Part 63

=encadrer=, _v.a._, to frame, to encircle; to introduce, to insert. _Faire — un tableau_; to have a picture framed. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be introduced, inserted, inclosed; to fit in.

=encadreur=, _n.m._, picture-frame maker.

=encager=, _v.a._, to cage, to put in a cage.

=encaissage=, _n.m._, incasing; (hort.) tubbing.

=encaisse=, _n.f._, (fin., com.) cash in hand, cash-balance, metallic reserve.

=encaissé=, =-e=, _part._, incased; embanked, sunk, hollow. _Cette rivière est —e_; that river flows between high banks.

=encaissement= (ān-kès-mān), _n.m._, packing in cases; packing; putting in boxes; embankment; (fin.) collection. _Sauf —_; when paid, if paid.

=encaisser=, _v.a._, to incase, to pack; to put in a box; to embank; to collect; to encash, to receive; (fin.) to collect; to lay down a bed (to roads).

=encan=, _n.m._, auction, public sale. _Vente à l’—_; sale by public auction. _Mettre a l’—_; to put up for sale. _Vendre à l’—_; to sell by auction.

*=encanailler=, _v.a._, to degrade; to lower by mixing with low company.

*_s’_=encanailler=, _v.r._, to keep low company; to lose caste. _Gardez-vous de vous encanailler_; beware of keeping low company.

=encapuchonné=, =-e=, _part._, cowled, hooded.

=encapuchonner=, _v.a._, to put on a cowl.

_s’_=encapuchonner=, _v.r._, to wear a cowl; to put on a cowl; (man.) to arch the neck (of horses).

=encaquement=, _n.m._, packing; barreling.

=encaquer=, _v.a._, to barrel; to cram full up.

=encaqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, packer.

=encarter=, _v.a._, (print.) to insert as a cancel.

_s’_=encarter=, _v.r._, to be inserted as a cancel.

=en-cas=, _n.m._, (_—_) sunshade (large enough to be used as an umbrella); collation kept ready in case of need.

=encastelé=, =-e=, _adj._, hoof-bound (of a horse).

_s’_=encasteler=, _v.r._, to be hoof-bound.

=encastelure=, _n.f._, contracted heels.

=encastrement=, _n.m._, fitting; fitting in.

=encastrer=, _v.a._, to fit, to fit in.

_s’_=encastrer=, _v.r._, to fit, to fit in.

=encaustique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (paint.) encaustic, furniture-paste.

=encavement= (ān-kav-mān), _n.m._, storing (in cellar).

=encaver=, _v.a._, to put _or_ store in a cellar.

=encaveur=, _n.m._, cellar-man.

=enceindre=, _v.a._, to inclose, to encircle, to encompass, to surround. _— de murailles_; to inclose with walls.

=enceinte=, _adj.f._, pregnant; with child; enceinte.

=enceinte=, _n.f._, circuit, circumference; inclosure, precincts; place; (fort.) enceinte. _Mur d’—_; inclosure wall. _Mur d’— continue_; wall of circumvallation. _Dans cette —_; within these walls.

=encens=, _n.m._, incense, frankincense; fragrance; homage; praise; flattery. _Brûler de l’— sur les autels_; to burn incense on the altars. _Donner de l’— à quelqu’un_; to flatter any one.

=encensement= (an-sāns-mān), _n.m._, incensing; praising, praise; flattery.

=encenser=, _v.a._, to incense, to perfume with frankincense; to flatter, to pay homage to.

=encenseur=, _n.m._, burner of incense; flatterer.

=encensier=, _n.m._, rosemary.

=encensoir=, _n.m._, censer, perfuming-pan; (astron.) Ara; (fig.) ecclesiastical power. _Mettre la main à l’—_; to meddle with ecclesiastical affairs. _Donner de l’— par le nez_, _casser le nez à coups d’—_; to flatter fulsomely.

=encéphale=, _n.m._, encephalon (brain).

=encéphalique=, _adj._, (anat.) encephalic.

