Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 32

Engraved (imp.) of Engrave

Engraved (p. p.) of Engrave

Engraven () of Engrave

Engraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave

Engrave (v. t.) To cut in; to make by incision.

Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Engrave (v. t.) To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

Engrave (v. t.) To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

Engraved (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

Engraved (a.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

Engravement (n.) Engraving.

Engravement (n.) Engraved work.

Engraver (n.) One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

Engravery (n.) The trade or work of an engraver.

Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

Engregge (v. t.) To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.

Engrieve (v. t.) To grieve.

Engrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Engross

Engrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross

Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

Engross (v. t.) To amass.

Engross (v. t.) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.

Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.

Engrosser (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

Engrosser (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.

Engrossment (n.) The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

Engrossment (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.

Engulfed (imp. & p. p.) of Engulf

Engulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engulf

Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Engyn () Variant of Engine.

Enhalo (v. t.) To surround with a halo.

Enhanced (imp. & p. p.) of Enhance

Enhancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enhance

Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.

Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

Enhance (v. i.) To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.

Enhancement (n.) The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

Enhancer (n.) One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.

Enharbor (v. t.) To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.

Enharden (v. t.) To harden; to embolden.

Enharmonic (a.) Alt. of Enharmonical

Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/.

Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.

Enharmonically (adv.) In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

Enhearten (v. t.) To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.

Enhedge (v. t.) To surround as with a hedge.

Enhort (v. t.) To encourage.

Enhunger (v. t.) To make hungry.

Enhydros (n.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Enhydrous (a.) Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

Enigmas (pl. ) of Enigma

Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

Enigma (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

Enigmatic (a.) Alt. of Enigmatical

Enigmatical (a.) Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Enigmatically (adv.) Darkly; obscurely.

Enigmatist (n.) One who makes, or talks in, enigmas.

Enigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Enigmatize

Enigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enigmatize

Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

Enigmatography (n.) Alt. of Enigmatology

Enigmatology (n.) The art of making or of solving enigmas.

Enisled (p. a.) Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.

Enjailed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjall

Enjailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjall

Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.

Enjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoin

Enjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoin

Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Enjoin (v. t.) To join or unite.

Enjoiner (n.) One who enjoins.

Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

Enjoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoy

Enjoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoy

Enjoy (v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

Enjoy (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.

Enjoy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.

Enjoy (v. i.) To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.

Enjoyable (a.) Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.

Enjoyer (n.) One who enjoys.

Enjoyment (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

Enjoyment (n.) That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

Enkennel (v. t.) To put into a kennel.

Enkerchiefed (a.) Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered.

Enkindled (imp. & p. p.) of Enkindle

Enkindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enkindle

Enkindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

Enkindle (v. t.) To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.

Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

Enlacement (n.) The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

Enlard (v. t.) To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten.

Enlarged (imp. & p. p.) of Enlarge

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