Chapter 81

E*munc"to*ry (?), n.; pl. Emunctories (#). [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.] (Physiol.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.

Em`us*ca"tion (?), n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.] A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

E"mu wren` (?). (Zoöl.) A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

E"myd (?), n.; pl. E. Emyds (#), E. Emyd&?;&?; (#). [See Emydea.] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.

||E*myd"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh- water tortoise, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

En- (?). 1. [F. en-, L. in.] A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

2. A prefix from Gr. &?; in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In- .

-en. 1. A suffix from AS. - an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.

2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.

3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.

4. [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr. &?;.] An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

5. [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.] The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

En (?), n. (Print.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

En*a"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling (?).] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12.

Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power.

Jer. Taylor.

2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.

Addison.

En*a"ble*ment (?), n. The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

En*act" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]

The king enacts more wonders than a man.

Shak.

3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.

I did enact Julius Caesar.

Shak.

Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

En*act", n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

En*act"ive (?), a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.

En*act"ment (?), n. 1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

En*act"or (?), n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.

En*ac"ture (?; 135), n. Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.

En*al"i*o*saur` (?), n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria.

||En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; marine (&?; in + &?; the sea) + &?; a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an (?), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria.

||E*nal"la*ge (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; an exchange, fr. &?; to exchange; &?; in + &?; to change.] (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

En*am"bush (?), v. t. To ambush. [Obs.]

En*am"el (?), n. [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.] 1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

2. (Min.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

4. (Anat.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled (?) or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.] 1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

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2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck.

Milton.

3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

En*am"el (?), v. i. To practice the art of enameling.

En*am"el, a. Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.

En*am"el*ar (?), a. Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.

En*am"eled (?), a. Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]

{ En*am"el*er (?), En*am"el*ist, } n. One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

En*am"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.] To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.]

Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream.

W. Irving.

En*am"or*ment (?), n. The state of being enamored. [R.]

E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. 'enanti`os opposite + morfh` form.] (Crystallog.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

E*nan`ti*o*path"ic (?), a. (Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

E*nan`ti*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; of contrary properties or affections; 'enanti`os opposite + &?; suffering, affection, fr. &?;, &?;, to suffer.] 1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Med.) Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

||E*nan`ti*o"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; contradiction, fr. 'enanti`os opposite.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

En*arch" (?), v. t. To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.

En*arched" (?), a. (Her.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.

En*ar"gite (?), n. (Min.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

En*armed" (?), a. (Her.) Same as Armed, 3.

En`ar*ra"tion (?), n. [L. enarratio. See Narration.] A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.

||En`ar*thro"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; in + &?;. See Arthrodia.] (Anat.) See Enarthrosis. -- En`ar*thro"di*al, a.

||En`ar*thro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; jointed; &?; in + &?; joint.] (Anat.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

E*nas"cent (?), a. [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.] Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

E`na*ta"tion (?), n. [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.] A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.

E*nate" (?), a. [L. enatus, p. p. of enasci. See Enascent.] Growing out.

E*na"tion (?), n. (Bot.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

E*naun"ter (?), adv. [Pref. en- + aunter.] Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.

E*nav"i*gate (?), v. t. [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.] To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.

En*bat"tled (?), a. Embattled. [Obs.]

En*bibe" (?), v. t. To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.

En*broud"e (?), v. t. See Embroude.

En*cage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.

En*cal"en*dar (?), v. t. To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.

En*camp" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

1 Chron. xi. 15.

En*camp", v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Bid him encamp his soldiers.

Shak.

En*camp"ment (?), n. 1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.

Gibbon.

A green encampment yonder meets the eye.

Guardian.

En*can"ker (?), v. t. To canker. [Obs.]

En*cap`su*la"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

En*car"nal*ize (?), v. t. To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.

||En*car"pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; containing fruit; &?; in + &?; fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. &?;.] (Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

En*case" (?), v. t. [Cf. Enchase.] To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.

En*case"ment (?), n. [Cf. Casement.] 1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to emboîtement. See Ovulist.

En*cash" (?), v. t. (Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.

En*cash"ment (?), n. (Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

En*cau"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; mark caused by burning, fr. &?;. See Encaustic.] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

En*caus"tic (?), a. [L. encausticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to burn in; &?; in + &?; to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.

En*caus"tic, n. [L. encaustica, Gr. &?; (sc. &?;): cf. F. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.] The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.

En*cave" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.] To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.

-ence (?). [F. -ence, L. -entia.] A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See - ance.

||En`ceinte" (?), n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.] 1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

S. W. Williams.

||En`ceinte", a. [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.] Pregnant; with child.

||En*ce"ni*a (?), n. pl. [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. &?; a feast of dedication; &?; in + &?; new.] A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

En*cense" (?), v. t. & i. [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.] To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En`ce*phal"ic (?), a. [See Encephalon.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

En*ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.

