encapsule 
encapsule (cn-kap'sul), v. t.; pret. aud pj>. M- 
cuii.iiilnl. ppr. i iirii/i.-ntHiiii. [< <-' + ciijixiili . ] 
To encapsulate. 
Kiu'ajmiilt-d by a more ur leas homogeneous ineinliranniig 
lajrr. (,v., ,//,,,-, Cuiiili. Anal, minis.), p. Ur,. 
encaptivate (ou-kap'ti-vat), . f. ; pret. and 
pp. ciH'it/itirttli'd, ppr. encaptivating. (X en- 1 + 
cn/iticate.} To captivate. [Rare.] 7/^i. Met. 
encarnalize (en-kiir'nal-i/.), r. t. ; prot. and pp. 
i-iictiriiii/i'.i'it, |>|>r. i,n-iiniiili:iiig. [< en- 1 + car- 
nalize.} To make carnal ; sensualize. [Hare.] 
I Hiiiilhi- a sli.inic-li-ss hanil with shameful jest, 
/;/H '-/(.(//,- their spirits. Tennynun, I'riuceBS, ill. 
encarpi, . Plural of encarpus. 
encarpium (en-kar'pi-um), n. ; pi. encarpia (-ii). 
[NL., < Gr. i^nApirtof, containing seed, as fruit 
(e^na/moc, containing fruit), < n>, in, T Kapnof, 
fruit,.] Same as sporophore. 
encarpus (eu-kiir pus), n. ; pi. encarpi (-pi). 
[NL., prop, "encarjium, L. only pi. encarpa, < 
Gr. iyxapTra, pi., festoons of fruit on friezes or 
capitals of columns, neut. pi. of tynapiroq, con- 
taining fruit, < iv, in, + Kap-n6f, fruit.] In arch., 
a sculptured ornament in imitation of a gar- 
land or festoon of fruits, leaves, or flowers, 
or of other objects, suspended between two 
points. The garland is of greatest size hi the middle, 
and diminishes gradually to the poluU of suspension, from 
1911 
another color. The manufacture and employment of en- 
caustic tiles were, brought tu great excellence in comic 
lion with the architect m > 
<if the twelfth and thir- 
teenth centuries, particu- 
larly in France and Eng- 
land ; and the art lias 
been successfully revived 
in the nineteenth century. 
Ihr inline Is an arbitrary 
one, without relation to 
the process of manufac- 
ture. Encaustic vase, 
a vase painted with the 
so-called encaustic colors 
of Wedgwood ware. See 
encatuitic painting (It). 
II. . [< L. tnca.ua- 
tica, < Gr. eynavartKi]. 
See L] The art, 
method, or practice 
of encaustic paint- 
ing. 
encaustum (en-kas'- 
tum), n. [< Gr. ly- 
IWVOTOV, neut. of >- 
Kavaroc, burnt in: see 
encaustic.} The en- 
amel of a tooth. 
encave, incave (en-, in-kav'), v. t.; pret. and 
Part at a Medieval Pavement of 
Encaustic Tiles. Church of St. 
Pierre-sur-Dive, Normandy. ( From 
VtolleMe-Duc'1 Diet, de 1'Archi- 
tecturc." ) 
Encarpus. From Palazzo Niccolini. Rome. 
which the ends generally hang down. The encarpus Is 
sometimes composed of an imitation of drapery similarly 
disposnl. and frequently of an assemblage of musical in- 
struments, or implements of war or of the chase, accord- 
ing to the purpose to which the building it ornaments is 
appropriated. 
encase, encasement. See incase, incasement. 
encashment (en-kash'ment), n. [< 'encash (< 
ni-i + caxlfl) + -ment.} "lnng. banking, pay- 
ment in cash of a note, draft, etc. 
encastage (en-kas'taj), n. [Appar. < en- 1 + 
I'm*! 1 , r., + -age.'] The arrangement in a pot- 
tery- or porcelain-kiln of the pieces to be 
fired, inclosed in their seggars if these are em- 
ployed. 
