encephalon 
(so. /jue/tof, marrow, the brain), within the head, 
< eti, in, + ne^aX-i], the head.] In anat., that 
which is contained in the cranial cavity as a 
whole ; the brain. 
encephalopathia, encephalopathy (en-sef- 
a-lo-path'i-a, cu-sef-a-lop'a-thi), n. [= F. en- 
ceplialopathie, < Nli.'encephalopathvi, < Gr. ty- 
K<t>a/J)c, the brain, + irdOot;, suffering.] In pa- 
thol., disease of the encephalon. 
encephalospinal (en-sef"a-16-spl'nal), a. [< 
NL. encephalon, brain, + L" spina, spine, 4- -a?.] 
Pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord. 
encephalotomy (en-sef-a-lot'o-mi), n. [< Gr. 
e}Kifj>aZo(;, the brain, + roui/, a cutting.] Dis- 
section of the brain. 
encephalous (en-sef 'a-lus), a. [< Gr. eyxf^a/lof, 
within the head: see encephalon. The right 
form for this meaning is cephalous. ] In conch . , 
having a head, as most mollusks ; of or pertain- 
ing to the Encephala : an epithet applied to mol- 
lusks, excepting the Lamellibranckia, which are 
said, in distinction, to be acephalous. 
enchace 1 !, . *. See enchase*. 
enchace 2 !, 0. * An obsolete spelling of enchase 2 . 
enchafet (en-chaf ), . [< ME. enchaufen, < en- + 
chaufen, chafe, as if ult. < L. incalefacere, make 
warm or hot: see en- 1 and chafe.'] I. trans. 
1. To make warm or hot; heat. 
Ever the gretter merite shal he have that most re- 
streyneth the wikkede enchaufing or ardure of this sinne. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
So in the body of man, when the bloud is moved, it in- 
vadeth the vitall and spirituall vessels, and being set on 
fire, it enchafeth the whole body. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 694. 
2. To chafe or fret; provoke; enrage; irritate. 
And yet as rough, 
Their royal blood enchaf'd, as the rud'st wind, 
That by the top doth take the mountain pine 
And make him stoop to the vale. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
Seizes the rough, enchafed northern deep. 
J. Baillie. 
II. intrant. To become warm. 
As thei enchaufe, thei shul be losid fro ther place. 
Wyclif, Job vi. 17 (Oxf.). 
enchain (en-ehan'), v. t. [Formerly also in- 
cliain; < OF. enchainer, F. enchatner'= Pr. Sp. 
encadenar = Pg. encadear = It. incatenare, < 
ML. incatenare, enchain, < L. in, in, + catenare 
(> OF. cliainer, F. chatner, etc.), chain: see en- 1 
and chain."] 1. To chain ; fasten with a chain; 
bind or Iftld in or as if in chains ; hold in bond- 
age ; enthrall. [Obsolete in the literal use.] 
In times past the Tyrians . . . enchained the images of 
their Gods to their shrines, for fear they would abandon 
their city and be gone. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 712. 
What should I do? while here I was enchain'd, 
No glimpse of godlike liberty remain'd. 
Dryden, JEueid. 
2. To hold fast; restrain; confine: as, to en- 
chain the attention. 
The subtilty of nature and operations will not be in- 
chained in those bonds. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 215. 
It was the Time when silent Night began 
1" enchain with Sleep the busie Spirits of Man. 
Cowley, Davideis, i. 
3. To link together; connect. [Rare.] 
One contracts and enchains his words. Hoivell. 
enchainment (en-chan'ment), n. [< F. en- 
chainement = Pr. encademen = Sp. encadena- 
miento = Pg. encadeamento = It. incatenamento, 
< ML. *incatenamentui, < incatenare, enchain : 
see enchain &n& -rnent."] 1. The act of enchain- 
ing, or the state of being enchained; a fasten- 
ing or binding ; bondage. 
It is quite another question what was the time and 
what were the circumstances which, by an enchainment 
as of fate, brought on the period of crime and horror 
which before the war with England had already coloured 
the advancing stages of the Revolution [in France]. 
Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 923. 
2. A linking together; concatenation. [Rare.] 
And we shall see such a connection and enchainment 
of one fact to another, throughout the whole, as will force 
the most backward to confess that the hand of God was 
of a truth in this wonderful defeat 
Warburton, Julian's Attempt to Rebuild the Temple, ii. 3. 
The idea of a systematic enchainment of phenomena 
in which each is conditioned by every other, and none 
can be taken in isolation and explained apart from the 
rest, was foreign to his [Epicuruss] mind. 
Encyc. Brit., VIII. 476. 
enchair (en-char'), 0. t. [< ew-l + chair.] To 
seat or place in a chair; place in a position of 
authority or eminence. [Rare.] 
But thou, Sir Lancelot, sitting in my place 
Enchair'd to-morrow, arbitrate the field. 
Tennyson, Last Tournament. 
