Enorthotrope En·or"tho·trope noun [ Greek ... in + ... upright, correct + ... to turn.]
An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope .
Enough E·nough" (e*nŭf")
adjective [ Middle English
inoh ,
inow ,
enogh , Anglo-Saxon
genōh ,
genōg , adjective & adverb (akin to Old Saxon
ginōg , Dutch
genoeg , Old High German
ginoug , German
genug , Icelandic
gnōgr , Swedish
nog , Danish
nok , Goth.
ganōhs ), from
geneah it suffices (akin to Goth.
ganah ); prefix
ge- + a root akin to Latin
nancisci to get, Sanskrit
naç , Greek
'enegkei^n to carry.]
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
Luke xv. 17.
Enough E·nough" adverb 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. 2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very ; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer. I know you well enough ; you are Signior Antonio.
Shak. Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money.
Shak. 3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough . »
Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
Enough E·nough" noun A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. "
Enough is as good as a feast."
And Esau said, I have enough , my brother.
Gen. xxxiii. 9.
Enough E·nough" interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough .
Enounce E·nounce" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enounced ;
present participle & verbal noun Enouncing .] [ French
énoncer , Latin
enuntiare ;
e out +
nuntiare to announce, from
nuntius messenger. See
Nuncio , and confer
Enunciate .]
1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. To utter; to articulate. The student should be able to enounce these [ sounds] independently.
A. M. Bell.
Enouncement E·nounce"ment noun Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
Enow E·now" A form of Enough . [ Archaic] Shak.
Enpatron En·pa"tron transitive verb To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Enpierce En·pierce" transitive verb [ See
Empierce .]
To pierce. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Enquere En·quere" intransitive verb To inquire. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Enquicken En·quick"en transitive verb To quicken; to make alive. [ Obsolete]
Dr. H. More.
Enquire En·quire" intransitive verb & t. See Inquire .
Enquirer En·quir"er noun See Inquirer .
Enquiry En·quir"y noun See Inquiry .
Enrace En·race" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
race lineage.]
To enroot; to implant. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Enrage En·rage" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enraged ;
present participle & verbal noun Enraging .] [ French
enrager to be enraged; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
rage rage. See
Rage .]
To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious. Syn. -- To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.
Enragement En·rage"ment noun Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [ Obsolete]
Enrange En·range" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
range . Confer
Enrank ,
Arrange .]
1. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 2. To rove over; to range. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Enrank En·rank" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
rank .]
To place in ranks or in order. [ R.]
Shak.
Enrapt En·rapt" p. adjective [ Prefix
en- +
rapt . Confer
Enravish .]
Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.
Enrapture En·rap"ture transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enraptured (?; 135);
present participle & verbal noun Enrapturing .]
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.
Enravish En·rav"ish transitive verb To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.
Enravishingly En·rav"ish·ing·ly adverb So as to throw into ecstasy.
Enravishment En·rav"ish·ment noun The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.
Enregister En·reg"is·ter transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
register : confer French
enregistrer . Confer
Inregister .]
To register; to enroll or record; to inregister. To read enregistered in every nook
His goodness, which His beauty doth declare.
Spenser.
Enrheum En·rheum" intransitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
rheum : confer French
s'enrhumer .]
To contract a rheum. [ Obsolete]
Harvey.
Enrich En·rich" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enriched ;
present participle & verbal noun Enriching .] [ French
enrichir ; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
riche rich. See
Rich .]
1. To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge. Seeing, Lord, your great mercy
Us hath enriched so openly.
Chaucer's Dream. 2. To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes. 3. To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation. 4. To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind. Sir W. Raleigh.
Enricher En·rich"er noun One who enriches.
Enrichment En·rich"ment noun The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
Enridge En·ridge" transitive verb To form into ridges. Shak.
Enring En·ring" transitive verb To encircle. [ R.]
The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes,
Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst.
Tennyson.
Enripen En·rip"en transitive verb To ripen. [ Obsolete]
Donne.
Enrive En·rive" transitive verb To rive; to cleave. [ Obsolete]
Enrobe En·robe" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
robe : confer Old French
enrober .]
To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
Enrockment En·rock"ment noun [ Prefix
en- +
rock .]
A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
Enroll En·roll" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enrolled ;
present participle & verbal noun Enrolling .] [ Prefix
en- +
roll : confer French
enrôler ; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
rôle roll or register. See
Roll ,
noun ] [ Written also
enrol .]
1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist. An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling .
Milton. All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
Prescott. 2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Enroller En·roll"er noun One who enrolls or registers.
Enrollment En·roll"ment noun [ Confer French
enrôlement .] [ Written also
enrolment .]
1. The act of enrolling; registration. Holland. 2. A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.
Enroot En·root" transitive verb To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.
Enround En·round" transitive verb To surround. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Ens Ens noun [ Latin ,
ens ,
entis , a thing. See
Entity .]
1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings. 2. (Chemistry) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [ Obsolete]
Ensafe En·safe" (ĕn*sāf")
transitive verb To make safe. [ Obsolete]
Hall.
Ensample En·sam"ple noun [ Old French
ensample ,
essample , French
exemple . See
Example .]
An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [ Obsolete]
Tyndale. Being ensamples to the flock.
1 Pet. v. 3.
Ensample En·sam"ple transitive verb To exemplify, to show by example. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Ensanguine En·san"guine transitive verb To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. "The
ensanguined field."
Milton.
Ensate En"sate adjective [ New Latin
ensatus , from Latin
ensis sword.]
(Bot. & Zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
Enscale En·scale" transitive verb To cover with scales.
Enschedule En·sched"ule transitive verb To insert in a schedule. See Schedule . [ R.]
Shak.
Ensconce En·sconce" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ensconced ;
imperfect & past participle 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.
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