English Dictionary: encomiastic | by the DICT Development Group |
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Emicant \Em"i*cant\, a. [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See {Emication}.] Beaming forth; flashing. [R.] Which emicant did this and that way dart. --Blackmore. | |
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Emission \E*mis"sion\, n. [L. emissio: cf. F. [82]mission. See {Emit}.] 1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. | |
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2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. {Emission theory} (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See {Corpuscular theory}, under {Corpuscular}. | |
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Enascent \E*nas"cent\, a. [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.] Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Encamp \En*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Encamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encamping}.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. --1 Chron. xi. 15. | |
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Encamp \En*camp"\, v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. --Shak. | |
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Encamp \En*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Encamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encamping}.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. --1 Chron. xi. 15. | |
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Encamp \En*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Encamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encamping}.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. --1 Chron. xi. 15. | |
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Encampment \En*camp"ment\, n. 1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. 2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. --Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. --Guardian. | |
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Encanker \En*can"ker\, v. t. To canker. [Obs.] | |
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Encauma \En*cau"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] mark caused by burning, fr. [?]. See {Encaustic}.] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. --Dunglison. | |
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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Encense \En*cense"\, v. t. & i. [F. encenser, fr. encens. See {Incense}, n.] To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Enchain \En*chain"\, v. t. [F. encha[8c]ner; pref. en- (L. in) cha[8c]ne chain. See {Chain}, and cf. {Incatenation}.] 1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains. 2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention. 3. To link together; to connect. --Howell. | |
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Enchainment \En*chain"ment\, n. [Cf. F. encha[8c]nement.] The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained. | |
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Enchannel \En*chan"nel\, v. t. To make run in a channel. [bd]Its waters were enchanneled.[b8] --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Enchant \En*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enchanting}.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Incantation}.] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. --Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. --Tennyson. 2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}. | |
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Enchanted \En*chant"ed\, a. Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle. | |
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Enchant \En*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enchanting}.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Incantation}.] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. --Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. --Tennyson. 2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}. | |
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Enchanter \En*chant"er\, n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. --Shelley. {Enchanter's nightshade} (Bot.), a genus ({Circ[91]a}) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places. | |
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Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.) A common name of many species of the genus {Solanum}, given esp. to the {Solanum nigrum}, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. {Deadly nightshade}. Same as {Belladonna} (a) . {Enchanter's nightshade}. See under {Enchanter}. {Stinking nightshade}. See {Henbane}. {Three-leaved nightshade}. See {Trillium}. | |
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Enchanter \En*chant"er\, n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. --Shelley. {Enchanter's nightshade} (Bot.), a genus ({Circ[91]a}) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places. | |
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Enchanting \En*chant"ing\, a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- {En*chant"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Enchant \En*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enchanting}.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Incantation}.] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. --Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. --Tennyson. 2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}. | |
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Enchanting \En*chant"ing\, a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- {En*chant"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Enchantment \En*chant"ment\, n. [F. enchantement.] 1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. --Shak. 2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment. 3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. --South. Syn: Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery. | |
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Enchantress \En*chant"ress\, n. [Cf. F. enchanteresse.] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. --Shak. | |
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Encincture \En*cinc"ture\, n. A cincture. [Poetic] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. --Wordsworth. | |
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Encindered \En*cin"dered\, a. Burnt to cinders. [R.] | |
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Encomber \En*com"ber\, v. t. See {Encumber}. [Obs.] | |
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Encomberment \En*com"ber*ment\, n. [See {Encumberment}.] Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Incumbrous \In*cum"brous\, a. [Cf. OF. encombros.] Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also {encombrous}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Encomiast \En*co"mi*ast\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to praise, fr. [?] encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See {Encomium}.] One who praises; a panegyrist. --Locke. | |
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Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, Encomiastical \En*co`mi*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- {En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, n. A panegyric. --B. Jonson. | |
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Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, Encomiastical \En*co`mi*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- {En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, Encomiastical \En*co`mi*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- {En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Encomion \En*co"mi*on\, n. [NL.] Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Encomium \En*co"mi*um\, n.; pl. {Encomiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; [?] in + [?] a jovial festivity, revel. See {Comedy}.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. --W. Irving. Syn: See {Eulogy}. | |
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Encomium \En*co"mi*um\, n.; pl. {Encomiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; [?] in + [?] a jovial festivity, revel. See {Comedy}.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. --W. Irving. Syn: See {Eulogy}. | |
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Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. --Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson. Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up. | |
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Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. --Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson. Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up. | |
