endwise 
endwise (end'wiz), adv. [< end + -wise] 1. 
On end; erectly; in an upright position. 
Pitiful huts and cabins made of poles set endwise. 
Hay, Works of Creation. 
2. With the end forward or upward : as, to pro- 
sent or hold a staff endwise. 
endyma (en'di-ma), . [NL. (Wilder), < Gr. 
ivivfia, a garment, < ivSiieiv, put on, get into : 
see endue*, indue 1 .] Same as ependyma. 
All parts of the true cavities of the vertebrate brain are 
lined by asmooth epithelium called ependyma or endyma, 
the shorter name being preferable. 
Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 413. 
endymal (en'di-mal), a. [< endyma + -al.] 
Same as ependymal. 
Endyniion (en-dim'i-on), n. [NL., < L. En- 
dyniion, < Gr. 'Evdvftiuv, in myth, a son of Jupi- 
ter and Calyce, beloved by Selene.] 1. In en- 
tom.j a genus of butterflies, named by Swain- 
son in 1832. Its only species, E. regalis, is now 
placed in the genus Evenus. 2. A genus of 
crustaceans. 
endysis (en'di-sis), . [NL., < Gr. evSvoif, a 
putting on (of clothing), an entering into, < ev- 
oiiem, put on, get into : see endyma.] Inornitlt., 
the acquisition of plumage by a bird ; the act 
of putting on plumage : opposed to ecdysis. 
ene^t, adv. An obsolete contraction of even 1 . 
ene 2 t, An obsolete contraction of crew 2 . 
E. N. E. An abbreviation of east-northeast. 
-ene. [< L. -enus (Gr. -ifnoc), an adj. term, as 
in serenus, serene, terrenus, terrene, etc. Cf. 
-anus (E. -an), -inns (E. -ine, -in), -onus (E. -one), 
etc.] 1. An adjective termination of Latin 
origin, as in serene, terrene. 2. In chem., a 
termination indicating a hydrocarbon which 
belongs to the olefine series, having the gen- 
eral formula C U H2 U : as, cthylene (C 2 H 4 ), pro- 
pylene (C 3 H ). 
enecatet (en'e-kat), v. t. [< L. enecatus (also 
enectus), pp. of enecare, enicare, kill off, < e, out, 
+ necare, kill.] To wear out ; exhaust ; kill off. 
Some plagues partake of such a pernicious degree of 
malignity that, in the manner of a most presentations 
poison, they enecate in two or three hours, suddenly cor- 
rupting or extinguishing the vital spirits. 
Haney, The Plague. 
en echelle (oh a-shel'). [F. : en, in; eclielle, 
ladder.] Arranged in horizontal bars, like 
those of a ladder, as trimmings of any kind 
upon a garment, or any other ladder-like for- 
mation. 
enecia (e-ne'shi-a), n. [NL., < Gr. yvetdis, bear- 
ing onward, far-stretching, continuous, earlier 
only in comp. Saivenijc;, etc. , continuous, < fnifvcy- 
neiv, irreg. 2d aor. associated with Auu/iepeiv, car- 
ry through or to the end, < &ia, through, + t/vey- 
xelv (-y/ *evex, *et>eyi<), associated with <f>epetv = 
E. bear 1 .] A continued fever. 
enedt, n. [ME., also ende, < AS. ened, a duck: 
see drake*.] A duck. 
enema ( en'e-ma or e-ne'ma), n. [NL., < Gr. 
ivefia,a,n injection, clyster, (evtbxu, inject, send 
in, < iv, in, + livai, send.] 1. PI. enemata (e- 
nem'a-ta). In med., a quantity of fluid injected 
into the rectum ; a clyster; an injection. 
Many adhere to the old plan and still use enemata of food 
(and stimulants) not specially prepared, such as ordinary 
milk, beef-tea, and brandy. Jour. Ment. ScL, XXX. 22. 
2. [cap.] In entom., a genus of scarabseoid 
beetles, founded by Hope in 1837. There are 
about 6 Mexican and North American species, 
enemiablet, a. [ME. enemyable, enmyable, < OF. 
enemiable, ennemiable, anemiable, < ML. "iuimi- 
cabilis (in adv. inimicabiliter), unfriendly, hos- 
tile, < L. in- priv. + amicabilis, friendly, ami- 
cable: see amicable, and cf. enemy*.] Hostile; 
inimical. 
A bure he made agen the enmyable (var. enemyable] 
W* W'j/ch/, Ecclus. xlvi. 7 (Oxf.). 
enemityt, n. An obsolete form of enmity. 
enemy 1 (en'e-mi), n. and a. [Early mod. E. 
also enemie; < ME. enemy, enemye, often synco- 
pated enmy (cf. enmity), < OF. enemi, anemi, F. 
ennemi = Pr. enemie = Sp. enemigo = Pg. ini- 
migo = It. nemico, < L. inimicvs, an enemy, lit. 
an unfriend, < in- priv., = E. tin-*, + amicus, 
a friend: see amiable, amicable, amity. Cf. in- 
imical, inimicous.] I. n. ; pi. enemies (-miz). 
