Enchest transitive verb [ Confer Inchest .] To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

Enchiridion noun [ Latin , from Greek ...; ... in + ... hand.] Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

Enchisel transitive verb To cut with a chisel.

Enchodus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a spear + 'odoy`s , 'odo`ntos , a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike ( Esox ).

Enchondroma noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... in + ... cartilage + -oma .] (Medicine) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

Enchorial, Enchoric adjective [ Greek ... domestic, native; ... in + ... place, country.] Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic .

Enchylemma noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... to pour in + ... anything received.] (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

Enchyma noun [ New Latin , from Greek 'e`gchyma an infusion; 'en in + chei^n to pour.] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

Encincture noun A cincture. [ Poetic]

The vast encincture of that gloomy sea.

Wordsworth.

Encindered adjective Burnt to cinders. [ R.]

Encircle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encircled ; present participle & verbal noun Encircling .] [ Prefix en- + circle : confer Old French encercler .] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

Her brows encircled with his serpent rod.

Parnell.

Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

Encirclet noun [ Encircle + -let .] A small circle; a ring. [ Obsolete] Sir P. Sidney.

Enclasp transitive verb [ Prefix en- + clasp . Confer Inclasp .] To clasp. See Inclasp .

Enclave noun [ French, from Latin in + clavus a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave . [ Recent]

Enclave transitive verb [ Confer French enclaver .] To inclose within an alien territory. [ Recent]

Enclavement noun [ French] The state of being an enclave. [ Recent]

Enclitic (ĕn*klĭt"ĭk), En*clit"ic*al (-ĭ*k a l) adjective [ Latin encliticus , Greek 'egkli`tikos , from 'egkli`nein to incline; 'en in + kli`nein to bend. See In , and Lean , intransitive verb ] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

Enclitic noun (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Enclitically adverb In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

Enclitics noun (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

Encloister transitive verb [ Confer Incloister .] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

Enclose transitive verb [ French enclos , past participle of enclore to enclose; prefix en- (L. in ) + clore to close. See Close , and confer Inclose , Include .] To inclose. See Inclose .

Enclosure noun Inclosure. See Inclosure .

» The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure .

Enclothe transitive verb To clothe.

Encloud transitive verb [ Confer Incloud .] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [ R.] Spenser.

Encoach transitive verb [ Confer Incoach .] To carry in a coach. [ R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

Encoffin transitive verb To put in a coffin. [ R.]

Encolden transitive verb To render cold. [ Obsolete]

Encollar transitive verb To furnish or surround with a collar. [ R.]

Encolor transitive verb To color. [ R.]

Encolure noun [ French] The neck of horse. R. Browning.

Encomber transitive verb See Encumber . [ Obsolete]

Encomberment noun [ See Encumberment .] Hindrance; molestation. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Encomiast noun [ Greek ..., from ... to praise, from ... encomium: confer French encomiaste . See Encomium .] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

Encomiastic noun A panegyric. B. Jonson.

Encomiastic, Encomiastical adjective [ Greek ....] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly , adverb

Encomion noun [ New Latin ] Encomium; panegyric. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Encomium noun ; plural Encomiums . [ New Latin , from Greek ... (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 .

Encompass transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encompassed ; present participle & verbal noun 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.

Encompassment noun The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

By this encompassment and drift of question.

Shak.

Encore adverb or interj. [ French The last part of the word is from Latin hora hour. See Hour .] Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

Encore noun A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

Encore transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encored ; present participle & verbal noun Encoring .] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.

[ Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets.

Thackeray.

Encorporing noun [ Prefix en- + Latin corpus body.] Incorporation. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Encoubert noun [ French, Portuguese encorberto , encuberto , lit., covered.] (Zoology) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus , having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

Encounter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encountered ; present participle & verbal noun Encountering .] [ Old French encontrer ; prefix en- (L. in ) + contre against, Latin contra . See Counter , adverb ] 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.

Encounter intransitive verb 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.

Encounter noun [ Old French encontre , from encontrer . See Encounter , transitive verb ]
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 .

Encounterer noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

Encourage transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encouraged (?; 48); present participle & verbal noun Encouraging .] [ French encourager ; prefix en- (L. in ) + courage courage. See Courage .] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage .

David encouraged himself in the Lord.

1 Sam. xxx. 6.

Syn. -- To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.