=encéphalite=, _n.f._, inflammation of the brain.

=encéphalocèle=, _n.f._, encephalocele, hernia of the brain.

=enchaînement= (ān-shèn-mān), _n.m._, chaining, linking; concatenation, chain, series, connection.

=enchaîner=, _v.a._, to chain up, to chain, to bind in chains, to chain down, to detain, to restrain; to captivate; to link, to connect.

_s’_=enchaîner=, _v.r._, to link, to be connected.

=enchaînure=, _n.f._, (tech.) chain; chain-work; connection.

=enchanteler= (ān-shān-tlé), _v.a._, to arrange timber in a yard; to set (casks) on gawntrees.

=enchantement= (ān-shān-tmān), _n.m._, enchantment, charm, delight; magic, witchcraft. _Par —_; by enchantment. _Il est dans l’—_; he is delighted.

=enchanter=, _v.a._, to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate, to charm, to gratify. _Je suis enchanté de vous voir_; I am delighted to see you.

=enchante-ur=, =-resse=, _n._ and _adj._, enchanter, enchantress, bewitcher, charmer, enchanting, bewitching. _Voix —resse_; enchanting voice.

=enchaper=, _v.a._, to hook, to fasten; to case, to inclose one cask in another.

=enchaperonner=, _v.a._, to hood (a hawk).

=encharner=, _v.a._, to put hinges to.

=enchâsser=, _v.a._, to enchase, to enshrine; to insert; to introduce; to set. _— dans de l’or_; to set in gold. _— un diamant_; to set a diamond. _— une anecdote dans un discours_; to introduce an anecdote into a speech.

=enchâssure=, _n.f._, setting; insertion; introduction.

=enchausser=, _v.a._, (gard.) to earth up.

=enchaux=, _n.m._, lime-wash.

=enchère=, _n.f._, bidding (at an auction); auction. _Vente à l’—_, _aux —s_; sale by auction. _Couvrir une —_; to make a higher bid. _Vendre à l’—_, _aux —s_; to sell by auction. _Folle —_; bidding for what one cannot pay. _Mettre aux —s_; to bring to the hammer; to put up to auction. _Payer la folle —_; to pay dear for one’s rashness. _Il est à l’—_; he is to be bought by the highest bidder. _— au rabais_; a Dutch auction.

=enchérir=, _v.a._, to bid for, to outbid, to overbid; to raise (prices).

=enchérir=, _v.n._, to bid, to outbid; (fig.) to surpass, to outdo, to go further; to rise (in price). _La volaille a enchéri_; poultry has risen in price.

=enchérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, rise, increase, advance in price.

=enchérisseur=, _n.m._, bidder (at an auction).

=enchevalement=, _n.m._, propping, underpinning (of a house).

=enchevauchure=, _n.f._, (tech.) lapping over.

=enchevêtré=, =-e=, _part._, entangled; confused; in a tangle, mixed up.

=enchevêtrement=, _n.m._, entanglement; confusion.

=enchevêtrer=, _v.a._, to halter; to entangle, to confuse.

_s’_=enchevêtrer=, _v.r._, to get a foot entangled in the halter; to get entangled; to get confused, embarrassed.

=enchevêtrure=, _n.f._, (carp.) binding; (vet.) halter-cast.

=enchifrené=, =-e=, _part._, stuffed up (of the nose). _Je suis tout —_; my nose is all stuffed up.

=enchifrènement= (-èn-mān), _n.m._, stuffing up (of the nose); snuffles.

_s’_=enchifrener=, _v.r._, to get a cold in the head.

=enchiridion= (-ki-), _n.m._, (antiq.) manual, enchiridion.

=enchymose= (-ki-), _n.f._, (med.) cutaneous hyperæmia.

=enclave=, _n.f._, piece of inclosed land; boundary, limit; recess (of a lock on a river).

=enclavé=, =-e=, _part._, inclosed.

=enclavement= (an-klav-mān), _n.m._, inclosing.