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Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. --Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson. Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up. | |
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Encompassment \En*com"pass*ment\, n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. --Shak. | |
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Encounter \En*coun"ter\, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. I will encounter with Andronicus. --Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. --Tatham. | |
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Encounter \En*coun"ter\, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See {Encounter}, v. t.] 1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. --Pope. 2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. --Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air. --Milton . Syn: Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See {Contest}. | |
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Encounter \En*coun"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. --Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. --Shak. | |
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Encounter \En*coun"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. --Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. --Shak. | |
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Encounterer \En*coun"ter*er\, n. One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. --Atterbury. | |
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Encounter \En*coun"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. --Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. --Shak. | |
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Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. | |
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Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. | |
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Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. | |
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Encumberment \En*cum"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encombrement.] Encumbrance. [R.] | |
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Incumbrance \In*cum"brance\, n. [See {Encumbrance}.] [Written also {encumbrance}.] 1. A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. --Cowper. 2. (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value. | |
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Encumbrance \En*cum"brance\, n. [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. {Incumbrance}.] 1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See {Incumbrance}. 2. (Law) Same as {Incumbrance}. Syn: Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance. | |
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Incumbrance \In*cum"brance\, n. [See {Encumbrance}.] [Written also {encumbrance}.] 1. A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. --Cowper. 2. (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value. | |
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Encumbrance \En*cum"brance\, n. [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. {Incumbrance}.] 1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See {Incumbrance}. 2. (Law) Same as {Incumbrance}. Syn: Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance. | |
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Encumbrancer \En*cum"bran*cer\, n. (Law) Same as {Incumbrancer}. | |
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Engender \En*gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engendering}.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See {Generate}, and cf. {Ingenerate}.] 1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.] 2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. --Southey. Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop. | |
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Engender \En*gen"der\, v. i. 1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. --Dryden. 2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. [bd]I saw their mouths engender.[b8] --Massinger. | |
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Engender \En*gen"der\, n. One who, or that which, engenders. | |
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Engender \En*gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engendering}.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See {Generate}, and cf. {Ingenerate}.] 1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.] 2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. --Southey. Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop. | |
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Engender \En*gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engendering}.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See {Generate}, and cf. {Ingenerate}.] 1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.] 2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. --Southey. Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop. | |
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Engendrure \En`gen*drure"\, n. [OF. engendreure.] The act of generation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, v. t. 1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.] To engine and batter our walls. --T. Adams. 2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another. 3. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?][?].) To rack; to torture. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?].) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. --Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. [bd]Terrible engines of death.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. {Engine driver}, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. {Engine lathe}. (Mach.) See under {Lathe}. {Engine tool}, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth. {Engine turning} (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?].) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. --Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. [bd]Terrible engines of death.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. {Engine driver}, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. {Engine lathe}. (Mach.) See under {Lathe}. {Engine tool}, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth. {Engine turning} (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. | |
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also {lay} and {batten}. {Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. {Drill lathe}, [or] {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. {Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. {Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. {Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric} {Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. {Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?].) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. --Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. [bd]Terrible engines of death.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. {Engine driver}, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. {Engine lathe}. (Mach.) See under {Lathe}. {Engine tool}, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth. {Engine turning} (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?].) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. --Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. [bd]Terrible engines of death.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. {Engine driver}, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. {Engine lathe}. (Mach.) See under {Lathe}. {Engine tool}, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth. {Engine turning} (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. | |
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Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [?][?][?][?].) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. --Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. [bd]Terrible engines of death.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. {Engine driver}, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. {Engine lathe}. (Mach.) See under {Lathe}. {Engine tool}, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth. {Engine turning} (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. | |
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Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ing[82]nieur. See {Engine}, n.] 1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under {Engineering}, n. 2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. 3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] {Civil engineer}, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. {Military engineer}, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under {Engineering}. | |