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enchant (en-chanf), 0. t. [Formerly also in- 
chant; < ME. enchaunten, < OF. enchanter, en- 
canter, F. enchanter = Pr. encantar, enchantar 
= Sp. Pg. encantar = It. incantare, < L. incan- 
tare, bewitch, enchant, say over, mutter or chant 
a magic formula, < in, in, on, + cantare, sing, 
chant: see chant a.nd incantation."] 1. Toprac- 
tise sorcery or witchcraft on ; subdue by charms 
or spells ; hold as by a spell ; bewitch. 
By the Witchcraft of fair Words, [Rowena] so enchant- onpV,. *,.,.<. / n ),an 
! the British Nobility that her Husband Vortigern was enuianiress ( 
;ain established in the Kingdom. Baker, Chronicles, p. 4. chaunteresse, < JJ . *e, 
ed 
agai: 
John thinks them all enchanted; he inquires if Nick 
had not given them some intoxicating potion. Arbuthnot. 
enchecker 
Warmth of fancy which holds the heart of a reader 
under the strongest enchantment. Pope, Pref. to Iliad. 
3. That which enchants or delights ; the power 
or quality of producing an enchanting effect. 
As we grow old, many of our senses grow dull, but the 
sense of beauty becomes a more perfect enchantment 
every year. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 187. 
= Syn. 1. Charm, fascination, magic, spell, sorcery, nec- 
romancy, witchery, witchcraft. 2. Kapture, transport, 
ravishment. 
'tres), n. [< ME. en- 
"enchanteresse, F. enchan- 
teresse = It. incantatrice, < LL. *incantatrix, 
fern, of incantator, an enchanter: see enchant- 
er.'] A woman who enchants, as by magic 
spells, beauty, manner, or the like ; a sorceress. 
From this enchantress all these ills are come. 
2. To impart a magical quality or effect to; 
change the nature of by incantation or sorcery ; 
bewitch, as a thing. 
And now about the caldron sing, 
Like elves and fairies in a ring, 
Enchanting all that you put in. 
Shak., Macbeth, iv. 1. 
3. To delight in a high degree; charm; fasci- 
nate. 
Bid me discourse ; I will enchant thine ear. 
Shot., Venus and Adonis, 1. 145. encharget (en-charj'), 0. t. [< ME. enchargen, 
< OF. encharger, enchargier, encarchier, encar- 
kier, etc., < ML. incaricare, load, charge, < L. 
in, in, + ML. caricare, carricare ( > F. encharger 
= Pr. Sp. encargar= Pg. encarregar= It. incari- 
Dryden. 
enchantryt, n. [ME. enchantery, enchaunterye, 
< OF. enchanterie, enchantment, < enchanter, 
enchant: see enchant.'] Enchantment. 
Tho the clerke hadde yseid hys enchaunterye, 
Ther fore Silui hym let sle. 
Robert of Gloucester, p. 10. 
The prospect such as might enchant despair. 
Cowper, 
e, captivate, enrap- 
ture, carry away. To fascinate is to bring under a spell, 
. 
Retirement, 1. 489. 
= Syn. 3. Enchant, Charm, Fascinate, captivate, enrap- 
as by the power of the eye ; to enchant and to charm are 
to bring under a spell by some more subtle and mysterious 
power. This difference in the literal affects also the fig- 
urative senses. Enchant is stronger than charm. All gen- 
erally imply a pleased state in that which is affected, but 
fascinate less often than the others. 
So stands the statue that enchants the world. 
Thomson, Summer, 1. 1346. 
The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight 
ever afterwards. Alcott, Table-Talk, i. 
Many a man is fascinated by the artifices of composi- 
tion, who fancies that it is the subject which had operated 
so potently. De Quincey, Style, i. 
She sat under Mrs. Mackenzie as a bird before a boa- 
constrictor, doomed fluttering fascinated. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, Ixxiii. 
enchanter (en-chan'ter), H. 
care, < charger, etc.), charge, load: see en- 1 and 
charge."] To give in charge or trust. 
I have dispatched away Mr. Meredith, his Majesty's sec- 
retary of the embassy here, by the Catherine yacht, and 
encharged with my main pacquet to the secretary. 
Sir W. Temple, To my Lord Treasurer, July 20, 1678. 
His countenance would express the spirit and the pas- 
sion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey. 
sncharget (en-charj'), n. [< eni'harge, i:] An 
injunction ; a charge. 
A nobleman being to passe through a water, commaund- 
ed his trumpetter to goe before and sound the depth of it ; 
who to shew himselfe very mannerly, refus'd this encharge, 
and push'd the nobleman himselfe forward, saying : No, 
sir, not I, your lordship shall pardon me. 
A. Copley, tr. of Wits, Fits, and Fancies (ed. 1614). 
[< ME. enchanter, 
enchauntcr, enchauntour, < OF. enclianteor, en- pTi/VhoopU ' r t 
chanteur, F. enchanteur = Pr. encantaire, encan- ",^> r ' ,,',,'; 
tador = Sp. Pg. encantador = It. incantatore, < 
L. incantator, an enchanter, < incantare, charm, 
enchant: see enchant.] 1. One who enchants 
or practises enchantment; a sorcerer or ma- 
gician. 
