ENTREAT'IVE, pleading.--_ns._ ENTREAT'MENT, act of entreating: (_Shak._)
discourse; ENTREAT'Y, act of entreating; earnest prayer. [O. Fr.
_entraiter_--_en_, and _traiter_, to treat.]
ENTRÉE, äng-tr[=a]', _n._ entry, freedom of access, admittance: a made dish
served at dinner between the chief courses: (_mus._) an introduction or
prelude: the act of entering, a formal entrance. [Fr.]
ENTREMETS, äng-tr'm[=a]', _n._ any dainty served at table between the chief
courses--formerly ENTREMES, ENTREMESSE. [O. Fr. _entremes_--_entre_,
between, _mes_ (mod. _mets_), a dish.]
ENTRENCH, en-trensh', INTRENCH, in-, _v.t._ to dig a trench around: to
fortify with a ditch and parapet.--_v.i._ to encroach.--_n._ ENTRENCH'MENT,
an earthen parapet thrown up to give cover against an enemy's fire and the
ditch or trench from which the earth is obtained: any protection: an
encroachment.--ENTRENCH UPON, to encroach upon.