=enclaver=, _v.a._, to inclose; to hem in, to wedge in.

_s’_=enclaver=, _v.r._, to be inclosed (in other land).

=enclin=, =-e=, _adj._, inclined, prone, addicted, apt, given to.

=encliquetage=, _n.m._, (tech.) catch.

=encliqueter=, _v.a._, to cog with a catch.

=enclitique=, _n.f._, (gram.) enclitic.

=encloîtrer=, _v.a._, to cloister.

=enclore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence _or_ take in.

=enclos=, _n.m._, inclosure, close; paddock, orchard.

=enclouage=, _n.m._, spiking.

=enclouer=, _v.a._, to prick animals (in shoeing); to spike (a gun).

=enclouure=, _n.f._, prick (in shoeing, etc.); difficulty, obstacle, hitch.

=enclume=, _n.f._, anvil; (anat.) incus. _Billot d’—_; anvil-block. _Être entre le marteau et l’—_; to be between the devil and the deep sea. _Remettre sur l’—_; to remodel. _Il frappe toujours sur la même —_; he is always harping on the same string.

=enclumeau= _or_ =enclumot=, _n.m._, hand-anvil.

=encoche=, _n.f._, notch (on a tally, etc.).

=encocher=, _v.a._, to notch. _— une flèche_; to fit an arrow in the bow.

=encoffrer=, _v.n._, to put in a coffer; to lay up; to bag, to cage, to quod.

*=encoignure= _or_ =encognure= (an-ko-gnur), _n.f._, corner; angle (of a street); corner-piece.

=encollage=, _n.m._, sizing.

=encoller=, _v.a._, to size.

=encolure=, _n.f._, neck and shoulders of a horse; (b.s.) appearance, looks (of a person).

=encombrant=, _adj._, bulky, cumbering, encumbering, cumbersome.

=encombre=, _n.m._, accident, impediment, hindrance, obstacle.

=encombrement=, _n.m._, obstruction, stoppage; crowding, crowd.

=encombrer=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to encumber, to embarrass, to block up; to throng.

_à l’_=encontre=, _prep._, counter, against. _Aller à l’— de quelque chose_; to run counter to a thing.

=encorbellement= (-bèl-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) corbeling, projecting.

=encore=, _adv._, yet, still, more, again; once more; further; moreover; besides, however. _Il n’est pas — venu_; he is not yet come. _À sept heures j’attendais —_; at seven o’clock I was still waiting. _—?_ what, again? _Outre l’argent, on lui donna — un cheval_; besides the money, he had, moreover, a horse given him. _— s’il voulait m’envoyer dire_; if, only, he would send me word. _Vous servez-vous — de ce livre?_ are you still using that book? _Il est — plus riche que son frère_; he is still richer than his brother. _Quoi —?_ what else? _— moins_; still less. _Prenez — un verre de vin_; take another glass of wine. _— une fois je vous dis_; I tell you once more. _Hier —_; only yesterday.

=encore=, _conj._, even, yet. _— que_; though, although.

=encorné=, =-e=, _adj._, horned, tossed.

=encorner=, _v.a._, to horn; to gore; to toss.

=encourageant=, =-e=, _adj._, encouraging, cheering, inspiriting.

=encouragement= (-raj-mān), _n.m._, encouragement, incitement, incentive; countenance, support.

=encourager=, _v.a._, to encourage, to stimulate; to contenance, to support, to be a promoter of.

_s’_=encourager=, _v.r._, to encourage each other.

=encourir=, _v.a._, to incur, to draw down upon one’s self, to fall under. _— le mépris de tout le monde_; to draw down general contempt upon one’s self.

=encouture=, _n.f._, (nav.) clincher-work.

=encrage=, _n.m._, (print.) inking.

=encrassement=, _n.m._, fouling (of fire-arms).

=encrasser=, _v.a._, to make dirty, to dirty; to foul.

_s’_=encrasser=, _v.r._, to get foul _or_ greasy, to become dirty; to lower one’s self; to become foul.

