Chapter 528

My soul is envious of mine eye. Keble.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19.

3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. Spenser.

4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]

No men are so envious of their health. Jer. Taylor.

-- En"vi*ous*ly , adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness , n.

Environ <Xpage=499>

En*vi"ron (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Environed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing .] [F. environner , fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in ) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer .] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed . Spenser.

Environed he was with many foes. Shak.

Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.

Environ <Xpage=499>

En*vi"ron , adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.]

Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.

Environment <Xpage=499>

En*vi"ron*ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. environnement .]

1. Act of environing; state of being environed.

2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

It is no friendly environment , this of thine. Carlyle.

Environs <Xpage=499>

En*vi"rons (?; 277) , n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town .

Chesterfield.

Envisage <Xpage=499>

En*vis"age (?; 48) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Envisaged (?; 48) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging (?) .] [F. envisager ; pref. en- (L. in ) + visage face, visage. See Visage .] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.]

Keats.

From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.

Envisagement <Xpage=499>

En*vis"age*ment (?) , n. The act of envisaging.

Envolume <Xpage=499>

En*vol"ume (?) , v. t. To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [R.]

Envolup <Xpage=499>

En*vol"up (?) , v. t. [See Envelop .] To wrap up; to envelop. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Envoy <Xpage=499>

En"voy (?) , n. [F. envoy\'82 envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in ) + voie way, L. via : cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage , and cf. Invoice .]

1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

2. [F. envoi , fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi .

The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth. Skeat.

Envoyship <Xpage=499>

En"voy*ship , n. The office or position of an envoy.

Envy <Xpage=499>

En"vy (?) , n. ; pl. Envies (#) . [F. envie , L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision .]

1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]

If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of ; as, they did this in envy of C\'91sar .

Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. Ray.

No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. Milton.

Envy , to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. Pope.

3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]

Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy . Ford.

4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]

To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. B. Jonson.

5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay.

Envy <Xpage=499>

En"vy , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Envied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Envying .] [F. envier .]

1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.

2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior. Shak.

Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. Froude.

3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. T. Gray.

4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.]

If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall. J. Fletcher.

5. To hate. [Obs.]

Marlowe.

6. To emulate. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Envy <Xpage=499>

En"vy (?) , v. i.

1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at .

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? Jer. Taylor.

2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] "He has . . . envied against the people."

Shak.

Envyned <Xpage=499>

En*vyned" (?) , a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in ) + vin wine. See Vine .] Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Enwall <Xpage=499>

En*wall" (?) , v. t. See Inwall .

Sir P. Sidney.

Enwallow <Xpage=499>

En*wal"low (?) , v. t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.

So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.

Enwheel <Xpage=499>

En*wheel" (?) , v. t. To encircle.

Shak.

Enwiden <Xpage=499>

En*wid"en (?) , v. t. To widen. [Obs.]

Enwind <Xpage=499>

En*wind" (?) , v. t. To wind about; to encircle.

In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.

Enwoman <Xpage=499>

En*wom"an (?) , v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.]

Daniel.

Enwomb <Xpage=499>

En*womb" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing .]

1. To conceive in the womb. [Obs.]

Spenser.

2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern.

Donne.

Enwrap <Xpage=499>

En*wrap" (?) , v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap .

Enwrapment <Xpage=499>

En*wrap"ment (?) , n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope.

Shuckford.

Enwreathe <Xpage=499>

En*wreathe" (?) , v. t. See Inwreathe .

Shelton.

Enzo\'94tic <Xpage=499>

En`zo*\'94t"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ in + <?/ an animal: cf. F. enzo\'94tique .] Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.

Enzyme <Xpage=499>

En"zyme (?) , n. [Pref. en- (Gr. <?/ in) + Gr. <?/ leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.

Eocene <Xpage=499>

E"o*cene (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ daybreak, dawn + <?/ new, recent.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits . -- n. The Eocene formation.

Lyell.

Eolian <Xpage=499>

E*o"li*an (?) , a. [See \'92olian .]

1. \'92olian.

2. (Geol.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.

Eolian attachment , Eolian harp . See \'92olian .

Eolic <Xpage=499>

E*ol"ic (?) , a. & n. See \'92olic .

Eolipile <Xpage=499>

E*ol"i*pile (?) , n. [Cf. F. \'82olipyle .] Same as \'92olipile .

Eolis <Xpage=499>

E"o*lis (?) , n. [L. Aeolis a daughter of \'92olus, Gr. A'ioli`s .] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papill\'91 along the back. See Ceratobranchia . [Written also \'92olis .]

Eon, \'92on <Xpage=499>

E"on (?) , \'92"on (?) , n. [L. aeon , fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum . See Age .]

1. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

The eons of geological time. Huxley.

2. (Gnostic Philos.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

Among the higher \'92ons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. Am. Cyc.

