enantiomorphous 
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, 
enarm, v.~\ Same as enarme. 
enantiomorphous (e-nan"ti-o-m6r'fus), a. [< enarmingt, ^ [ME. enarmynge; verbal n. of enbroudet, 
Nlj. enantiuniorpltns, < Gr. ivavriof, opposite, + 
liopifii], form.] Contrasted in form j specifically, 
similar in form, but not superposable ; related, 
as an object to its image in a mirror, or a right- enarrationt (e-na-ra'shon), n. [= F. enarratton 
to a left-hand glove. The corresponding right- = Sp. enarracion = Pg. enarraqao = It. enarrazi- 
and left-handed hemimorphic forms of quartz one, < L. enarratio(n-), < enarrare, pp. enarratus. 
are enantiomorphous. 
enantiopathic (e-nan"ti-o-path'ik), a. [= F. 
enantlopathique ; as enantiopathy + ^ic.] Serv- 
encapsulation 
t. A Middle English form of em- 
,^,.~~ broid. 
He griped" th7shelde"so faste b'y the enarmynye that the CnbUSChementt, An obsolete form of anl- 
atte myght it not hym be-reve. Merlin(E. E. T. S.), iii. 667. bushmeii t. 
A gret enbuschement they sett, 
Thare the foster thame mett. 
MS. Lincoln, A. i. 17, fol. 136. 
, . , ,, enbusyt,*'. t. Same as embusy. 
relate in detail, < e, out, + narrare, relate : see enc ^ abbreviation of encyclopedia, 
narrate.} Recital; relation; account; exposition. e n cabochon (oh ka-bo-shoh'). [F.] See cabo- 
f ,,,, __ r , This book did that high-priest embezell, wherein was C ; (OB . 
ing to excite an opposite passion or feeling; contained their genealogies to the dnyi^of I'hmcas^to- gn gaQjjette ( O fl ka-shet'). 
specifically, in med., palliative. leneratTon of'life" ' ^ *# "Def of l Remonstrance^ 
'9&KS^3KS^ l iSU} enarthrodia (en-ar-thro'di-k), .. 
properties, < havriof, contrary^, opposite 
0of, suffering, passion.] 
sion or affection. 
Whatever may be the case in the cure of bodies, enan- 
and not homoeopathy, is the true medicine of 
Sir W. Hamilton. 
arthrosis. 
1 "An" opposite pas- enarthrodial (en-ar-thro'di-al), a. ^enarthro- 
dia + -al.] Pertaining to enarthrosis; having 
the character of a ball-and-socket joint: as, 
enarthrodial movements or articulations. 
2. Allopathy: a term used by homeopathists. 
enantiosis (e-nan-ti-6'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. cvav- 
Tiwaiq, contradiction, < ivavTi6eaf)a.i, contradict, 
gainsay, < evavrioc, contrary, opposite, < ev-, in, 
-r dvrioc, contrary, < dvri, against: see anti-.] 
In rhet., a figure of speech consisting in expres- 
sion of an idea by negation of its contrary, or by 
use of a word of opposi te meaning. The term anti- 
phrciKi* was originally used as equivalent to enantiosis in 
both forms, but is now usually limited to signify enantio- 
sis by use of a word of opposite meaning. Enautiosis by 
negation of the contrary, as, "he is no fool" for "he is 
[F. : en, in ; ca- 
?, hiding-place, < cacher, hide: see cache 1 .'] 
In hiding ; secretly. 
The vice-consul informed me that, in divers discussions 
with the Turks about the possibility of an Englishman 
finding his way en cachette to Meccah, he had asserted that 
his compatriots could do everything, even pilgrim to the 
Holy City. R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 488. 
encsenia, n. pi. See encenia. 
encage, incage (en-, in-kaj'), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. encaged, incaged, ppr. encaging, incaging. 
[< F. encager, < en- 1 , in-, in, + cage, cage.] 
People" for the fairies, passes into euphemism. 
irony. 
Enantiotreta (e-nan"ti-6-tre'ta), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of *enantiotretus : see enantiotretous.} 
In Ehrenberg's system (1836), a division of in- 
fusorians, having an intestine, and two aper- 
tures, at opposite ends of the body. 
enantiotretous (e-nan"ti-o-tre'tus), a. [< NL. 
*enantiotretus, < Gr. ivavrioi;, opposite, + rpyrof, 
perforated, verbal adj. of Ttrpahuv (-^ *rpa), 
bore, perforate.] Having an opening at each 
end of the body, as the Enantiotreta. 
enarcht (en-arch'), v. t. An obsolete form of in- 
arch. 
enarche (en-ar-sha'), a. [F., < en- + arche, 
arch: see arch 1 ."] In her., same as enarched; 
also, rarely, same as arched. 
enarched (en-archf), p. a. [Pp. of enarch, v. 