=encre=, _n.f._, ink. _— à écrire_; writing ink. _— d’imprimerie_; printing ink. _— de Chine_; Indian ink. _C’est la bouteille à l’—_; there’s no seeing through that. _Tacher d’—_; to ink. _Ecrire de bonne — à quelqu’un_; to write in strong terms to any one. _Être dans la bouteille à l’—_; to be in the secret.

=encrêper=, _v.a._, to cover with crape.

_s’_=encrêper=, _v.r._, to put on crape.

=encrer=, _v.a._, (print.) to ink. _v.n._, to take the ink.

=encrier=, _n.m._, inkstand, ink-horn; (print.) ink-trough. _Table d’—_; (print.) ink-table.

=encroué=, _adj._, entangled (of trees).

=encroûté=, =-e=, _part._, covered with a crust; rusty; full of prejudices.

=encroûter=, _v.a._, to crust; to plaster a wall.

_s’_=encroûter=, _v.r._, to crust, to get hard, to become heavy; to become stupid, rusty.

=encuirasser=, _v.a._, to cover with a cuirass.

_s’_=encuirasser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s cuirass; to get covered with dirt; to become hardened.

=enculasser=, _v.a._, to breech (a gun).

=encuvement= (ān-kuv-mān), =encuvage=, _n.m._, tubbing.

=encuver=, _v.a._, to put into a vat, to tub.

=encyclique=, _n.f._ and _adj._, encyclical letter; encyclical.

=encyclopédie=, _n.f._, encyclopædia.

=encyclopédique=, _adj._, encyclopedic.

=encyclopédiste=, _n.m._, encyclopedist.

=endécagone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (geom.) hendecagon.

=endémique=, _adj._, endemical, endemic.

=endenté=, =-e=, _adj._, indented; furnished with teeth.

=endenter=, _v.a._, (carp.) to indent; to cog, to tooth, to supply with teeth.

=endetter=, _v.a._, to cause to run into debt; to get a person into debt.

_s’_=endetter=, _v.r._, to run into debt, to contract debts.

=endêvé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (fam., l.u.) irritable, passionate person; impatient, irritable, passionate.

=endêver=, _v.n._, to fume, to be vexed. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to vex any one; to drive any one mad.

=endiablé=, =-e=, _adj._, possessed; devilish; wicked, horrible.

=endiablé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person possessed. _C’est un —_; he is like one possessed.

=endiabler=, _v.n._, to be furious. _Faire —_; to torment, to plague to death; to render furious.

=endiguement=, =endigage=, _n.m._, damming in; damming up.

=endiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to dam in; to dam up; to embank.

=endimanché=, =-e=, _adj._, dressed in Sunday best; with all one’s finery on.

_s’_=endimancher=, _v.r._, to put on one’s Sunday clothes.

=endive=, _n.f._, endive.

=endoctriner=, _v.a._, to indoctrinate, to teach; to give his cue (to any one).

=endoctrineur=, _n.m._, teacher; prompter.

=endolori=, =-e=, _adj._, painful, aching, sore.

_s’_=endolorir=, _v.r._, to make sore, tender; to ache, to become sore.

=endolorissement=, _n.m._, pain, aching, soreness.

=endommagement= (-maj-mān), _n.m._, loss, injury.

=endommager=, _v.a._, to damage, to injure.

_s’_=endommager=, _v.r._, to be damaged; to become deteriorated.

=endormeur=, _n.m._, cajoler, wheedler, flatterer, coaxer.

=endormi=, =-e=, _part._, asleep, sleeping; sleepy, drowsy, sluggish; benumbed. _J’ai la jambe —e_; my leg is benumbed.

=endormi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, sleepy person; sleepy head; person asleep. _Faire l’—_; to sham sleep.

=endormir=, _v.a._, to lull asleep, to send to sleep; to rock to sleep; to wheedle, to amuse, to deceive; to benumb, to lull. _Endormez cet enfant_; rock that child to sleep. _Sa conversation vous endort_; his conversation sends you to sleep. _Cela m’a endormi la jambe_; that has benumbed my leg.

