Entackle En·tac"kle transitive verb To supply with tackle. [ Obsolete]
Skelton.
Entad En"tad adverb [
Ent- + Latin
ad towards.]
(Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad . B. G. Wilder.
Entail En·tail" noun [ Middle English
entaile carving, Old French
entaille , F., an incision, from
entailler to cut away; prefix
en- (L.
in ) +
tailler to cut; Late Latin
feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See
Tail limitation,
Tailor .]
1. That which is entailed. Hence:
(Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed. A power of breaking the ancient entails , and of alienating their estates.
Hume. 2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [ Obsolete] "A work of rich
entail ."
Spenser.
Entail En·tail" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Entailed ;
present participle & verbal noun Entailing .] [ Middle English
entailen to carve, Old French
entailler . See
Entail ,
noun ]
1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. Allowing them to entail their estates.
Hume. I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
Shak. 2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [ Obsolete]
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
Shak. 3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [ Obsolete]
Entailed with curious antics.
Spenser.
Entailment En·tail"ment noun 1. The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. 2. The condition of being entailed. 3. A thing entailed. Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force.
R. Latin Dugdale.
Ental En"tal adjective [ See
Ent- .]
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal . B. G. Wilder.
Entame En·tame" transitive verb To tame. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Entangle En·tan"gle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Entangled ;
present participle & verbal noun Entangling .]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "
Entangling alliances."
Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings.
Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain.
Froude.
Entanglement En·tan"gle·ment noun State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
Entanglement En·tan"gle·ment noun 1. (Mil.) An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like. 2. (Nautical) An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance.
Entangler En·tan"gler noun One that entangles.
Entasia En·ta"si·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek .... See
Entasis .]
(Medicine) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
Entasis En"ta·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a stretching; from ...; ... in + ... to extend.]
1. (Architecture) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. 2. (Medicine) Same as Entasia .
Entassment En·tass"ment noun [ French
entassement , from
entasser to heap up.]
A heap; accumulation. [ R.]
Entastic En·tas"tic adjective [ Formed as if from (assumed) Greek .... See
Entasis .]
(Medicine) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
Entelechy En·tel"e·chy noun [ Latin
entelechia , Greek ..., probably from ... ... ... to be complete; ... + ... completion, end + ... to have or hold.]
(Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
Entellus En·tel"lus noun [ New Latin , the specific name, from Greek ... to command.]
(Zoology) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey ( Semnopithecus entellus ) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor .
Entend En·tend" intransitive verb [ French
entendre , from Latin
intendere . See
Intend .]
To attend to; to apply one's self to. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Entender En·ten"der transitive verb 1. To make tender. [ R.]
Jer. Taylor. 2. To treat with tenderness. [ R.]
Young.
Ententive En·ten"tive adjective [ Old French
ententif .]
Attentive; zealous. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Enter En"ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Entered ;
present participle & verbal noun Entering .] [ Middle English
entren ,
enteren , French
entrer , from Latin
intrare , from
intro inward, contr. from
intero (sc.
loco ), from
inter in between, between. See
Inter- ,
In , and confer
Interior .]
1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. That darksome cave they enter .
Spenser. I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shall enter heaven, long absent.
Milton. 2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army. 3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc. 4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation. 5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc. 6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse. 7. (Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill. 8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry , 4. 9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preëmption. [ U.S.]
Abbott. 10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, " entered according to act of Congress." 11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Enter En"ter intransitive verb 1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year
entering ."
Evelyn. No evil thing approach nor enter in.
Milton. Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter .
Is. lix. 14. For we which have believed do enter into rest.
Hebrew iv. 3. 2. To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into ; sometimes with on or upon ; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter. 3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into . He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action.
Addison.
Enter- En"ter- [ French entre between, from Latin inter . See Inter- ] A prefix signifying between , among , part .
Enteradenography En`ter·ad`e·nog"ra·phy noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine + ... a gland +
-graphy .]
A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
Enteradenology En`ter·ad`e·nol"o·gy noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine + ... a gland +
-logy .]
The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.
Enteralgia En`ter·al"gi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'e`nteron an intestine + ... pain: confer French
entéralgie .]
(Medicine) Pain in the intestines; colic.
Enterdeal En"ter·deal` noun [
Enter- +
deal .]
Mutual dealings; intercourse. [ Obsolete]
The enterdeal of princes strange.
Spenser.
Enterer En"ter·er noun One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.
Enteric En·ter"ic adjective [ Greek .... See
Enteritis .]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. Enteric fever (Medicine) ,
typhoid fever.
Entering, Entrant, edge En"ter·ing, En"trant, edge = Advancing edge .
Enteritis En`te·ri"tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'e`nteron an intestine +
-itis .]
(Medicine) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.
Enterlace En`ter·lace" transitive verb See Interlace .
Entermete En`ter·mete" intransitive verb [ French
s'entremettre ;
entre between +
mettre to place.]
To interfere; to intermeddle. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Entermewer En"ter·mew`er noun [
Enter- +
mew to molt.]
(Zoology) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
Entermise En`ter·mise" noun [ French
entremise , from
s'entremettre . See
Entermete .]
Mediation. [ Obsolete]
Enterocœle En"ter·o·cœle` noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine +
koi^lon a hollow.]
(Anat.) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocœle , which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
Enterocele En"ter·o·cele` noun [ Greek
'enterokh`lh ;
'e`nteron an intestine +
kh`lh tumor, hernia.]
(Medicine) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
Enterography En`ter·og"ra·phy noun [ Greek ... an intestine +
-graphy .]
(Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
Enterolith En"ter·o·lith noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine +
-lith .]
(Medicine) An intestinal concretion.
Enterology En`ter·ol"o·gy noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine +
-logy : confer French
entérologie .]
The science which treats of the viscera of the body.
Enteron En"te·ron noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'e`nteron an intestine, from
'ento`s within.]
(Anat.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
Enteropathy En`ter·op"a·thy noun [ Greek ... intestine + ... suffering.]
(Medicine) Disease of the intestines.
Enteropneusta En`te·rop·neus"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
'e`nteron an intestine + ... to breathe.]
(Zoology) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.
Enterorrhaphy En`ter·or"rha·phy noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine + ... a sewing.]
(Medicine) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
Enterotome En"ter·o·tome noun [ French
entérotome . See
Enterotomy .]
(Medicine) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
Enterotomy En`ter·ot"o·my noun [ Greek
'e`nteron an intestine +
te`mnein to cut.]
(Medicine) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
Enterparlance En`ter·par"lance noun Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [ Obsolete]
Sir J. Hayward.
Enterplead En`ter·plead" intransitive verb Same as Interplead .
Enterprise En"ter·prise noun [ French
enterprise , from
entreprendre to undertake;
entre between (L.
inter ) +
prendre to take. See
Inter , and
Emprise .]
1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise ; a warlike enterprise . Shak. Their hands can not perform their enterprise .
Job v. 12. 2. Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise .
Enterprise En"ter·prise transitive verb 1. To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [ R.]
The business must be enterprised this night.
Dryden. What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
T. Otway. 2. To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [ Obsolete]
Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise .
Spenser.
Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the search box at the right to search all of Enyclo.