&hand; Eons were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe.

Eophyte <Xpage=499>

E"o*phyte (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ dawn + <?/ a plant.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

Eophytic <Xpage=499>

E`o*phyt"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to eophytes.

Eos <Xpage=499>

E"os (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Hw`s .] (Gr. Myth.) Aurora, the goddess of morn.

Eosaurus <Xpage=499>

E`o*sau"rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

Eosin <Xpage=499>

E"o*sin (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ dawn.] (Chem.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresce\'8bn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

Eosphorite <Xpage=499>

E*os"pho*rite (?) , n. [From Gr. <?/ Bringer of morn.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

Eozoic <Xpage=499>

E`o*zo"ic (?) , a. [See Eozo\'94n .] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozo\'94n has been found.

&hand; This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic , and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozo\'94n as of organic origin. See Arch\'91an .

Eozo\'94n <Xpage=499>

E`o*zo"\'94n (?) , n. ; pl. Eozo\'94ns (#) , L. Eozoa (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) A peculiar structure found in the Arch\'91an limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.

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Eozo\'94nal <Xpage=500>

E`o*zo"\'94n*al (?) , a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the eozo\'94n; containing eozo\'94ns; as, eozo\'94nal limestone .

Ep- <Xpage=500>

Ep- (?) . [Gr. <?/.] See Epi- .

Epacris <Xpage=500>

Ep"a*cris (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

Epact <Xpage=500>

E"pact (?) , n. [F. \'82pacte , fr. Gr. <?/ brought on or in, added, fr. <?/ to bring on or in; <?/ on, in + <?/ to bring or lead. See Epi- , and Act .] (Chron.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.

Annual epact , the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. -- Menstrual epact , &or; Monthly epact , the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.

Epagoge <Xpage=500>

Ep`a*go"ge (?) , n. [L., from Gr. <?/ a bringing in, fr. <?/. See Epact .] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.

Epagogic <Xpage=500>

Ep`a*gog"ic (?) , a. Inductive.

Latham.

Epalate <Xpage=500>

E*pal"ate (?) , a. [Pref. e- + palpus .] (Zo\'94l.) Without palpi.

Epanadiplosis <Xpage=500>

Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to make double.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, " Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice ."

Phil. iv. 4.

Epanalepsis <Xpage=500>

Ep*an`a*lep"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to take up.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.

Gibbs.

Epanaphora <Xpage=500>

Ep`a*naph"o*ra (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/ a recurrence; <?/ + <?/ to bring or carry back.] (Rhet.) Same as Anaphora .

Gibbs.

Epanastrophe <Xpage=500>

Ep`a*nas"tro*phe (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ a return, epanastrophe; <?/ + <?/ to return.] (Rhet.) Same as Anadiplosis .

Gibbs.

Epanodos <Xpage=500>

E*pan"o*dos (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/ a rising, return; <?/ + <?/ a way up, rising; <?/ up + <?/ way.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order , as in the following: --

O more exceeding love, or law more just? Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton.

Epanody <Xpage=500>

E*pan"o*dy (?) , n. [See Epanodos .] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.

Epanorthosis <Xpage=500>

Ep`an*or*tho"sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to set right again; <?/ again + <?/ to set straight.] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave ! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!

Epanthous <Xpage=500>

Ep*an"thous (?) , a. [Pref. ep- + Gr. <?/ flower.] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.

Eparch <Xpage=500>

Ep"arch (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ over + <?/ chief, <?/ supreme power, dominion.] In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

Eparchy <Xpage=500>

Ep"arch*y (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the post or office of an <?/.] A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

Eparterial <Xpage=500>

Ep`ar*te"ri*al (?) , a. [Pref. ep- + arterial .] (Anat.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Epaule <Xpage=500>

E*paule" (?) , n. [F. \'82paule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet , and cf. Spall the shoulder.] (Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

Epaulement <Xpage=500>

E*paule"ment (?) , n. [F. \'82paulement .] (Fort.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

Epaulet, Epaulette <Xpage=500>

Ep"au*let` , Ep"au*lette` (?) , n. [F. \'82paulette , dim. of \'82paule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. <?/, also, a broad rib, shoulder blade. See Spade the instrument, and cf. Epaule , Spatula .] (Mil.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

&hand; In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.

Epauleted, Epauletted <Xpage=500>

Ep"au*let`ed , Ep"au*let`ted , a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

Epaxial <Xpage=500>

Ep*ax"i*al (?) , a. [Pref. ep- + axial .] (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.

Epeira <Xpage=500>

E*pei"ra (?) , n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider ( E. diadema ). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider .

Epen <Xpage=500>

Ep"en (?) , n. (Anat.) See Epencephalon .

Epencephalic <Xpage=500>

Ep`en*ce*phal"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to the epencephalon. (b) Situated on or over the brain.

Epencephalon <Xpage=500>