_s’_=endormir=, _v.r._, to fall asleep, to go to sleep, to slumber; to be lulled into security. _S’— du sommeil de la tombe_; to sleep the sleep of death. _S’— dans le vice_; to be steeped in vice. _Il s’est endormi sur cette affaire_; he was wanting in vigilance in that business. _S’— sur le rôti_; to let slip the favorable opportunity.

=endos=, _n.m._, (com.) endorsement.

=endosmose=, _n.f._, (phys.) endosmose.

=endosse=, _n.f._, (fam.) trouble; burden.

=endossement= (ān-dôsmān), _n.m._, (com.) endorsement. _V._ =endos=, which is more frequently used.

=endosser=, _v.a._, to put on one’s back; to buckle on; to put on; to don; to saddle; (com.) to indorse. _— une lettre de change_; to indorse a bill of exchange. _— le harnais_; to put on the harness.

=endosseur=, _n.m._, (com.) indorser.

=endroit=, _n.m._, place, spot, part, passage; point; right side (of a stuff). _Son plus bel —_; any one’s, any thing’s, best side. _— faible_; weak point. _— sensible_; sensitive point. _À l’— de_; with regard, _or_ with respect, to. _À deux —s_; reversible (of stuffs).

=enduire= (enduisant, enduit), _v.a._, to do over, to lay over, to coat, to smear. _— une muraille de plâtre_; to do a wall over with plaster.

=enduit=, _n.m._, coat, coating, layer; glaze, glazing; varnish; polish.

=endurant=, =-e=, _adj._, patient, enduring; tolerant. _Peu —_; impatient of injury.

=endurci=, =-e=, _part._, hardened, obdurate, inured, callous. _Un cheval — aux coups_; a horse inured to blows. _Pécheur —_; hardened sinner.

=endurci=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, hardened sinner.

=endurcir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make hard, to toughen, to inure; to render obdurate, to steel; to indurate; to render callous. _Le travail endurcit le corps_; labor hardens the body. _L’avarice avait endurci son cœur_; avarice had steeled his heart.

_s’_=endurcir=, _v.r._, to harden; to grow hard; to be steeled; to become callous; to indurate.

=endurcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, hardness; hardness of heart, obduracy; callousness.

=endurer=, _v.a._, to endure, to bear; to suffer, to undergo; to allow, to put up with, to permit.

=énéide=, _n.f._, Eneid, Æneid.

=énéorème=, _n.m._, (med.) eneorema.

=énergie=, _n.f._, force, energy, strength, force, vigor, power. _Avec —_; with energy. _Sans —_; of no energy.

=énergique=, _adj._, energetic, energetical, strong, vigorous, forcible. _Remède —_; powerful remedy.

=énergiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, energetically, vigorously, strenuously.

=énergumène=, _n.m.f._, demoniac; fanatic; desperado.

=énervation=, _n.f._, _or_ =énervement=, _n.m._, enervation.

=énerver=, _v.a._, to enervate, to unnerve.

_s’_=énerver=, _v.r._, to become enervated _or_ unnerved.

=enfaîteau=, _n.m._, (mas.) ridge-tile, gutter-tile.

=enfaîtement= (ān-fêt-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) ridge-lead.

=enfaîter=, _v.a._, to ridge a house.

=enfance=, _n.f._, infancy, childhood; childishness, puerility, dotage; childish action. _Première —_; earliest infancy. _Dès mon —_; from my infancy. _Sortir de l’—_; to emerge from childhood. _Être en —_; to be in one’s dotage. _Tomber en —_; to become childish.

