ENTREPÔT, äng'tr'p[=o], _n._ a storehouse: a bonded warehouse: a seaport
through which exports and imports pass. [Fr.]
ENTRESOL, en'ter-sol, or äng'tr'sol, _n._ a low story between two main
stories of a building, generally above the first story; in London, usually
between the ground-floor and the first story. [Fr.,--_entre_, between,
_sol_, the ground.]
ENTROCHITE, en'tr[=o]-k[=i]t, _n._ a wheel-like joint of an encrinite or
fossil crinoid--also EN'TROCHUS.--_adj._ EN'TROCHAL. [Gr. _en_, in,
_trochos_, a wheel.]
ENTROPION, -UM, en-tr[=o]'pi-on, -um, _n._ inversion of the edge of the
eyelid. [Gr. _entrop[=e]_.]
ENTROPY, en'trop-i, _n._ a term in physics signifying 'the available
energy.'
ENTRUST, en-trust', INTRUST, in-, _v.t._ to give in trust: to commission:
to commit to another, trusting his fidelity.--_n._ ENTRUST'MENT.
ENTRY, en'tri, _n._ act of entering: a passage into a short lane leading
into a court: act of committing to writing: the thing written: (_law_) the
taking possession of.--_n._ EN'TRY-MON'EY, the money paid on entering a
society, club, &c.--PORT OF ENTRY (see PORT).
ENTWINE, en-tw[=i]n', _v.t._ to interlace: to weave.
ENTWIST, en-twist', _v.t._ to twist round.
ENUBILATE, [=e]-n[=u]'bi-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to clear from clouds.--_adj._
EN[=U]'BILOUS.
ENUCLEATE, en-[=u]'kle-[=a]t, _v.t._ to lay bare, explain: to
extract.--_n._ ENUCLE[=A]'TION. [L. _enucle[=a]re_--_e_, out, _nucleus_, a
kernel.]
ENUMERATE, e-n[=u]'mer-[=a]t, _v.t._ to count the number of: to name
over.--_n._ ENUMER[=A]'TION, act of numbering: a detailed account: a
summing up.--_adj._ EN[=U]'MERATIVE.--_n._ EN[=U]'MERATOR, one who
enumerates. [L. _e_, out, _numer[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to number.]
ENUNCIATE, e-nun'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to state formally: to pronounce
distinctly.--_adj._ ENUN'CIABLE, capable of being enunciated.--_n._
ENUNCI[=A]'TION, act of enunciating: manner of uttering or pronouncing: a
distinct statement or declaration: the words in which a proposition is
expressed.--_adjs._ ENUN'CI[=A]TIVE, ENUN'CI[=A]TORY, containing
enunciation or utterance: declarative.--_n._ ENUN'CI[=A]TOR, one who
enunciates. [L. _enunti[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_e_, out, _nunti[=a]re_, to
tell--_nuntius_, a messenger.]
ENURE, e-n[=u]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to practise.--_v.i._ to belong. [_En-_,
and _ure_--O. Fr. _oeuvre_--work.]
ENURESIS, en-[=u]-r[=e]'sis, _n._ incontinence of urine.
ENVASSAL, en-vas'al, _v.t._ to reduce to vassalage.
ENVAULT, en-vawlt', _v.t._ to enclose in a vault.
ENVEIGLE. See INVEIGLE.
ENVELOP, en-vel'up, _v.t._ to cover by wrapping: to surround entirely: to
hide.--_n._ ENVELOPE (en'vel-[=o]p, sometimes, but quite unnecessarily,
äng'vel-[=o]p), that which envelops, wraps, or covers, esp. the cover of a
letter.--_adj._ ENVEL'OPED (_her._), entwined, as with serpents, laurels,
&c.--_n._ ENVEL'OPMENT, a wrapping or covering on all sides. [O. Fr.