encaumat (en-ka'ma), . [NL., < Gr. iyKavua, 
a mark burnt in, a sore from burning, < cyiatlctv, 
burn in : see encaustic.} In surg. : (a) The 
mark left by a burn, or the bleb or vesicle pro- 
duced by it. (6) Uloeration of the cornea, 
causing the loss of the aqueous humors. 
encaustic (eu-kas'tik), o. audu. [= F. encaus- 
ti</nr, < \j. I'liniuntidin, < Gr. eyicawjrocof, of or 
for burning in, ;) iyimvoTudi (sc. rixyrj), L. en- 
caustica, the art of encaustic painting, < lyicav- 
arof, burnt in, painted in, encaustic, < eyicaiciv, 
buru in, < iv, in, + icaieiv, burn: see caustic. 
From the neut. fy/tavarov (> LL. encaustum, pur- 
ple-red ink) is derived E. ink, q. v.] I. a. Per- 
taining to the art of painting with pigments in 
which wax enters as a vehicle, or to a painting 
so executed. 
It is a vaulted apartment, . . . decorated with encaustic 
ornaments of the most brilliant colors. 
B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 123. 
Encaustic painting, (a) The art of painting with wax as 
a vehicle : strictly applicable only to painting executed or 
finished by the agency of heat, but applied also to modern 
nietliod.i "f painting in wax. in which the wax-colors are 
ili-^ ,hv,l in a volatile oil ami used in the ordinary way. In 
the hot process colored sticks of wax and resin are melted 
on ft heated palette, applied with the brush, and afterward 
modftladud unitrd wit It a heated iron and spatula. After 
the surface has become cool and hard, it is rubbed with a 
candle and uoiir over with a rk-aii linen cloth. According 
in an, 'tin T mi-thud, tested by Count Caylus, the ground of 
cloth or wood is first rubbed over with a piece of beeswax, 
and afterward with chalk or whiting, in order to form 
a surface on which the colors will adhere. The colors 
arc mixed simply with water, and are applied in the ordi- 
nary way. When the picture is dry, it is heated, and the 
,i\ suftciis ami absorbs the colors, fmrning a firm and 
durabltM'natiiiL,'. Km-austir painting was in very common 
use amoih.' the ancient tlivcks and Romans. Paintings 
executed in encaustic occupy, in color and general effect, 
a place miihvay lK-twecn paintings in oil and in fresco. 
(M In ceram., an arbitrary name given by Josiah Wedg- 
w,,,',l to his attempted imitntiim ,tf the p;iinteil ilee, 'ra- 
tion of Creek vaes. tlie effort being to produce fired colors 
without the ^'inss ,>f enamel. Encaustic tile, a tile for 
pavement- and wall-decoration, in which the pattern is in- 
laid or inurusted in clay of one color in a -round of clay of 
pp. encaved, incaved, ppr. encaving, incaving. 
[< en- 1 , in-, + cafe 1 .] To hide in or as in a 
cave or recess. 
Do but encave yourself, 
And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns, 
That dwell in every region of his face. 
Shak., Othello, Iv. 1. 
An abrupt turn in the course of the ravine placed a 
protecting cliff between us and the gale. We were com- 
pletely encased. Kane, Sec. Orinu. Exp., II. 284. 
-ence, -ency. See -ance, -ancu, and -ent. 
enceinte (on-sanf), [F- (enceinte (< L. in- 
cincta), fern. pp. of enceindre = Pr. eneenhcr = 
It. incingere, < L. incingere, gird about, surround, 
< in, in, + cingere, gird : see ceint, cincture, and 
cf. encincture.} 1. In fort., an inclosure; the 
wall or rampart which surrounds a place, often 
composed of bastions or towers and curtains. 
The enceinte with the space inclosed within it 
is called the body of the place. 
The best authorities estimate the number of habita- 
tions [in El-Medlnah] at about 1500 within the enceinte, 
and those in the suburb at 1000. 
R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 239. 