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Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engineering}.] 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J. Hamilton. 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.] | |
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Engineer Corps \En`gi*neer" Corps\ (a) In the United States army, the | |
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Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engineering}.] 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J. Hamilton. 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.] | |
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Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engineering}.] 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J. Hamilton. 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.] | |
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Engineering \En`gi*neer"ing\, n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. Note: In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. {Civil engineering}, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. {Mechanical engineering} relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. {Mining engineering} deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc. | |
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Engineman \En"gine*man\, n.; pl. {Enginemen}. A man who manages, or waits on, an engine. | |
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Engineman \En"gine*man\, n.; pl. {Enginemen}. A man who manages, or waits on, an engine. | |
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Enginer \En"gin*er\, n. [See {Engineer}.] A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Enginery \En"gine*ry\, n. 1. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. --Milton. 2. Engines, in general; instruments of war. Training his devilish enginery. --Milton. 3. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. --Shenstone. | |
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Engine-sized \En"gine-sized`\, a. Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper. --Knight. | |
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Engine-type generator \En"gine-type` gen"er*a`tor\ (Elec.) A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine. | |
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Enginous \En"gi*nous\, a. [OF. engignos. See {Ingenious}.] 1. Pertaining to an engine. [Obs.] That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all. --Decker. 2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [Obs.] The mark of all enginous drifts. --B. Jonson. | |
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Engyn \En*gyn"\ Variant of {Engine}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Enigma \E*nig"ma\, n.; pl. {Enigmas}. [L. aenigma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to speak darkly, fr. [?] tale, fable.] 1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. --Pope. 2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma. | |
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Enigma \E*nig"ma\, n.; pl. {Enigmas}. [L. aenigma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to speak darkly, fr. [?] tale, fable.] 1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. --Pope. 2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma. | |
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Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. [82]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer. | |
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Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. [82]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer. | |
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Enigmatically \E`nig*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv. Darkly; obscurely. | |
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Enigmatist \E*nig"ma*tist\, n. [Gr. [?].] One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. --Addison. | |
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Enigmatize \E*nig"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Enigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enigmatizing}.] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles. | |
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Enigmatize \E*nig"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Enigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enigmatizing}.] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles. | |
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Enigmatize \E*nig"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Enigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enigmatizing}.] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles. | |
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Enigmatography \E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy\, Enigmatology \E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], an enigma + -graphy, -logy.] The art of making or of solving enigmas. | |
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Enigmatography \E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy\, Enigmatology \E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], an enigma + -graphy, -logy.] The art of making or of solving enigmas. | |
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Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker. | |
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Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoining}.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Injunction}.] 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. [bd]This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.[b8] --Johnson. | |
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Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoining}.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Injunction}.] 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. [bd]This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.[b8] --Johnson. | |
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Enjoiner \En*join"er\, n. One who enjoins. | |
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Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoining}.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Injunction}.] 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. [bd]This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.[b8] --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enjoinment \En*join"ment\, n. Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enjoy \En*joy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoying}.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See {Joy}.] 1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation. 2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty. That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. --Num. xxxvi. 8. To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. --Heb. xi. 25. 3. To have sexual intercourse with. --Milton. {To enjoy one's self}, to feel pleasure; to be happy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enjoyment \En*joy"ment\, n. 1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate. 2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction. The hope of everlasting enjoyments. --Glanvill. Syn: Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enkennel \En*ken"nel\, v. t. To put into a kennel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enkindle \En*kin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enkindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enkindling}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak. 2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite. To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enkindle \En*kin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enkindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enkindling}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak. 2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite. To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enkindle \En*kin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enkindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enkindling}.] 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak. 2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite. To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enneagon \En"ne*a*gon\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. [?] nine + corner, angle: cf. enn[82]agone.] (Geom.) A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enneagonal \En`ne*ag"o*nal\, a. (Geom.) Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enneagynous \En`ne*ag"y*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] nine + [?] woman, female.] (Bot.