_enveloper_; origin obscure. Skeat refers it to the assumed Teut. root of
M. E. _wlappen_, Eng. _lap_.]
ENVENOM, en-ven'um, _v.t._ to put venom into: to poison: to taint with
bitterness or malice. [O. Fr. _envenimer_--_en_, and _venim_, venom.]
ENVERMEIL, en-v[.e]r'mil, _v.t._ (_Milt._) to dye red, to give a red colour
to. [O. Fr. _envermeiller_--_en_, in, _vermeil_, red, vermilion.]
ENVIRON, en-v[=i]'run, _v.t._ to surround: to encircle: to invest:--_pr.p._
env[=i]'roning; _pa.p._ env[=i]'roned.--_n._ ENV[=I]'RONMENT, a
surrounding: conditions influencing development or growth.--_n.pl._
ENVIRONS (en-v[=i]'runz, or en'vi-), the places that environ: the outskirts
of a city: neighbourhood. [Fr. _environner_--_environ_, around--_virer_, to
turn round; cf. _veer_.]
ENVISAGE, en-viz'[=a]j, _v.t._ to face: to consider.--_n._ ENVIS'AGEMENT.
[Fr. _envisager_--_en_, and _visage_, the visage.]
ENVOY, en'voi, _n._ a messenger, esp. one sent to transact business with a
foreign government: a diplomatic minister of the second order.--_n._
EN'VOYSHIP. [For Fr. _envoyé_--_envoyer_, to send.]
ENVOY, ENVOI, en'voi, _n._ the concluding part of a poem or a book: the
author's final words, esp. now the short stanza concluding a poem written
in certain archaic metrical forms. [O. Fr. _envoye_--_envoiier_, to
send--_en voie_, on the way--L. _in_, on, _via_, a way.]
ENVY, en'vi, _v.t._ to look upon with a grudging eye: to hate on account of
prosperity:--_pr.p._ en'vying; _pa.p._ en'vied.--_n._ grief at the sight of
another's success: a wicked desire to supplant one: a desire for the
advantages enjoyed by another: (_B._) ill-will.--_adj._ EN'VIABLE, that is
to be envied.--_n._ EN'VIABLENESS, the state or quality of being
enviable.--_adv._ EN'VIABLY.--_n._ EN'VIER, one who envies.--_adj._
EN'VIOUS, feeling envy: directed by envy: (_Spens._) enviable.--_adv._
EN'VIOUSLY.--_ns._ EN'VIOUSNESS; EN'VYING (_B._), jealousy, ill-will. [Fr.
_envie_--L. _invidia_--_in_, on, _vid[=e]re_, to look.]
ENWALL, en-wawl', INWALL, in-, _v.t._ to enclose within a wall.
ENWALLOW, en-wol'[=o], _v.t._ (_Spens._) to roll about, to wallow.
ENWHEEL, en-hw[=e]l', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to encircle.
ENWIND, en-w[=i]nd', INWIND, in-, _v.t._ to wind itself round.
ENWOMB, en-w[=oo]m', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to make pregnant: (_Shak._) to
conceive in the womb: to contain.
ENWRAP, en-rap', INWRAP, in-, _v.t._ to cover by wrapping: to perplex: to
engross.--_n._ ENWRAP'MENT.--_p.adj._ ENWRAP'PING.
ENWREATHE, en-r[=e]_th_', INWREATHE, in-, _v.t._ to wreathe: to encircle as
with a wreath.
ENZONE, en-z[=o]n', _v.t._ to enclose as with a zone.
ENZOOTIC, en-z[=o]-ot'ik, _adj._ endemic among animals in a particular
district.--_n._ a disease of this character.
ENZYM, ENZYME, en'zim, _n._ any of the unorganised ferments: leavened
bread--opp. to _Azym_ (q.v.).--_adj._ ENZYMOT'IC. [Gr. _en_, in, _zym[=e]_,
leaven.]
EOAN, [=e]-[=o]'an, _adj._ of or pertaining to dawn. [L.,--Gr. _[=e][=o]s_,
dawn.]
