The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section D and E
Chapter 86
En*quick"en (?), v. t. To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
En*quire" (?), v. i. & t. See Inquire.
En*quir"er (?), n. See Inquirer.
En*quir"y (?), n. See Inquiry.
En*race" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + race lineage.] To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*rage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging (?).] [F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See Rage.] To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
Syn. -- To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.
En*rage"ment (?), n. Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]
En*range" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + range. Cf. Enrank, Arrange.] 1. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To rove over; to range. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*rank" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + rank.] To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak.
En*rapt" (?), p. a. [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. Enravish.] Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.
En*rap"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.
En*rav"ish (?), v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.
En*rav"ish*ing*ly, adv. So as to throw into ecstasy.
En*rav"ish*ment (?), n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.
En*reg"is*ter (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Inregister.] To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.
To read enregistered in every nook His goodness, which His beauty doth declare.
Spenser.
En*rheum" (?), v. i. [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.] To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.
En*rich" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enriched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.] [F. enrichir; pref. en- (L. in) + riche rich. See Rich.] 1. To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.
Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly.
Chaucer's Dream.
2. To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
3. To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.
4. To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind. Sir W. Raleigh.
En*rich"er (?), n. One who enriches.
En*rich"ment (?), n. The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
En*ridge" (?), v. t. To form into ridges. Shak.
En*ring" (?), v. t. To encircle. [R.]
The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst.
Tennyson.
En*rip"en (?), v. t. To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.
En*rive" (?), v. t. To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]
En*robe" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
En*rock"ment (?), n. [Pref. en- + rock.] A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
En*roll" (?), 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 Roll, 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.
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.
All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
Prescott.
2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*roll"er (?), n. One who enrolls or registers.
En*roll"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enrôlement.] [Written also enrolment.] 1. The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.
2. A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.
En*root" (?), v. t. To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.
En*round" (?), v. t. To surround. [Obs.] Shak.
||En` route" (?). [F.] On the way or road.
||Ens (?), n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See Entity.] 1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.
2. (Chem.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]
En*safe" (n*sf"), v. t. To make safe. [Obs.] Hall.
En*sam"ple (?), n. [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example.] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale.
Being ensamples to the flock.
1 Pet. v. 3.
En*sam"ple (?), v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*san"guine (?), 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.
En"sate (?), a. [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
En*scale" (?), v. t. To cover with scales.
En*sched"ule (?; 135), v. t. To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. [R.] Shak.
En*sconce" (?), 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.
She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras.
Shak.
En*seal" (n*sl"), v. t. To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.]
This deed I do enseal.
Piers Plowman.
En*seam" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. Inseam.] To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
En*seam", v. t. [Pref. en- + seam grease.] To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.]
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed.
Shak.
En*sear" (?), v. t. To sear; to dry up. [Obs.]
Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
Shak.
En*search" (?), v. i. [OF. encerchier. See Search.] To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t. To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
En*seel" (n*sl"), v. t. To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]
En*seint" (n*snt"), a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]
||En`sem"ble (?), n. [F.] The whole; all the parts taken together.
||En`sem"ble, adv. [F.] All at once; together.
En*shel"ter (?), v. t. To shelter. [Obs.]
En*shield" (?), v. t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.
En*shield", a. Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.
En*shrine" (?), 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.
We will enshrine it as holy relic.
Massinger.
En*shroud" (?), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
En*sif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère.] Bearing a sword.
En"si*form (?), a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.] Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
Ensiform cartilage, ∧ Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.
En"sign (?), n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.] 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.
Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
Shak.
2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
Is. v. 26.
3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
The ensigns of our power about we bear.
Waller.
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.
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.
Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.
En"sign, v. t. 1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]
Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families.
B. Jonson.
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.
En"sign*cy (?; 277), n.; pl. Ensigncies (&?;). The rank or office of an ensign.
En"sign*ship, n. The state or rank of an ensign.
En"si*lage (?), n. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.] 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.
2. The fodder preserved in a silo.
En"si*lage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging (?).] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
En*sky" (?), v. t. To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.
En*slave" (?), 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.
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Milton.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will.
Cowper.
En*slav"ed*ness (?), n. State of being enslaved.
En*slave"ment (?), n. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
A fresh enslavement to their enemies.
South.
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En*slav"er (?), n. One who enslaves. Swift.
En*snare" (?), v. t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
En*snarl" (?), v. t. To entangle. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*so"ber (?), v. t. To make sober. [Obs.]
Sad accidents to ensober his spirits.
Jer. Taylor.
En*soul" (?), v. t. To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.
