Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 30

Enfeebler (n.) One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

Enfeeblish (v. i.) To enfeeble.

Enfeloned (a.) Rendered fierce or frantic.

Enfeoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfeoff

Enfeoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfeoff

Enfeoff (v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.

Enfeoff (v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient.

Enfeoffment (n.) The act of enfeoffing.

Enfeoffment (n.) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.

Enfester (v. t.) To fester.

Enfetter (v. t.) To bind in fetters; to enchain.

Enfever (v. t.) To excite fever in.

Enfierced (imp. & p. p.) of Enfierce

Enfiercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfierce

Enfierce (v. t.) To make fierce.

Enfilade (n.) A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.

Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

Enfiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfilade

Enfilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfilade

Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.

Enfiled (p. a.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

Enfire (v. t.) To set on fire.

Enflesh (v. t.) To clothe with flesh.

Enflowered (imp. & p. p.) of Enflower

Enflowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enflower

Enflower (v. t.) To cover or deck with flowers.

Enfold (v. t.) To infold. See Infold.

Enfoldment (n.) The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

Enforced (imp. & p. p.) of Enforce

Enforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enforce

Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

Enforce (v. t.) To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.

Enforce (v. t.) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

Enforce (v. t.) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

Enforce (v. t.) To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

Enforce (v. t.) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

Enforce (v. i.) To attempt by force.

Enforce (v. i.) To prove; to evince.

Enforce (v. i.) To strengthen; to grow strong.

Enforce (n.) Force; strength; power.

Enforceable (a.) Capable of being enforced.

Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.

Enforcement (n.) The act of enforcing; compulsion.

Enforcement (n.) A giving force to; a putting in execution.

Enforcement (n.) That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

Enforcer (n.) One who enforces.

Enforcible (a.) That may be enforced.

Enforcive (a.) Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.

Enforest (v. t.) To turn into a forest.

Enform (v. t.) To form; to fashion.

Enfouldred (a.) Mixed with, or emitting, lightning.

Enframe (v. t.) To inclose, as in a frame.

Enfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Enfranchise

Enfranchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfranchise

Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

Enfranchise (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.

Enfranchisement (n.) Releasing from slavery or custody.

Enfranchisement (n.) Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

Enfranchiser (n.) One who enfranchises.

Enfree (v. t.) To set free.

Enfreedom (v. t.) To set free.

Enfreeze (v. t.) To freeze; to congeal.

Enfroward (v. t.) To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable.

Engaged (imp. & p. p.) of Engage

Engaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engage

Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.

Engage (v. t.) To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

Engage (v. t.) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

Engage (v. t.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

Engage (v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

Engage (v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

Engage (v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Engaged (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.

Engaged (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

Engaged (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.

Engagedly (adv.) With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

Engagedness (n.) The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

Engagement (n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.

Engagement (n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

Engager (n.) One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.

Engaging (a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.

Engallant (v. t.) To make a gallant of.

Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.

Engarboil (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to disturb.

Engarland (v. t.) To encircle with a garland, or with garlands.

Engarrison (v. t.) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.

Engastrimuth (n.) An ventriloquist.

Engendered (imp. & p. p.) of Engender

Engendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engender

Engender (v. t.) To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.

Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.

Engender (v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

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