EOCENE, [=e]'[=o]-s[=e]n, _adj._ (_geol._) first in time of the three
subdivisions of the Tertiary formation. [Gr. _[=e][=o]s_, daybreak,
_kainos_, new.]
EOLIAN, EOLIC, EOLIPILE. Same as ÆOLIAN, ÆOLIC, ÆOLIPILE.
EON. See ÆON.
EOTHEN, [=e]-[=o]'then, _adv._ from the east--the name given by Kinglake to
his book of travel in the East (1844). [Gr., lit. 'from morn,' 'at earliest
dawn.']
EOZOÖN, [=e]-[=o]-z[=o]'on, _n._ an assumed organism whose remains
constitute reefs of rocks in the Archæan system in Canada.--_adj._
EOZ[=O]'IC. [Gr. _[=e][=o]s_, dawn, _z[=o]on_, an animal.]
EPACRID, ep'a-krid, _n._ a plant of order _Epacridaceæ_, a small order of
heath-like shrubs or small trees. [Gr. _epi_, upon, _akris_, a summit.]
EPACT, [=e]'pakt, _n._ the moon's age at the beginning of the year: the
excess of the solar month or year above the lunar: (_pl._) a set of
nineteen numbers used for fixing the date of Easter and other church
festivals, by indicating the age of the moon at the beginning of each civil
year in the lunar cycle. [Fr.,--Gr. _epaktos_, brought on--_epi_, on,
_agein_, to bring.]
EPAGOGE, ep-a-g[=o]'j[=e], _n._ induction, proof by example.
EPALPATE, [=e]-pal'p[=a]t, _adj._ having no palps or feeders.
EPANADIPLOSIS, ep-a-na-di-pl[=o]'sis, _n._ (_rhet._) a figure by which a
sentence begins and ends with the same word, as in Phil. iv. 4. [Gr.]
EPANALEPSIS, ep-a-na-lep'sis, _n._ (_rhet._) repetition or resumption, as
in 1 Cor. xi. 18 and 20. [Gr.]
EPANODOS, e-pan'[=o]-dos, _n._ recapitulation of the chief points in a
discourse. [Gr.]
EPANORTHOSIS, ep-an-or-th[=o]'sis, _n._ (_rhet._) the retracting of a
statement in order to correct or intensify it, as 'For Britain's guid! for
her destruction!' [Gr.]
EPANTHOUS, ep-an'thus, _adj._ growing upon flowers. [Gr. _epi_, upon,
_anthos_, a flower.]
EPARCH, ep'ärk, _n._ the governor of a Greek province.--_n._ EP'ARCHY, the
province or territory ruled over by an eparch. [Gr. _eparchos_--_epi_,
upon, _arch[=e]_, dominion.]
EPAULEMENT, e-pawl'ment, _n._ a side-work of a battery or earthwork to
protect it from a flanking fire.--_n._ EPAULE', the shoulder of a bastion.
[Fr.,--_épauler_, to protect--_épaule_, shoulder.]
EPAULET, EPAULETTE, ep'ol-et, _n._ a shoulder-piece: a badge of a military
or naval officer (now disused in the British army): an ornament on the
shoulder of a lady's dress. [Fr. _épaulette_--_épaule_, the shoulder.]
EPEIRA, ep-[=i]r'a, _n._ a genus of spiders, the type of the _Epeiridæ_,
including the common garden spider. [Gr. _epi_, on, _eiros_, wool.]
EPENCEPHALON, ep-en-sef'a-lon, _n._ the hindmost of the divisions of the
brain.--_adj._ EPENCEPHAL'IC.
EPENTHESIS, e-pen'the-sis, _n._ the insertion of a letter or syllable
within a word.--_adj._ EPENTHET'IC. [Gr.]
EPEOLATRY, ep-e-ol'a-tri, _n._ worship of words. [Gr. _epos_, word,
_latreia_, worship.]