Klatereres ben the develes encliauntours, for they maken 
a man to wenen himself be lyke that he is not lyke. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Than Pharo called for the wyse men and enchaunters of 
Egypte ; and they did in lyke manner with their sorcery. , ,- - ,* 
Bible (1551), Ex. vii enchase-* (en-chas ), r. t. ; pret. and pp. enchased, 
2. One who charms or delights.-Enchanter's W T :. e " chasi " g ; [Also inc/mse, and early mod. 
,<OF. 
enchacier, enchacer, enchasser, encachier, enco- 
der (= Pr. encassar), chase away, < en- + cha- 
cier, chacer, chasser, chase : see en- 1 and cAase 1 .] 
To drive or chase away. 
After the comynge of this myghty kynge, 
Oure olde woo and troubille to enchace. 
Lydgate. (Halliwell.) 
And ne we lie shull no helpe haue of hym that sholde 
hem alle enchace oute of this londe, that is the kynge Ar- 
thur. Merlin(E. E. T. S.), ii. 1S2. 
.- 
nightshade, a name of the common species of the genus 
Circcea, natural order Onagracece, low and slender erect 
herbs with small white flowers, inhabiting cool, damp 
woods of the northern hemisphere. 
enchanting (en-chau'ting), j). a. Charming; 
ravishing ; delightful to mind or sense : as, an 
enchanting voice; an enchanting face. 
Simplicity in ... manners has an enchanting effect. 
Kames, Elem. of Criticism, iii. 
The mountains rise one behind the other, in an enchant- 
ing gradation of distances and of melting blues and grays 
H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 242! 
enchantingly (en-chan'ting-li), adv. In an en- 
chanting manner; so as to delight or charm. 
Yet he's gentle ; never schooled, and yet learned ; full 
of noble device ; of all sorts enchantingly beloved. 
Shak., As you Like it, i. 2. 
enchantment (en-chant'ment), n. [< ME. en- 
chanteme.it, enchauntement,"<. OF. enchantement, 
encantement, F. enchantement = Pr. encantamen 
= Cat. encantament = Sf. encantamento, encan- 
tamiento = Pg. encantamento = It. incantamen- 
E. enchace, inchace; < F. enchdsser, enchase, < 
en- + chdsse, a frame, chase, > E. chase%, q. v. 
Hence by apheresis chase^, q. v.] 1. To inlay; 
incrust with precious stones or the like. 
Thou Shalt have gloss enough, and all things flt 
T' enchase in all show thy long-smothered spirit. 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, i. 1. 
Then fear the deadly drug, when gems divine 
Enchase the cup and sparkle in the wine. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, x. 40. 
And precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, ' 
The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. 
MiMe, tr. of the Lusiad, ii. 
Hence 2. To incrust or enrich in any manner ; 
adorn by ornamental additions or by ornamen 
tal work. 
She wears a robe enchased with eagles eyes, 
To signify her sight in mysteries. 
B. Jonson, The Barriers. 
Vain as swords 
Against the enchased crocodile. 
Keats, Endymion, i. 
-....v..w _ * 5. vmMfen*n/tn* HJ. VHVllnbltllt&tl o rn 1_ 
to, < L. incantamentum, a charm, incantation, < ' T aase ' as metal-work. See chase^ i._4f. 
incantare, charm, enchant: see enchant.] 1. - 1 mclose or contain as something enchased. 
The pretended art or act of producing effects M ^ ragged rimes are all too rude and bace 
by the invocation or aid of demons or the Her heavelll y lineaments for to enchace. 
agency of spirits ; the use of magic arts, spells, . 
or charms; incantation; that which produces e^Chaser (eii-cha ser), n. One who enchases; 
!__!_. 11 a chaser. 
enchasten (eu-cha'sn), 0. t. [< c-l + chasten^.'] 
^ *.^ ,,. To chasten ; chastise ; correct. H. K. White. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 609. enchaufet, 0. A Middle English form of enchafe. 
The magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner encheasont, n. See encheson. 
with their enchantments. Ex. vii. 11. encheckt (eu-chek'), 0. t. [< c-l + 
She is a witch, sure, To checker. 
And works upon him with some damn'd enchantment. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, iii. 2. 
2. The state or condition of being enchanted, 
literally or figuratively; especially, a very de- encheckert, enchequert (en-chek'er), 0. t. [< 
ligfittul influence or effect; a sense of charm c-i + checker, chequer.] To checker; arrange 
in a checkered pattern. Z>nY*. 
magical results. 
A-noon as thei were a-bedde, Merlin be-gan an en- 
chauntement, and made hem to slepe alle. 
Where th' art-full shuttle rarely did encheck 
The cangeant colour of a Mallards neck. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, The Decay. 
or fascination. 