1. One who opposes, antagonizes, or seeks to 
inflict, or is willing to inflict, injury upon ano- 
ther, from dislike, hatred, conflict of interests, 
or public policy, as in war; one who is hostile 
or inimical. 
With my wyf, I wene, 
We schal yow wel acorde, 
That watz your enmi/ kene. 
Sir (iawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2400. 
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I say unto you, Love your enemies. Mat. v. 44. 
It [the rhinoceros] is enemie to the Elephant. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 503. 
An enemy to truth and knowledge. Locke. 
Specifically 2. An opposing military force. 
See the enemy, below. 3. A foreign state which 
is in a condition of open hostility to the state 
in relation to which the former is regarded, or 
a subject of such a state. 4. That which is in- 
imical; anything that is hurtful or dangerous: 
as, strong drink is one of man's worst enemies; 
a bad conscience is an enemy to peace. 
I am sure care's an enemy to life. Shak., T. N., i. 3. 
Allen enemy, a natural-born subject of a sovereign state 
which is actually at war with the state in relation to which 
such person is regarded. Public enemy, king's ene- 
my, queen's enemy, an enemy with whom the state is 
at open war, including pirates on the high seas. The 
enemy. () Slilit., the opposing force : used as a collec- 
tive noun, and construed with a verb or pronoun either in 
the singular or plural. 
The enemy thinks of raising threescore thousand men 
for the next summer. Addison, State of the War. 
We have met the enemy, and they are ours. 
Com. 0. 11. Perry (in despatch announcing the battle 
[of Lake Erie, Sept. 10th, 1813). 
(0) The adversary of mankind ; the devil ; Satan, (e) 
Time: as, how goes the enemy > ( = what o'clock is it?); to 
kill the enemy. [Slang.] 
"How goes the enemy, Snobb?" asked Sir Mulberry 
Hawk. " Four minutes gone." 
Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, xix. 
Syn. Antagonist, Opponent, etc. See adversary. 
II. rt. If. Inimical; hostile; opposed. 
They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. 
Jer. Taylor. 
2. In international law, belonging to a public 
enemy ; belonging to a hostile power or to any 
of its subjects : as, enemy property. 
Enemy ship does not make enemy goods. 
Encyc. Brit., XIII. 195. 
enemyif, v. i- [ME. enemyen, < OF. enemier, 
ennemier, < L. inimicare, make hostile, < inimi- 
cus, hostile, an enemy : see enemy!-, n.] To be 
hostile. If'yclif. 
enemy 2 (en'e-mi), n. A dialectal corruption of 
anemone. 
Doon i' the woild' enemies. 
Tennyson, Northern Farmer (0. S.). 
enemy 3 , . A dialectal (Scotch) corruption of 
emmet. 
enemy-chit (en'e -mi-chit), n. The female of 
the stickleback. [Local, Eng.] 
enemytet, n. An obsolete form of enmity. 
enepidermic (eii-ep-i-der'mik), a. [< Gr. fa, 
in, + NL. epidermis + -ic.] In med., upon the 
surface of the skin : used of the treatment of 
diseases by applying remedies, as plasters, 
blisters, etc., to the skin. 
enerdt, *'. '. [ME. enerden, < en- + erdeit, < AS. 
eardian, dwell, < eard, country : see card.] To 
dwell; live. 
Ofte faght that freike & folke of the Cite, 
With Enmys enerdande in ylis aboute. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 12857. 
energetic (eu-er-jet'ik), a. [< Gr. 
active, < ivtpyelv, be in action, operate, tr. ef- 
fect, < faepydf, at work, active: see energy.] 
Possessing, exerting, or manifesting energy, 
specifically, acting or operating with force and 
vigor; powerful in action or effect; forcible; 
vigorous : as, an energetic man or government ; 
energetic measures, laws, or medicines. 
If then we will conceive of God truly, and, as far as we 
can, adequately, we must look upon him not only as an 
eternal, but also as a being eternally eneryetick. 
N. Grew, Cosinologia Sacra, i. 1. 
Nitric acid of 40 is too energetic and costly. 
W. II. Wahl, Galvanoplastic Manipulations, p. 34. 
The most energetic element in contemporary socialism 
is political rather than economical. 
Roe, Contemp. Socialism, p. 106. 
= Syn. Strenuous, assiduous, potent. 
energetical (en-er-jet'i-kal), a. [< energetic + 
-al.] Same as energetic. " [Bare.] 
He would do veneration to that person whose name he 
saw to be energetical and triumphant over devils. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 270. 
energetically (en-6r-jet'i-kal-i), adv. With 
force and vigor ; with energy and effect. 
energeticalness (en-er-jet'i-kal-nes), n. The 
quality of being energetic; "activity; vigor. 
Scott. 
energetics (en-er-jet'iks), n. [PI. of energetic: 
see -ics.] The science of the general laws of 
energy. 