EPERGNE, e-p[.e]rn', _n._ an ornamental stand for a large dish for the
centre of a table. [Perh. from Fr. _épargne_, saving--_épargner_, to save.]
EPEXEGESIS, ep-eks-e-j[=e]'sis, _n._ the addition of words to make the
sentence more clear.--_adjs._ EPEXEGET'IC, -AL.--_adv._ EPEXEGET'ICALLY.
[Gr. _epi_, in addition, _ex[=e]geisthai_, to explain.]
EPHA, EPHAH, [=e]'fa, _n._ a Hebrew measure for dry goods. [Heb.; prob. of
Egyptian origin.]
EPHEBE, ef-[=e]b', _n._ (_Greek antiquities_) a young citizen from 18 to 20
years of age. [L. _eph[=e]bus_--Gr. _eph[=e]bos_--_epi_, upon,
_h[=e]b[=e]_, early manhood.]
EPHEMERA, ef-em'er-a, _n._ the Mayfly, a genus of short-lived insects: that
which lasts a short time.--_adj._ EPHEM'ERAL, existing only for a day:
daily: short-lived.--_n._ anything lasting a short time.--_ns._
EPHEMERAL'ITY; EPHEM'ERID, an insect belonging to the group
_Ephemeridæ_.--_adj._ EPHEMERID'IAN.--_ns._ EPHEM'ERIS, an account of daily
transactions: a journal: an astronomical almanac:--_pl._ EPHEMERIDES
(ef-e-mer'i-d[=e]z); EPHEM'ERIST, one who studies the daily motions of the
planets; EPHEM'ERON, an insect that lives but a day.--_adj._ EPHEM'EROUS.
[Through L.,--Gr. _eph[=e]meros_, living a day--_epi_, for, _h[=e]mera_, a
day.]
EPHESIAN, ef-[=e]'zi-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to _Ephesus_.--_n._ an
inhabitant of Ephesus: (_Shak._) 'a jolly companion.'
EPHOD, ef'od, _n._ a kind of linen surplice worn by the Jewish priests: a
surplice, generally. [Heb. _aphad_, to put on.]
EPHOR, ef'or, _n._ a class of magistrates whose office apparently
originated at Sparta, being peculiar to the Doric states.--_n._ EPH'ORALTY.
[Gr. _epi_, upon, and root of _horaein_, to see.]
EPIBLAST, ep'i-blast, _n._ Same as ECTODERM.
EPIC, ep'ik, _adj._ applied to a poem which recounts a great event in an
elevated style: lofty: grand.--_n._ an epic or heroic poem: a story
comparable to those in epic poems.--_ns._ EP'ICISM; EP'ICIST.--EPIC
DIALECT, the Greek in which the books of Homer are written. [L.
_epicus_--Gr. _epikos_--_epos_, a word.]
EPICALYX, ep-i-k[=a]'liks, _n._ an external or accessory calyx outside of
the true calyx, as in _Potentilla_.
EPICARP, ep'i-kärp, _n._ (_bot._) the outermost layer of the pericarp or
fruit. [Gr. _epi_, upon, _karpos_, fruit.]
EPICEDIUM, ep-i-s[=e]'di-um, _n._ a funeral ode.--_adjs._ EPIC[=E]'DIAL,
EPIC[=E]'DIAN, elegiac. [L.,--Gr. _epik[=e]deion_--_epi_, upon, _k[=e]dos_,
care.]
EPICENE, ep'i-s[=e]n, _adj._ and _n._ common to both sexes: (_gram._) of
either gender. [Through L.,--Gr. _epikoinos_--_epi_, upon, _koinos_,
common.]
EPICHEIREMA, ep-i-k[=i]-r[=e]'ma, _n._ a syllogism confirmed in its major
or minor premise, or in both, by an incidental proposition. [Gr.
_epicheir[=e]ma_, attempt--_epi_, upon, _cheir_, the hand.]