=enfant=, _n.m.f._, child; infant; native; (jur.) issue. _— adoptif_; adopted child. _L’— prodigue_; the prodigal son. _L’— à naître_; the child unborn. _— trouvé_; foundling. _— naturel_; natural child. _Un — de famille_; a young gentleman. _— de la balle_; child that follows his father’s profession, _or_ chip of the old block. _Un — à la mamelle_; an infant at the breast. _Un — mort-né_; a still-born child. _Discours d’—_; childish language. _— de chœur_; chorister. _Les —s perdus_; (milit.) the forlorn hope. _Faire l’—_; to play the child; to behave like a child. _C’est bien l’— de sa mère_; he is a chip of the old block. _En travail d’—_; in labor. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good child, he is a good fellow. _Les —s de France_; the children of the King of France, the children of the eldest son of the King of France. _Petits enfants_; little children. _Petits-enfants_; grandchildren.

=enfantement= (ān-fān-tmān), _n.m._, childbirth.

=enfanter=, _v.a._, to bear, to bring forth; to produce; to beget; to bring to light; to give birth to.

=enfantillage=, _n.m._, child’s play, childishness.

=enfantin=, =-e=, _adj._, infantine, childish.

=enfariner=, _v.a._, to flour, to sprinkle with flour. _Être enfariné de quelque science_; to have a smattering of some science. _Être enfariné d’une mauvaise doctrine_; to be prepossessed in favor of a bad doctrine. _Il est venu nous dire cela la gueule enfarinée_; (triv.) he came, full of stupid confidence, to tell us that.

=enfer= (an-fèr), _n.m._, hell; infernal, _or_ lower, regions. _Au fond de l’—_; in the depths of hell. _Les peines de l’—_; the torments of hell. _L’— s’est déchaîné contre moi_; hell is let loose against me. _Tison d’—_; hell-hound. _Un feu d’—_; a scathing fire.

=enfermé=, _n.m._, close, confined air. _Sentir l’—_; to smell close.

=enfermer=, _v.a._, to shut, to shut in; to shut up; to lock up; to inclose; to coop up, to conceal; to comprehend, to comprise. _C’est un homme à —_; that man ought to be confined in a mad-house. _— à clef_; to keep under lock and key. _— un parc de murailles_; to wall in a park.

_s’_=enfermer=, _v.r._, to lock one’s self up, to seclude one’s self; to lock, to lock up (of a thing).

=enferrer=, _v.a._, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to transfix.

_s’_=enferrer=, _v.r._, to run one’s self through with a sword, etc.; (fig.) to injure one’s self; to fall into a snare; to get into a fix.

=enficeler=, _v.a._, to tie with a string.

=enfièvrement=, _n.m._, feverishness.

=enfilade=, _n.f._, suite (of chambers); string (of phrases); (milit.) enfilade. _D’—_; raking (fire).

=enfiler=, _v.a._, to thread, to string; to pierce, to run any one through with a sword, etc.; to engage in; to slip on; (milit.) to enfilade. _— une aiguille_; to thread a needle. _— des perles_; to string pearls; to lose one’s time. _— un discours_; to begin a long-winded speech. _— un homme_; to run a man through the body.

_s’_=enfiler=, _v.r._, to be run through, to be pierced; to get engaged _or_ involved in.

=enfileur=, _n.m._, header (in pin-making); prattler; (pop.) cheat, wheedler.

=enfin=, _adv._, in fine, finally, at length, in short, after all, at last, lastly.

=enflammé=, =-e=, _part._, on fire, in flames, ignited; kindled.

=enflammer=, _v.a._, to set on fire, to fire, to set in a blaze, to kindle; to inflame, to heat; to incense, to provoke.

_s’_=enflammer=, _v.r._, to take fire, to be kindled, to be inflamed, to blaze; to be ablaze; to be incensed; to ignite. _On vit tout le vaisseau s’—_; they saw the whole ship ablaze _or_ break into flames.

=enflé=, =-e=, _part._, swelled, inflated, puffed up, bloated; (lit.) bombastic, turgid, high-flown.

=enfle-bœuf=, _n.m._, golden-beetle.

=enflécher=, _v.n._, (nav.) to go up into the shrouds.

=enfléchure=, _n.f._, shroud, ratline.