En*sphere" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + sphere. Cf. Insphere.] 1. To place in a sphere; to envelop.
His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered.
Chapman.
2. To form into a sphere.
En*stamp" (?), v. t. To stamp; to mark as with a stamp; to impress deeply.
It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character.
Gogan.
En*state" (?), v. t. See Instate.
En"sta*tite (?), n. [Named fr. Gr. &?; an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.] (Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.
En`sta*tit"ic (?), a. Relating to enstatite.
En*store" (?), v. t. [See Instaurate.] To restore. [Obs.] Wyclif.
En*style" (?), v. t. To style; to name. [Obs.]
En*su"a*ble (?), a. Ensuing; following.
En*sue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11.
To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
Golding.
En*sue", v. i. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued.
Pope.
Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed.
I. Taylor.
Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.
En*sure" (?), v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure.
2. To betroth. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
En*sur"er (?), n. See Insurer.
En*swathe" (?), v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak.
En*swathe"ment (?), n. The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.
En*sweep" (?), v. t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [R.] Thomson.
Ent- (?). A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.
-ent (?). [F. -ent, L. -ens, - entis.] An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See - ant.
En*tab"la*ture (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.
En*tab"le*ment (?), n. [F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.] See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.
En*tac"kle (?), v. t. To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.
En"tad (?), adv. [Ent- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.
En*tail" (?), n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. 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. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.
En*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.] 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. [Obs.]
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
Shak.
3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.]
Entailed with curious antics.
Spenser.
En*tail"ment, n. 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. L. Dugdale.
En"tal (?), a. [See Ent-.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.
En*tame" (?), v. t. To tame. [Obs.] Shak.
En*tan"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
En*tan"gle*ment (?), n. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
En*tan"gler (?), n. One that entangles.
||En*ta"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;. See Entasis.] (Med.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
||En"ta*sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a stretching; fr. &?;; &?; in + &?; to extend.] 1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
2. (Med.) Same as Entasia.
En*tass"ment (?), n. [F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up.] A heap; accumulation. [R.]
En*tas"tic (?), a. [Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. &?;. See Entasis.] (Med.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
En*tel"e*chy (?), n. [L. entelechia, Gr. &?;, prob. fr. &?; &?; &?; to be complete; &?; + &?; completion, end + &?; to have or hold.] (Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
||En*tel"lus (?), n. [NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. &?; to command.] (Zoöl.) 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.
En*tend" (?), v. i. [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.] To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
En*ten"der (?), v. t. 1. To make tender. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
2. To treat with tenderness. [R.] Young.
En*ten"tive (?), a. [OF. ententif.] Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.
En"ter- (?). [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-] A prefix signifying between, among, part.
En"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. 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. [Obs.] Shak.
En"ter, v. i. 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.
Heb. 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.
En`ter*ad`e*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a gland + -graphy.] A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
En`ter*ad`e*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a gland + -logy.] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.
||En`ter*al"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; pain: cf. F. entéralgie.] (Med.) Pain in the intestines; colic.
En"ter*deal` (?), n. [Enter- + deal.] Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.]
The enterdeal of princes strange.
Spenser.
En"ter*er (?), n. One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.
En*ter"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Enteritis.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.
Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.
||En`te*ri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.
En`ter*lace" (?), v. t. See Interlace.
En`ter*mete" (?), v. i. [F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place.] To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
En"ter*mew`er (?), n. [Enter- + mew to molt.] (Zoöl.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
En`ter*mise" (?), n. [F. entremise, fr. s'entremettre. See Entermete.] Mediation. [Obs.]
En"ter*o*cele` (?), n. [Gr. 'enterokh`lh; 'e`nteron an intestine + kh`lh tumor, hernia.] (Med.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
En"ter*o*cle` (?), n. [Gr. '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 schizocle, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
En`ter*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; an intestine + -graphy.] (Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
En"ter*o*lith (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -lith.] (Med.) An intestinal concretion.
En`ter*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -logy: cf. F. entérologie.] The science which treats of the viscera of the body.
||En"te*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine, fr. 'ento`s within.] (Anat.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
En`ter*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; intestine + &?; suffering.] (Med.) Disease of the intestines.
||En`te*rop*neus"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; to breathe.] (Zoöl.) 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.
En`ter*or"rha*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a sewing.] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
En"ter*o*tome (?), n. [F. entérotome. See Enterotomy.] (Med.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
En`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + te`mnein to cut.] (Med.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
En`ter*par"lance (?), n. Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward.
En`ter*plead" (?), v. i. Same as Interplead.
En"ter*prise (?), n. [F. enterprise, fr. 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.