EPICLINAL, ep-i-kl[=i]'nal, _adj._ (_bot._) placed on the torus or
receptacle of a flower.
EPICURE, ep'i-k[=u]r, _n._ a follower of _Epicurus_ (341-270 B.C.), a Greek
philosopher, who taught that pleasure was the chief good: one given to
sensual enjoyment: one devoted to the luxuries of the table.--_adj._
EPICUR[=E]'AN, pertaining to Epicurus: given to luxury.--_n._ a follower of
Epicurus: one given to the luxuries of the table.--_n._ EPICUR[=E]'ANISM,
the doctrine of Epicurus: attachment to these doctrines.--_v.i._
EP'ICURISE, to play the epicure, to feast, riot: to profess the philosophy
of Epicurus.--_n._ EP'ICURISM, the doctrines of Epicurus: luxury: sensual
enjoyment.
EPICYCLE, ep'i-s[=i]-kl, _n._ a circle having its centre on the
circumference of a greater circle on which it moves.--_adj._
EPICY'CLIC.--_n._ EPICY'CLOID, a curve described by every point in the
plane of a circle moving on the convex circumference of another
circle.--_adj._ EPICYCLOI'DAL. [Gr. _epi_, upon, _kyklos_, a circle.]
EPIDEICTIC, -AL, ep-i-d[=i]k'tik, -al, _adj._ done for show or display.
[Gr. _epi_, upon, _deiknynai_, to show.]
EPIDEMIC, -AL, ep-i-dem'ik, -al, _adj._ affecting a community at a certain
time: general.--_n._ EPIDEM'IC, a disease falling on great numbers in one
place, simultaneously or in succession.--_adv._ EPIDEM'ICALLY.--_n._
EPIDEMIOL'OGY, the science of epidemics. [Gr. _epid[=e]mos_,
general--_epi_, among, _d[=e]mos_, the people.]
EPIDERMIS, ep-i-d[.e]r'mis, _n._ scarf-skin or cuticle, forming an external
covering of a protective nature for the true skin or corium.--_adjs._
EPIDER'MATOID; EPIDER'MIC, EPIDER'MAL, EPIDER'MIDAL. [Gr.
_epidermis_--_epi_, upon, _derma_, the skin.]
EPIDOTE, ep'i-d[=o]t, _n._ a silicate of aluminium, iron, and calcium.
EPIGASTRIUM, ep-i-gas'tri-um, _n._ the part of the abdomen which chiefly
corresponds to the situation of the stomach, extending from the sternum
towards the navel.--_adj._ EPIGAS'TRIC. [Gr. _epi_, upon, _gast[=e]r_, the
stomach.]
EPIGENE, ep'i-j[=e]n, _adj._ applied to the geological agents of change
which affect chiefly the superficial position of the earth's crust, as the
atmosphere, water, &c.--_adjs._ EPIG'ENOUS, growing on the surface of a
part; EPIG[=E]'OUS, growing on the earth--also EPIG[=E]'AL. [Gr. _epi_,
upon, _gennaein_, to produce.]
EPIGENESIS, ep-i-jen'e-sis, _n._ the development of the organism by the
growth and differentiation of a single germ--i.e. by the division or
segmentation of a fertilised egg-cell.--_n._ EPIGEN'ESIST.--_adj._
EPIGENET'IC. [Gr. _epi_, upon, _genesis_, genesis.]
EPIGLOTTIS, ep-i-glot'is, _n._ the cartilage at the root of the tongue that
partly closes the aperture of the larynx.--_adj._ EPIGLOTT'IC. [Gr. _epi_,
upon, _gl[=o]tta_ (_gl[=o]ssa_), the tongue.]