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensample \En*sam"ple\, n. [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See {Example}.] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] --Tyndale. Being ensamples to the flock. --1 Pet. v. 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensample \En*sam"ple\, v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensanguine \En*san"guine\, v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. [bd]The ensanguined field.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensconced}; imp. & p. p. {Ensconcing}.] To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensconced}; imp. & p. p. {Ensconcing}.] To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensconced}; imp. & p. p. {Ensconcing}.] To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enseam \En*seam"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. {Inseam}.] To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. --Camden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enseam \En*seam"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + seam grease.] To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.] In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enseint \En*seint"\, a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See {Enceinte}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensnare \En*snare"\, v. t. To catch in a snare. See {Insnare}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensnarl \En*snarl"\, v. t. To entangle. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ensue \En*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ensuing}.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See {Sue}.] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] [bd]Seek peace, and ensue it.[b8] --1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. --Golding. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Enzyme \En"zyme\, n. [Pref. en- (Gr. [?] in) + Gr. [?] leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.] 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment}, the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Encampment, WY Zip code(s): 82325 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Encantada-Ranchito El Calaboz, TX (CDP, FIPS 24223) Location: 26.03015 N, 97.62912 W Population (1990): 1143 (281 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Enchanted Oaks, TX (town, FIPS 24228) Location: 32.26633 N, 96.10768 W Population (1990): 290 (204 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Encinal, TX (city, FIPS 24240) Location: 28.04125 N, 99.35473 W Population (1990): 620 (247 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78019 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Encinitas, CA (city, FIPS 22678) Location: 33.04765 N, 117.26255 W Population (1990): 55386 (22123 housing units) Area: 46.5 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92024 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Encino, CA Zip code(s): 91316, 91436 Encino, NM (village, FIPS 24610) Location: 34.65096 N, 105.45796 W Population (1990): 131 (76 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88321 Encino, TX Zip code(s): 78353 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Enigma, GA (town, FIPS 27596) Location: 31.40905 N, 83.33016 W Population (1990): 611 (266 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31749 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
engine n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}. Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer. 2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a lot of noisy crunching, such as a `database engine'. The hacker senses of `engine' are actually close to its original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever device, or instrument (the word is cognate to `ingenuity'). This sense had not been completely eclipsed by the modern connotation of power-transducing machinery in Charles Babbage's time, which explains why he named the stored-program computer that he designed in 1844 the `Analytical Engine'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
engine function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}. Today we have, especially, "{print engine}": the guts of a {laser printer}. 2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a lot of noisy {crunching}, such as a "database engine", or "{search engine}". The hackish senses of "engine" are actually close to its original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever device, or instrument (the word is cognate to "ingenuity"). This sense had not been completely eclipsed by the modern connotation of power-transducing machinery in {Charles Babbage}'s time, which explains why he named the stored-program computer that he designed in 1844 the "{Analytical Engine}". [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Enigma engine used by the Germans in World War II. Many of their messages were deciphered at {Bletchley Park}, by {Alan Turing} and others. (2000-09-30) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Encamp An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter period of an army or company of travellers (Ex. 13:20; 14:19; Josh. 10:5; 11:5). The manner in which the Israelites encamped during their march through the wilderness is described in Num. 2 and 3. The order of the encampment (see {CAMP}) was preserved in the march (Num. 2:17), the signal for which was the blast of two silver trumpets. Detailed regulations affecting the camp for sanitary purposes are given (Lev. 4:11, 12; 6:11; 8:17; 10:4, 5; 13:46; 14:3; Num. 12:14, 15; 31:19; Deut. 23:10, 12). Criminals were executed without the camp (Lev. 4:12; comp. John 19:17, 20), and there also the young bullock for a sin-offering was burnt (Lev. 24:14; comp. Heb. 13:12). In the subsequent history of Israel frequent mention is made of their encampments in the time of war (Judg. 7:18; 1 Sam. 13:2, 3, 16, 23; 17:3; 29:1; 30:9, 24). The temple was sometimes called "the camp of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:2, R.V.; comp. Ps. 78:28). The multitudes who flocked to David are styled "a great host (i.e., "camp;" Heb. mahaneh), like the host of God" (1 Chr. 12:22). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Enchantments (1.) The rendering of Hebrew _latim_ or _lehatim_, which means "something covered," "muffled up;" secret arts, tricks (Ex. 7:11, 22; 8:7, 18), by which the Egyptian magicians imposed on the credulity of Pharaoh. (2.) The rendering of the Hebrew _keshaphim_, "muttered spells" or "incantations," rendered "sorceries" in Isa. 47:9, 12, i.e., the using of certain formulae under the belief that men could thus be bound. (3.) Hebrew _lehashim_, "charming," as of serpents (Jer. 8:17; comp. Ps. 58:5). (4.) Hebrew _nehashim_, the enchantments or omens used by Balaam (Num. 24:1); his endeavouring to gain omens favourable to his design. (5.) Hebrew _heber_ (Isa. 47:9, 12), "magical spells." All kinds of enchantments were condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 18:10-12). (See {DIVINATION}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
En-gannim fountain of gardens. (1.) A town in the plains of Judah (Josh. 15:34), north-west of Jerusalem, between Zanoah and Tappuah. It is the modern Umm Jina. (2.) A city on the border of Machar (Josh. 19:21), allotted to the Gershonite Levites (21:29). It is identified with the modern Jenin, a large and prosperous town of about 4,000 inhabitants, situated 15 miles south of Mount Tabor, through which the road from Jezreel to Samaria and Jerusalem passes. When Ahaziah, king of Judah, attempted to escape from Jehu, he "fled by the way of the garden house" i.e., by way of En-gannim. Here he was overtaken by Jehu and wounded in his chariot, and turned aside and fled to Megiddo, a distance of about 20 miles, to die there. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Engines (1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Eccl. 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chr. 26:15 it refers to inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls of a town, such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows (the catapulta). (2.) Heb. mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in front a battering-ram (Ezek. 26:9), the use of which was common among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2 Sam. 20:15). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
En-shemesh fountain of the sun a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:7; 18:17). It was between the "ascent of Adummim" and the spring of En-rogel, and hence was on the east of Jerusalem and of the Mount of Olives. It is the modern 'Ain-Haud i.e., the "well of the apostles" about a mile east of Bethany, the only spring on the road to Jericho. The sun shines on it the whole day long. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
En-gannim, eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
En-shemesh, fountain, or eye, of the sun |