Enseal En新eal" (ĕn*sēl")
transitive verb To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [ Obsolete]
This deed I do enseal .
Piers Plowman.
Enseam En新eam" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
seam suture. Confer
Inseam .]
To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
Enseam En新eam" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
seam grease.]
To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [ Obsolete]
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed.
Shak.
Ensear En新ear" transitive verb To sear; to dry up. [ Obsolete]
Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
Shak.
Ensearch En新earch" intransitive verb [ Old French
encerchier . See
Search .]
To make search; to try to find something. [ Obsolete] --
transitive verb To search for. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Elyot.
Enseel En新eel" (ĕn*sēl")
transitive verb To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [ Obsolete]
Enseint En新eint" (ĕn*sānt")
adjective (Law) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte . [ Obsolete]
Ensemble En`sem"ble noun [ French]
The whole; all the parts taken together.
Ensemble En`sem"ble adverb [ French]
All at once; together.
Enshelter En新hel"ter transitive verb To shelter. [ Obsolete]
Enshield En新hield" transitive verb To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [ Archaic]
Shak.
Enshield En新hield" adjective Shielded; enshielded. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Enshrine En新hrine" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enshrined ;
present participle & verbal noun Enshrining .]
To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory. We will enshrine it as holy relic.
Massinger.
Enshroud En新hroud" transitive verb To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
Ensiferous En新if"er搗us adjective [ Latin
ensifer ;
ensis sword +
ferre to bear: confer French
ensif鋨e .]
Bearing a sword.
Ensiform En"si搭orm adjective [ Latin
ensis sword +
-form : confer French
ensiforme .]
Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage , &
Ensiform process .
(Anat.) See Xiphisternum .
Ensign En"sign noun [ Latin
enseigne , Latin
insignia , plural of
insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag;
in + signum mark, sign. See
Sign , and confer
Insignia , 3d
Ancient .]
1. A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like. Hang up your ensigns , let your drums be still.
Shak. 2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
Is. v. 26. 3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. The ensigns of our power about we bear.
Waller. 4. (a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. (b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc. » In the British army the rank of
ensign was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the
color sergeant .
Ensign bearer ,
one who carries a flag; an ensign.
Ensign En"sign transitive verb 1. To designate as by an ensign. [ Obsolete]
Henry but joined the roses that ensigned
Particular families.
B. Jonson. 2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.) , by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned .
Ensigncy En"sign搾y noun ;
plural Ensigncies The rank or office of an ensign.
Ensignship En"sign新hip noun The state or rank of an ensign.
Ensilage En"si損age noun [ F.; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
silo . See
Silo .]
1. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder. 2. The fodder preserved in a silo.
Ensilage En"si損age transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ensilaged ;
present participle & verbal noun Ensilaging .]
To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
Ensile En新ile" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ensiled ;
present participle & verbal noun Ensiling .] [ French
ensiler : confer Spanish
ensilar . See
Silo .]
To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. --
En"si*list noun
Ensky En新ky" transitive verb To place in the sky or in heaven. [ R.] "A thing
enskied and sainted."
Shak.
Enslave En新lave" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Enslaved ;
present participle & verbal noun Enslaving .]
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war,
Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will.
Cowper.
Enslavedness En新lav"ed搖ess noun State of being enslaved.
Enslavement En新lave"ment noun The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies.
South.
Enslaver En新lav"er noun One who enslaves. Swift.
Ensnare En新nare" transitive verb To catch in a snare. See Insnare .
Ensnarl En新narl" transitive verb To entangle. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Ensober En新o"ber transitive verb To make sober. [ Obsolete]
Sad accidents to ensober his spirits.
Jer. Taylor.
Ensoul En新oul" transitive verb To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [ R.]
Emerson.
Ensphere En新phere" transitive verb [ Prefix
en- +
sphere . Confer
Insphere .]
1. To place in a sphere; to envelop. His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered .
Chapman. 2. To form into a sphere.
Enstamp En新tamp" transitive verb To stamp; to mark as with a stamp; to impress deeply. It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character.
Gogan.
Enstate En新tate" transitive verb See Instate .
Enstatite En"sta暗ite noun [ Named from Greek ... an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.]
(Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.
Enstatitic En`sta暗it"ic adjective Relating to enstatite.
Enstore En新tore" transitive verb [ See
Instaurate .]
To restore. [ Obsolete]
Wyclif.
Enstyle En新tyle" transitive verb To style; to name. [ Obsolete]
Ensuable En新u"a搓le adjective Ensuing; following.
Ensue En新ue" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ensued ;
present participle & verbal noun Ensuing .] [ Old French
ensevre , Old French & French
ensuivre , from Latin
insequi ;
in + sequi to pursue. See
Sue .]
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [ Obsolete] "Seek peace, and
ensue it."
1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
Golding.
Ensue En新ue" intransitive verb To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one. So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued .
Pope. Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues , unless the exciting cause be presently removed.
I. Taylor. Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See
Follow .
Ensure En新ure" transitive verb 1. To make sure. See Insure . 2. To betroth. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. More.
Ensurer En新ur"er noun See Insurer .
Enswathe En新wathe" transitive verb To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak.
Enswathement En新wathe"ment noun The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.
Ensweep En新weep" transitive verb To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [ R.]
Thomson.
Ent- Ent- A prefix signifying within . See Ento- .
Entablature En暗ab"la暗ure noun [ Old French
entablature : confer It
intavolatura , from Late Latin
intabulare to construct a basis; Latin
in + tabulatum board work, flooring, from
tabula . See
Table .]
(Architecture) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column , Cornice . » It is commonly divided into
architrave , the part immediately above the column;
frieze , the central space; and
cornice , the upper projecting moldings.
Parker.
Entablement En暗ab"le搶ent noun [ French
entablement , Late Latin
intabulamentum .]
See Entablature . [ R.]
Evelyn.
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