A science whose subjects are material bodies and physi- 
cal phenomena in general, and which it is proposed to call 
the science of energetics. 
lliinkine, Proc. of Phil. Soc. of Glasgow, May 2, 1855. 
energy 
energic (e-ner'jik), a. [Formerly energick ; < 
F. energique = Sp. energico = Pg. It. energico 
(cf. D. G. cnergisch = Dan. Sw. cnergisk), < Gr. 
hepy6(, at work, active : see energy.] 1. Ener- 
getic; endowed with or manifesting energy. 
[Bare.] 
Arise, as in that elder time, 
Warm, energick, chaste, sublime 1 
Collins, The Passions. 
To me hath Heaven with bounteous hand assigned 
Energic Reason and a shaping mind. 
Coleridge, On a Friend. 
2. In physics, exhibiting energy or force ; pro- 
ducing direct physical effect; acting; operat- 
ing : as, heat is an energic agent, 
energical (e-n6r'ji-kal), a. [< energic + -al.] 
Same as energic. 
The learned and moderate of the reformed churches 
abhor the foppery of such conceits, and confess our polity 
to be productive of more energical and powerful preach- 
ers than any church in Europe. 
Waterhouse, Apol. for Learning (1653), p. 85. 
energico (e-ner'je-ko), a. [It. : see energic.] In 
music, energetic:' indicating a passage to be 
rendered with strong articulation and accentu- 
ation. 
energize (en'er-jiz), v. ; pret. and pp. energized, 
ppr. energizing. [< energy + -ize.] I. trans. 
To endow with energy ; impart active force or 
strength to ; make vigorous. 
First conies, of course, the creation of matter, its cha- 
otic or nebulous condition, and the energizing of it by the 
brooding spirit. Science, III. 600. 
II. intrans. To act with energy or force ; op- 
erate with vigor; act in producing an effect. 
Those nobler ecstasies of energizing love, of which flesh 
and blood, the animal part of us, can no more partake than 
it can inherit heaven. Horsley, Works, III. xxv. 
Also spelled energise. 
energizer (en'er-ji-zer), n. One who or that 
which gives energy, or acts in producing an 
effect. Also spelled energiser. 
Every energy is necessarily situate between two sub- 
stantives : an energizer, which is active, and a subject, 
which is passive. Harris, Hermes, i. 9. 
energumen (en-er-gu'men), . [= F. energu- 
mene = Sp. energumeno = Pg. It. energumeno, 
< L. energumcnns, < Gr. evepyoi'/ievof, ppr. pass, 
of ivtpyeiv, effect, execute, work on : see ener- 
getic, energy.] One possessed by an evil spirit; 
a demoniac. In the early church the energumens were 
officially recognized as a separate class, to be benefited 
spiritually and mentally by special prayer for them, fre- 
quent benediction, and daily imposition of the exorcist's 
hands. 
There have been also some unhappy sectaries, viz. : 
Quakers and Seekers, and other such Energumens (pardon 
me, reader, that I have thought them so), which have 
given uggly disturbances to these good spirited men in 
their temple-work. C. Mather, Mag. Chris., i. 3. 
The Catechumens, Energumens, and Penitents, says S. 
Dionysius, are allowed to hear the holy modulation of 
Psalms, and the Divine recitation of sacred Scripture, but 
the Church invites them not to behold the sacred works 
and mysteries that follow. 
J. M. Neale, Eastern Church, i. 208. 
energy (en'er-ji), n. ; pi. energies (-jiz). [= D. 
G. energie = Dan. Sw. energi, < F. energie = Sp. 
energia = Pg. It. energia, < LL. energia, < Gr. 
evepyeia, action, operation, actuality, < evepyr/f, 
active, effective, later form of evepy6f, at work, 
active, etc., < iv, in, + ipyov = E. work.] 1. 
The actual exertion of power ; power exerted ; 
strength in action ; vigorous operation. 
The world was compact, and held together by its own 
bulk and energy. Bacon, Physical Fables, i., Expl. 
There is no part of matter that does ever, by its sensible 
qualities, discover any power or energy, or give us ground 
to imagine that it could produce anything. 
llmne, Human Understanding, i. 7. 
The last series of cognate terms are act, operation, ener- 
gy. They are all mutually convertible, as all denoting 
the present exertion or exercise of a power, a faculty, or 
a habit. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaphysics, vii. 
We must exercise our own minds with concentrated and 
continuous energy. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 19. 
My desire, like all strongest hopes, 
By its own energy fulflll'd itself. 
Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. 
2. Activity considered as a characteristic ; ha- 
bitual putting forth of power or strength, phys- 
ical or mental, or readiness to exert it. 
Something of indescribable barbaric magnificence, spir- 
itualized into a grace of movement superior to i\ie energy 
of the North and the extravagant fervor of the East. 
Hoirelb, Venetian Life, ii. 
3. The exertion of or capacity for a particular 
kind of force ; action or the power of acting in 
any manner; special ability or agency: used of 
the active faculties or modes of action regard- 
ed severally, and often in the plural : as, crea- 
tive energy ; the energies of mind and body. 