Cf. enarche.} In her., com- 
bined with or supported by 
an arch . Ache vron enarched 
has a round or pointed arch 
beneath it, seeming to sup- 
port it at the angle Bend 
enarched. Same as bend archy 
(which see, under bend%). 
enargite (en-ar'jlt), n. [< Gr. 
evapy/K, visible, palpable, < ev, 
in, + dpyo?, bright, + -ite 2 .] 
To 
To 
Argent, a Chevron En- 
arched Gules. 
, a kind of jointing, < ev, in, + ap6pov, a joint. 
Cf. arthrosis, diarthrosis.] In anat., a ball-and- 
socket joint ; a kind of movable arthrosis or To put in a cage ; shut up or confine in a cage ; 
free articulation which consists in the socket- hence, to coop up ; confine to any narrow limits, 
ing of a convex end of a bone in a concavity He [8amgoll] carries away the gates wherein they 
of another bone, forming a joint freely mov- thought to have encaged him. Bp. Hall, Sampson's End. 
able in every direction. The hip and shoulder enca l en dar (en-kal'en-dar), v. t. [< en- 1 + 
are characteristic examples. Also enarthrodia. calendar.} To register i'n a calendar, as the 
enascentt (e-uas'ent), a. [< L. enascen(t-)s, sa i n t s of the Koman Catholic Church, 
ppr. of enasci, spring up, issue forth, < e, put, ror salntg pre , erredi 
+ nasei, be born: see nascent.} Coming into Of which we find these four have been, 
being; incipient; nascent. And with their leader still to live encalendar'd. 
You just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an twucent Drayton, Polyolbion, xxiv. 
equivocation. Warburton, Occasional Reflections, ii. encallOW (en-kal'6), n. [< en- (of which the 
See enatationt (e-na-ta'shon), n. [< L. as if "ena- force or origin is not clear) + callow 2 , q. v.] 
tatio(n-), < enaiatus, pp. of enatare, swim out, Among the brickmakers near London, England, 
< e, out, + nature, swim : see natant, natation.} the soil, vegetable mold, etc., resting upon the 
A swimming out; escape by swimming. brick-earth or clay. 
enate (e'nat), a. [< L. enatus, pp. of enasci, encallOW (en-kal'6), v. t. [< eneattow, .] 
be born: see enascent.'} 1. Growing out. remove eucallow from. 
The parts appertaining to the bones, which stand out encalm (en-kam'), t\ t. [< en- 1 + calm 1 .} 
at a distance from their bodies, are either the adnate or place calmly or reposefully. 
the enate parts, either the epiphyses or the apophyses of illumined forehead, and the light 
the bones. J. Smith, Portraiture of Old Age, p. 176. \fho6 fountain is the mystery of God 
2 Belated through the mother ; maternally Encalmed within his eye. 
cognate; as a noun, one so related. * p - wmii > Scene ln Gethsemane. 
In all tribal society, either the agnates or the enates encamp (en-kamp'), V. [< en- 1 + camp?.} I. 
are clearly distinguished from the other cognates, and intraniS. To go into camp; form and occupy a 
organized into a body politic, usually called the clan or 
gens. J. W. Powell, Science, V. 347. 
enation (e-na'shon), n. [< L. as if "enatio(n-), 
< enatus,' pp. of enasci, be born: see enate, 
enascent.} 1. In bot., the production of out- 
growths or appendages upon the surface of an 
organ. 2. In ethnol., maternal relationship. 
The fact is, that cognation, including enation and agna- 
tion, is primitive. J. W. Powell, Science, V. 347. 
enauntert, adv. [For en aunter, after ME. in 
aunter, peradventure : in, F. en, in; aunter, 
aventure, chance, adventure.] Lest that. 
Anger nould let him speake to the tree, 
Enaunter his rage mought cooled bee. 
Spenxer, Shep. Cal., February. 
camp ; settle in temporary quarters, formed by 
tents or huts, as an army or a company. 
The Levites . . . shall encamp round about the taber- 
nacle. Num. i. 60. 
Encamp against the city and take it. 2 Sam. xii. 28. 
The four and twentieth of July, the King in Person, ac- 
companied with divers of the Nobility, came to Calais; 
and the six and twentieth encamped before Boulogne on 
the North-side. Baker, Chronicles, p. 292. 
He was encamped under the trees, close to the stream. 
H. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 464. 
II. trans. To form into or fix in 
place in temporary quarters. 
a camp ; 
Beyond the river we'll encamp ourselves. 
Shah., Hen. V., iii. 6. 