En*ceph"a*lo*cele (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + kh`lh tumor.] (Med.) Hernia of the brain.

En*ceph"a*loid (?), a. [Gr. 'egke`falos + -oid.] Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

En*ceph"a*loid, n. An encephaloid cancer.

En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -logy.] The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

En*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + pa`schein, paqei^n, to suffer.] (Med.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

En*ceph"a*los (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'egke`falos; 'en in + kefalh` head.] (Anat.) The encephalon.

In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.

Sir W. Hamilton.

En*ceph`a*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + &?; a cutting.] (Surg.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.

En*ceph"a*lous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

En*chafe" (?), v. t. To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.

En*chaf"ing, n. Heating; burning. [Obs.]

The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust].

Chaucer.

En*chain" (?), v. t. [F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.] 1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

En*chain"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enchaînement.] The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

En*chair" (?), v. t. To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

En*chan"nel (?), v. t. To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

En*chant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.

Shak.

He is enchanted, cannot speak.

Tennyson.

2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.

Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted.

Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. -- To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

En*chant"ed (?), a. Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

En*chant"er (?), n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.

Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing.

Shelley.

Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

En*chant"ing, a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.

En*chant"ment (?), n. [F. enchantement.] 1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.

After the last enchantment you did here.

Shak.

2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.

Such an enchantment as there is in words.

South.

Syn. -- Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

En*chant"ress (?), n. [Cf. F. enchanteresse.] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

En*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging (?).] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.] To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.

His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with.

Jeffrey.

En*charge", n. A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.

En*chase" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.] 1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

Enchased with a wanton ivy twine.

Spenser.

An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.

Mickle.

2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

With golden letters . . . well enchased.

Spenser.

3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.]

All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.

Spenser.

En*chas"er (?), n. One who enchases.

En*chas"ten (?), v. t. To chasten. [Obs.]

{ En*che"son, En*chea"son (?) }, n. [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.] Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En*chest" (?), v. t. [Cf. Inchest.] To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

||En`chi*rid"i*on (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;; &?; in + &?; hand.] Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

En*chis"el (?), v. t. To cut with a chisel.

||En"cho*dus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a spear + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

||En`chon*dro"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; in + &?; cartilage + -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

{ En*cho"ri*al (?), En*chor"ic (?), } a. [Gr. &?; domestic, native; &?; in + &?; place, country.] Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

||En`chy*lem"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to pour in + &?; anything received.] (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

||En"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`gchyma an infusion; 'en in + chei^n to pour.] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

En*cinc"ture (?), n. A cincture. [Poetic]

The vast encincture of that gloomy sea.

Wordsworth.

En*cin"dered (?), a. Burnt to cinders. [R.]

En*cir"cle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling (?).] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

Her brows encircled with his serpent rod.

Parnell.

Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

En*cir"clet (?), n. [Encircle + -let.] A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

En*clasp" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.] To clasp. See Inclasp.

En*clave" (?), n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

En*clave", v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.] To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]

En*clave"ment (?), n. [F.] The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

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{ En*clit"ic (n*klt"k), En*clit"ic*al (-*kal), } a. [L. encliticus, Gr. 'egkli`tikos, fr. 'egkli`nein to incline; 'en in + kli`nein to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

En*clit"ic*al*ly, adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

En*clit"ics (?), n. (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

En*clois"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloister.] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

En*close" (?), v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.] To inclose. See Inclose.

En*clo"sure (?; 135), n. Inclosure. See Inclosure.

The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

En*clothe" (?), v. t. To clothe.

En*cloud" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloud.] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.

En*coach" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incoach.] To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

En*cof"fin (?), v. t. To put in a coffin. [R.]

En*cold"en (?), v. t. To render cold. [Obs.]

En*col"lar (?), v. t. To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

En*col"or (?), v. t. To color. [R.]

||En`co`lure" (?), n. [F.] The neck of horse. R. Browning.

En*com"ber (?), v. t. See Encumber. [Obs.]

En*com"ber*ment (?), n. [See Encumberment.] Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

En*co"mi*ast (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to praise, fr. &?; encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium.] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

{ En*co`mi*as"tic (?), En*co`mi*as"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

En*co`mi*as"tic, n. A panegyric. B. Jonson.

En*co"mi*on (?), n. [NL.] Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

En*co"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Encomiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; &?; in + &?; a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

His encomiums awakened all my ardor.

W. Irving.

Syn. -- See Eulogy.