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Enodation (?), n. [L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See .] The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.
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Enode (?), v. t. [L. enodare; e out + nodare to fill with knots, nodus a knot.] To clear of knots; to make clear. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Enoint (?), a. Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Enomotarch (?), n. [Gr. �; � + � leader. See .] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.
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Enomoty (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � sworn; � in + � to swear.] (Gr. Antiq.) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
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Enopla (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � armed; � in + �, pl., armor.] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.
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Enoptomancy (?), n. [Gr. � visible in (a thing) + -mancy.] Divination by the use of a mirror.
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Enorm (?), a. [Cf. F. énorme. See .] Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Enormity (?), n.; pl. Enormities (#). [L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. énormité. See .] 1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
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The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey.
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2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
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These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. South.
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Enormous (?), a. [L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e out + norma rule: cf. F. énorme. See .] 1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. “Enormous bliss.” Milton. “This enormous state.” Shak. “The hoop's enormous size.” Jenyns.
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Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.
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2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
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That detestable profession of a life so enormous. Bale.

Syn. -- Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious; monstrous. -- , , . We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence or far exceeds its proper average or standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense. “Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately excessive rigor.” V. Knox. “Complaisance becomes servitude when it is excessive.” La Rochefoucauld (Trans).
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Enormously, adv. In an enormous degree.
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Enormousness, n. The state of being enormous.
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Enorthotrope (?), n. [Gr. � 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 .
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Enough (�nŭf), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. genōh, genōg, a. & adv. (akin to OS. ginōg, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gnōgr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. ganōhs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. naç, Gr. '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.
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How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17.
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Enough, adv. 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
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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.
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I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. Shak.
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Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. Shak.
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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.
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☞ Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
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Enough, n. 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.”
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. 9.
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enough, interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
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Enounce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing (?).] [F. énoncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See , and cf. .] 1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. To utter; to articulate.
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The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. A. M. Bell.
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Enouncement (?), n. Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
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Enow (?). A form of . [Archaic] Shak.
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En passant (?). [F.] In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif. (Chess), of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square.
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Enpatron (?), v. t. To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.
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Enpierce (?), v. t. [See .] To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.
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Enquere (?), v. i. To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Enquicken (?), v. t. To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Enquire (?), v. i. & t. See .
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Enquirer (?), n. See .
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Enquiry (?), n. See .
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Enrace (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + race lineage.] To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Enrage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging (?).] [F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See .] To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Syn. -- To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.
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enraged adj. filled with or indicating extreme anger; as, an enraged bull.
Syn. -- angered, furious, infuriated, maddened, raging.
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Enragement (?), n. Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]
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Enrange (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + range. Cf. , .] 1. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. To rove over; to range. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Enrank (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + rank.] To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak.
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En rapport (?). [F.] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.
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Enrapt (?), p. a. [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. .] Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.
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Enrapture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.
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Enravish (?), v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.
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Enravishingly, adv. So as to throw into ecstasy.
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Enravishment (?), n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.
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Enregister (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. .] To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.
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To read enregistered in every nook
His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser.
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Enrheum (?), v. i. [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.] To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.
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Enrich (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enriched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.] [F. enrichir; pref. en- (L. in) + riche rich. See .] 1. To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.
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Seeing, Lord, your great mercy
Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.
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2. To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
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3. To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.
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4. To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Enricher (?), n. One who enriches.
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Enrichment (?), n. The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
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Enridge (?), v. t. To form into ridges. Shak.
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Enring (?), v. t. To encircle. [R.]
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The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes,
Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst. Tennyson.
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Enripen (?), v. t. To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.
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Enrive (?), v. t. To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]
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Enrobe (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
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Enrockment (?), n. [Pref. en- + rock.] A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
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Enroll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enrôler; pref. en- (L. in) + rôle roll or register. See , n.] [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.
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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.
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All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Prescott.
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2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] Spenser.
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enrollee n. one who is enrolled, especially a learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.
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Enroller (?), n. One who enrolls or registers.
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Enrollment (?), n. [Cf. F. enrôlement.] [Written also enrolment.] 1. The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.
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2. A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.
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Enroot (?), v. t. To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.
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Enround (?), v. t. To surround. [Obs.] Shak.
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En route (?). [F.] On the way or road.
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Ens (ĕnz), n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See .] 1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.
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2. (Chem.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]
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Ensafe (ĕnsāf), v. t. To make safe. [Obs.] Hall.
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Ensample (?), n. [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See .] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale.
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Being ensamples to the flock. 1 Pet. v. 3.
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Ensample (?), v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Ensanguine (?), v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. “The ensanguined field.” Milton.
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Ensate (?), a. [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
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Enscale (?), v. t. To cover with scales.
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Enschedule (?; 135), v. t. To insert in a schedule. See . [R.] Shak.
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Ensconce (?), 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.
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She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.
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Enseal (ĕnsēl), v. t. To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.]
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This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.
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Enseam (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. .] To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
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Enseam, v. t. [Pref. en- + seam grease.] To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.]
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In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.
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Ensear (?), v. t. To sear; to dry up. [Obs.]
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Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak.
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Ensearch (?), v. i. [OF. encerchier. See .] To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t. To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Enseel (ĕnsēl), v. t. To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]
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Enseint (ĕnsānt), a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See . [Obs.]
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Ensemble (?), n. [F.] The whole; all the parts taken together.
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Ensemble, adv. [F.] All at once; together.
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Enshelter (?), v. t. To shelter. [Obs.]
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Enshield (?), v. t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.
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Enshield, a. Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.
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Enshrine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.] To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
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We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.
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Enshroud (?), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
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Ensiferous (?), a. [L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère.] Bearing a sword.
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Ensiform (?), a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.] Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
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Coloq. Ensiform cartilage , and Coloq. Ensiform process . (Anat.) See .
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ensign (ĕnsĭn also ĕnsīn, except for 4a), n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See , and cf. , 3d .] 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.
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Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak.
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2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
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He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. Is. v. 26.
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3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
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The ensigns of our power about we bear. Waller.
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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.
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. Ensign bearer , one who carries a flag; an ensign.
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Ensign, v. t. 1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]
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Henry but joined the roses that ensigned
Particular families. B. Jonson.
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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.
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Ensigncy (?; 277), n.; pl. Ensigncies (�). The rank or office of an ensign.
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Ensignship, n. The state or rank of an ensign.
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Ensilage (?), n. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See .] 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.
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2. The fodder preserved in a silo.
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Ensilage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging (?).] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
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Ensile (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensiling (?).] [F. ensiler: cf. Sp. ensilar. See .] To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. -- Ensilist (#), n.
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Ensis n. a genus of bivalve mollusks consisting of razor clams.
Syn. -- genus Ensis.
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Ensky (?), v. t. To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] “A thing enskied and sainted.” Shak.
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Enslave (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enslaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.] To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
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The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war,
Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will. Cowper.
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Enslavedness (?), n. State of being enslaved.
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Enslavement (?), n. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
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A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.
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