A sulpharsenite of copper occurring in small en avant (on a-voh' ). [F. : en, < L. inde, hence ; 
black orthorhombic crystals, also massive, in avant, before, forward: see avant, advance.} 
Peru, Chili, Colorado, etc. Forward ; onward. 
enarmt (en-arm'), v. [< ME. enarmen, < OF. enavigatet (e-nav'i-gat), v. i. and t. [< L. ena- 
cnarmer, arm, equip, provide with arms or ar- i-igatus, pp. 'of enavigare, sail out, sail over, < 
mor, provide, as a shield, with straps, < en, in, 
-f- armea, arms: see arm 2 .] I. trans. 1. To 
equip with arms or armor. 
How mony knightes there come A kynges enartned. 
To sail 
e, out, + navigare, sail: see navigate,} 
out or over. Cockeram. 
enb-. See enib-. 
enbaset, v. t. Same as embase. 
Destruction of Troy" (E. E. T. s.), i. 87. enbastet, t. [< en- 1 + baste 3 .} To steep or 
imbue. Davies. 
I will, by God's grace, fully set forth the same, to enarm 
you to withstand the assaults of the papists herein, if yon 
mark well and read over again that which I now write. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 142. 
2. In old cookery, to lard. 
The crane is enarmed f ul wele I wot 
With larde of porke. 
Liber Cure Cocorum, p. 29. 
II. intrans. To arm; put 
on armor or take weapons. 
While shepherds they enarmevnus'd 
to danger. 
T. Hudxon, tr. of Du Bartas's 
(Judith, i. 371. 
enarmet, . [OF., < enarmer, 
provide, as a shield, with 
straps: see enarm.} The 
gear for holding the shield 
by passing the arm through 
straps or the like. 
enarmed (en-iirmd'), a. [< 
en- 1 + armed.} In her., hav- 
ing arms (that is, horns, 
hoofs, etc.) of a different 
color from that of the body. 
Sultan Selim encamped his army in this place when he 
came to besiege Cairo. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 23. 
ment), n. [< encamp 
f forming and occupy- 
ing a camp; establishment in a camp. 
We may calculate that a square of about seven hundred 
yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thou- 
sand Romans. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, i. 
2. The place where a body of men is encamped ; 
a camp. 
When a general bids the martial train 
It is not agreeable for the Holy Ghost, which may not Spread their encampment o'er the spacious plain, 
suffer the Church to err in interpreting the Scriptures, to Thick rising tents a canvas city build. Gay, Trivia, 
permit the same notwithstanding to be oppressed with OTW , aT ,t Pr i fpn Vnnff'ltpi-'l l> t f( fn 1 + rnn- 
superstition, and to be enbasted with vain opinions. encanEert (en-Rang K.^), V. I. \\ en- 
Philpot, Works (Parker Soc.), p. 379. Ker.} lo corrode ; canker. 
oiiViimnoi onViuiirTnc,* / Ahanleto fr>TTna nf What needeth me for to extoll his fame 
enrjaumet, enoawmet, v. i. < wjth rude encan kered all with rust? 
embalm. Skelton, Elegy on the Earl of Northumberland. 
enbibet, . t. A Middle English form of imbibe. .....anfhi,. /-p., tan'thiil 
enblancht, t>. . An obsolete form of emblanch. '"ESSL^SJ^JS'lS 1 
en bloc (on blok). [F. : en, in; bloc, block: see 
in and block 1 .'] In block; in a lump: as, the 
shares will be sold en lloe. 
We are bound to take Nature en bloc, with all her 
and all her cruelties, as well as her beneficences. 
Contemporary Hev., LIII. 81. 
enbose 1 *, v. t. An obsolete form of emboss 1 . 
enbose 2 t, . t. Same as emboss^. 
enbracet, t'. An obsolete form of embrace. 
the corner of the eye, < ev, in, 4- 
KavBof, the corner of the eye: see cant 1 .'] In 
pathol., a small tumor or excrescence growing 
from the inner angle of the eye. 
aws en cantiel. [Heraldic F.: F. en, in; *cantiel, 
appar. var. of OF. cantel, corner: see cantle.] 
In her., placed aslant that is, with the pale 
not vertical to the beholder, but sloping, usual- 
ly with the top toward the left : said of an es- 
cutcheon, which is often so placed in seals. 
enbraudet, v. t. A Middle English form of em- ' , _ .... - 
brm,!. encapsulate (en-kap'su-lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
enbreamet, a. [Irreg. < en- 1 + breame, var. of 
inside view of shield, &,4, a.] Strong; sharp. Nares. 
We ca " ' content (for the health of our bodies) to drink 
sharpe potions, receive and indure the operation of cn- 
breame purges. Northbrovke, Dicing (1577). 
encapsulated, ppr. 
fe-C] '. 
Ge a"' ng ,F?,m"v1inet 
le-Duc's "Diet, du Mo- 
bilier fran^ais."} 
[< en- 1 + 
+ -ate^.} To inclose in"a capsule. 
encapsulation (eu-kap-su-la'shpn), n. [< en- 
(n)K>il(it:- + -ion.] The act of surrounding with 
a capsule. 