EPIGRAM, ep'i-gram, _n._ any concise and pointed or sarcastic saying: a
short poem on one subject ending with an ingenious thought.--_adjs._
EPIGRAMMAT'IC, -AL, relating to or dealing in epigrams: like an epigram:
concise and pointed.--_adv._ EPIGRAMMAT'ICALLY.--_v.t._ EPIGRAM'MATISE, to
make an epigram on.--_n._ EPIGRAM'MATIST, one who writes epigrams. [Through
Fr. and L., from Gr. _epigramma_--_epi_, upon, _gramma_, a
writing--_graphein_, to write.]
EPIGRAPH, ep'i-graf, _n._ an inscription, esp. on a building: a citation or
motto at the commencement of a book or its parts.--_v.t._ to provide with
an epigraph.--_ns._ EPIG'RAPHER, EPIG'RAPHIST.--_adj._ EPIGRAPH'IC.--_n._
EPIG'RAPHY. [Gr. _epi-graph[=e]_--_epi_, upon, _graphein_, to write.]
EPIGYNOUS, e-pij'i-nus, _adj._ (_bot._) growing upon the top of the ovary.
EPILEPSY, ep'i-lep-si, _n._ a chronic functional disease of the nervous
system, manifested by recurring attacks of sudden insensibility or
impairment of consciousness, commonly accompanied by peculiar convulsive
seizures.--_n._ EPILEP'TIC, an epileptic patient.--_adjs._ EPILEP'TIC, -AL;
EPILEP'TOID. [Gr. _epilepsia_--_epi_, upon, _lambanein_, _l[=e]psesthai_,
to seize.]
EPILOGUE, ep'i-log, _n._ the conclusion of a book: a speech or short poem
at the end of a play.--_adjs._ EPILOG'IC (-loj'ik), EPILOGIS'TIC.--_v.i._
EPIL'OGISE ('o-j[=i]z), to write an epilogue. [Fr.--L.--Gr. _epilogos_,
conclusion--_epi_, upon, _legein_, to speak.]
EPINASTY, ep'i-nas-ti, _n._ (_bot._) curvature of an organ, caused by a
more active growth on its upper side.--_adj._ EPINAS'TIC.--_adv._
EPINAS'TICALLY.
EPIPERIPHERAL, ep-i-pe-rif'e-ral, _adj._ situated on the periphery or outer
surface of the body.
EPIPETALOUS, ep-i-pet'a-lus, _adj._ (_bot._) inserted or growing on a
petal.
EPIPHANY, e-pif'an-i, _n._ a church festival celebrated on Jan. 6, in
commemoration of the manifestation of Christ to the wise men of the East:
the manifestation of a god. [Gr. _epiphaneia_, appearance--_epi_, to,
_phainein_, to show.]
EPIPHLOEUM, ep-i-fl[=e]'um, _n._ (_bot._) the corky envelope of the bark
next the epidermis.
EPIPHRAGM, ep'i-fram, _n._ (_bot._) the dilated apex of the columella in
urn-mosses: the disc with which certain molluscs close the aperture of
their shell.
EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS, ep-i-fil-[=o]-sper'mus, _adj._ (_bot._) bearing fruit on
the back of the fronds, as ferns.
EPIPHYLLOUS, ep-i-fil'us, _adj._ (_bot._) growing upon a leaf, esp. on its
upper surface.
EPIPHYSIS, ep-if'i-sis, _n._ any portion of a bone having its own centre of
ossification: the pineal gland: a small upper piece of each half of an
alveolus of a sea-urchin:--_pl._ EPIPH'YSES. [Gr.]
EPIPHYTE, ep'i-f[=i]t, _n._ one of a species of plants attached to trees,
and deriving their nourishment from the decaying portions of the bark, and
perhaps also from the air.--_adjs._ EPIPHY'TAL, EPIPHYT'IC. [Gr. _epi_,
upon, and _phyton_, a plant.]
EPIPLASTRON, ep-i-plas'tron, _n._ the anterior lateral one of the nine
pieces of which the plastron of a turtle may consist.
EPIPLOON, e-pip'l[=o]-on, _n._ the great omentum.--_adj._ EPIPL[=O]'IC.
[Gr.]