=enfler=, _v.a._, to swell, to swell out, to blow out, to bloat; to puff up, to distend, to elate, to excite; to inflate. _Le vent enflait nos voiles_; the wind swelled our sails.

_s’_=enfler=, _v.r._, to swell, to grow turgid. _La voile s’enfle_; the sail swells out. _S’— d’orgueil_; to be puffed up with pride.

=enflure=, _n.f._, bloatedness, swelling; (fig.) bombast, turgidness. _— du style_; turgidness of style.

=enfoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken open, sunken. Des yeux enfoncés; sunken eyes. _—!_ (pop.) dished! done for!

=enfoncement= (ān-fons-mān), _n.m._, sinking, sinking down; breaking in; recess; (paint.) background.

=enfoncer=, _v.a._, to sink, to sink to the bottom; to drive in; to break in; to outwit, to surpass; to ruin, to blow up, to dish, to diddle. _— un clou dans la muraille_; to drive a nail into the wall. _— son chapeau_; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes. _— un bataillon_; to break through a battalion.

_s’_=enfoncer=, _v.r._, to sink, to sink down; to break down; to bury one’s self in; to plunge; to fail, to make a mess of. _S’— dans un bois_; to dive into a wood. _Cet homme s’enfonce dans l’étude_; that man buries himself in study. _S’— dans la débauche_; to plunge into debauchery.

=enfoncer=, _v.n._, to sink.

=enfonceur=, _n.m._, one who breaks in _or_ through anything; (fig.) cheat, diddler. _— de portes ouvertes_; braggart.

=enfonçure=, _n.f._, cavity, hole, hollow; boards (of a bedstead); bottom pieces (of casks).

=enforcir=, _v.a._, to strengthen.

_s’_=enforcir=, _v.r._, to gather strength; to grow stronger.

=enforcir=, _v.n._, to gather strength, to get strength.

=enformer=, _v.a._, to put on the block; to block (hats).

=enfouir=, _v.a._, to hide _or_ bury in the ground, to cover with earth.

=enfouissement= (ān-foo-is-mān), _n.m._, burying, hiding in the ground.

=enfouisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, burier.

=enfourcher=, _v.a._, to bestride, to straddle; to pierce with a pitchfork.

=enfourchure=, _n.f._, fork, crotch; (hunt.) forked head (of a stag).

=enfourner=, _v.a._, to put in the oven. _Bien —_, _mal —_; to make a good, a bad, beginning.

=enfournée=, _n.f._, putting in the oven _or_ kiln.

_s’_=enfourner=, _v.r._, to get into a difficult road, into a blind alley, into a scrape.

=enfreindre= (enfreignant, enfreint), _v.a._, to infringe, to break, to violate. _— un traité_; to infringe a treaty. _— les lois_; to transgress the laws.

=enfroquer=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to make (any one) turn monk _or_ friar.

_s’_=enfroquer=, _v.r._, (b.s.) to turn monk.

_s’_=enfuir=, _v.r._, to run away, to flee, to take flight, to escape; to run off; to elope; to run out, to leak. _Ils s’étaient enfuis de prison_; they had made their escape from prison. _La bouteille s’enfuit_; the bottle leaks.

=enfumé=, =-e=, _part._, smoked, smoky.

=enfumer=, _v.a._, to smoke, to fill with smoke, to smoke out. _— un renard_; to smoke out a fox.

=enfutage=, _n.m._, casking.

=enfutailler=, _v.a._, to cask, to barrel, to tun.

=engagé=, _n.m._, enlisted soldier.

=engagé=, =-e=, _part._, engaged, enlisted; (nav.) in action, water-logged. _La clef est —e dans la serrure_; the key sticks in the lock. _Vaisseau —_; water-logged ship.

=engageant=, =-e= (-jān-t), _adj._, engaging, winning, pleasing, taking, winsome. _Il a des manières —es_; he has winning manners.

=engageantes=, _n.f.pl._, short under-sleeves with lace cuffs.