2. The close or precinct of a cathedral, abbey, 
castle, etc. 
enceinte (on-sanf), a. [F., fern, of enceint (< L. 
incinctus), pp. of enceindre, < L. incingere, gird 
about: see enceinte, .] Pregnant; with child. 
encenia, encaenia (en-se'ni-a)j n. pi., used also 
as sing. [< L. enccenia, < Gr. eyiuuvia, neut. pi., 
a feast of renovation or consecration, a name 
for Easter, < ev, in, + vof, new, recent.] 1. 
Festive ceremonies observed in early times in 
honor of the construction of cities or the con- 
secration of churches, and in later times at the 
universities of Oxford and Cambridge in hon- 
or of founders and benefactors : exceptionally 
used as a singular. 
The elegies aud encomia* of those days were usually of 
a formidaDlo length. Qi/ord, Int. to Ford's Plays, p. Ixvii. 
Specifically 2. In the Greek New Testament, 
and hence sometimes in English writing, the 
Jewish feast of the dedication. See feast. 
encenset, and v. A. Middle English form 
of incense. 
Encephala ' (en-sef 'a-lft), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of encephalus, < QT.'eyidQcAor,, in the head; as 
a noun, the brain : see encep/io/on.] In zool. : 
(a) In Haeckel's classification, a group of mol- 
luscous or soft-bodied animals, composed of the 
snails (Cochlides) and cuttles (Cephalopoda): 
one of his two main divisions of Mollusca, the 
other being Acephala, or the brachiopods and 
lamellibranchs. (6) As used by E. R. Lankes- 
ter, a prime division or branch of the Mollusca, 
represented by two series, Lipoglossa and Erhi- 
noglossa, as together contrasted with Lipoc</ili u - 
la. The Eneephala in this sense contain the 
gastropods, cephalopods, pteropods, and other 
forms, (c) A group of mollusks including those 
which have a head. Synonymous with Cepha- 
lata or Cephalophora (which see) : distinguished 
from Acephala. 
encephala'-' (en-sef'a-la), n. Plural of encepha- 
lon. 
encephalalgia (en-sef-a-lal'ji-ft), n. [NL. (= F. 
1-in-i'iiliiiliiliiii i. < Or. fj/ityaAof, within the head 
(see i-niv/ilinlon), + dAyoj, pain, ache.] Same 
MS ,; /Jiilhi/i/in. 
Encephalartos < en-sef -a-lar'tos), n. [NL.,< Gr. 
, within the head (as a noun, the edible 
encephalon 
pith of young palm-shoots), + Upror, bread.] 
A genus of Cyctnlm-m, Imving short cylindrical 
or spherical trunks, with a terminal crown of 
pinnate leaves, which have coriaceous, often 
spiny, leaflets. There are about a dozen species, found 
only In southern Africa, but some of them are grown In 
conservatories for ornament. The Kafirs use the spongy 
farinaceous pith of the trunk and cones as food ; hence 
they have received the name of Kajtr-bread. 
Encephalata (en-sef-a-la'tft), M. pi. [NL.. 
neut. pi. of encephalatua : see encephalate.} 
Animals which have an encephalon, as all 
cranial vertebrates: nearly synonymous with 
I'ertebrata, and exactly with t'raniota. 
encephalate (en-sef'a-lat), a. [< NL. ence- 
jilxilatus, < encephalon, brain : see encephalon.} 
Having an encephalon, or a brain and skull; 
cranial, as a vertebrate. 
encephalatrophic (en-sef'a-la-trof'ik), a. [< 
Gr. f) Ketiafof, the brain, + arpoQla, atrophy : see 
encephalon and atrophy.} Pertaining to or af- 
flicted with atrophy of the brain. 
encephalic (en-se-fal'ik or en-sef'a-lik), a, [< 
encephalon + -ic ; = F. encephalique = 8p. en- 
cefdlico = Pg. encephalico, < NL. encephalicus, 
< encei>halon, the brain: see encephalon.} 1. 
Pertaining to the encephalon; cerebral. 2. 
Situated in the head or within the cranial cav- 
ity; intracranial. 
encephalitic (en-sef-a-lit'ik), a. [< encepha- 
litis + -ic.] Pertaining to or afflicted with en- 
cephalitis. 
encephalitis (en-sef-a-15'tis), n. [NL., < e- 
cephalon + -itis.} In pathol., inflammation of 
the brain. 
encephalocele (en-sef'a-lo-sel), . [= F. en- 
cephalocfle = Sp. encefalocele. < Gr. eynt<t>al.of, 
the brain, + ny/i, tumor.] In pathol., hernia 
of the brain. 
encephalocoele (en-sef'a-lo-sel), n. [< Gr. iy- 
Ki<jia/-of, the brain, + xoi/of, hollow.] In anat., 
the entire cavity of the encephalon, consisting 
of the several co3li or ventricles and their con- 
necting passages. [Rare.] 
encephaloid (en-sef'a-loid), a. [= F. encfyha- 
loide, < Gr. efnl<pa/.w;, the brain, + tlSof, form.] 
Resembling the matter of the brain. Encepha- 
loid cancer, a soft, rapidly growing, and very malignant 
carcinoma or cancer, with abundant epithelial cells and 
scanty stronia : so named from Its brain-like appearance 
and consistence. Also called carcinoma molle and medul- 
lary cancer. 
encephalology ( en-sef-a-lol ' o-ji ) , n . PCNL.cn- 
cephalologia, < Gr. fj/tf^ii/'.of, the brain, + -/oyia, 
< f.iyeiv, speak: eee-ology.} A description of the 
encephalon or brain ; the science of the brain. 
encephaloma (en-sef-a-lo'mft), n. ; pi. encepha- 
lotnata (-ma-ta). [Nt., < eticephalon + -oma.} 
la pathol., an encephaloid cancer, 
encephalomalacia (en-ef*a-lo-ma-la'si-a), >i. 
[NL., < Gr. e)KtQa)of, the brain, + ua/.ania, soft- 
ness, < ftafaKOf, soft.] In pathol., softening of 
the brain, 
encephalomata, 
n. Plural of en- 
cephalomar 
encephalomere 
(en-sef ' a-lo- 
mer), n. [< Gr. 
j-Kt0aXof, the 
brain, + utpoi; 
part.] In anat., 
an encephalic 
segment ; one 
of the series of 
parts intowhich 
the brain is nat- 
urally divisible, 
as the prosen- 
cephalon, dien- 
cephalon, etc. 
[Rare.] 
Five definite en- 
cephalic segments 
or eiiftphalomeret. 
Wilder, New York 
[MedicalJour, 
(XLI. 327. 
encephalon 
(en-sef'a-lon), 
.; pi. encephala 
V-Xff 
cephale = Pg. 
fin > /thalo = It. 
< NL. 
^ also 
8,(. Gr. 
the 
brain, prop. adj. 
Piagram of Vertebrate Encephalon: upper 
figure in longitudinal vertical section And 
lower figure in horizontal section. 
Mb, mid-brain : in front of it all U fore- 
brain, behind it all is hind-brain ; /./, lamina 
terroinalis, represented by the heavy black 
line in upper figure ; OI/, olfactory lobes ; 
Hmf. cerebral hemispheres; ThE, thaU- 
mencephalon; />, pineal body, or cona- 
rium ; Py, pituitary body ; FM, or J/, fora- 
men of Monro ; CS t corpus stria turn ; Tfi, 
optic thatamus; CQ, corpora quadri^einina; 
CC, crura cerebri ; C*. cerebellum ; P^, 
pom Varolli ; JtfO. medulla oblongata ; /, ol- 
factory nerves ; //, optic nerres ; ///, point 
of exit from brain of the octilimotom: /*". 
of the pathetici ; *'/. of the abducentes ; *^- 
XII. origins of other cerebral nenres ; r. ol- 
factiiry ventricle ; a. lateral ventricle ; 3. 
third ventricle : 4, fourth ventricle ; + ta m 
the iter e tcrtto ad quartum ventnculum. 
