enigma 
Faith itself is Imt a'liiitnia, a dark representation of 
(iod to us, till we come to that state, To see God face tit 
face, and to know as also we are known. 
Donne, Sermons, xxi. 
The origin of physical and moral evil : an enigma which 
the highest human intellects have given up in despair. 
Macaulatj, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. 
Divested of its colour-charm, attracting less study, the 
spectrum might still have remained an enigma for an- 
other hundred years. 
0. N. Hood, Modern Chromatics, p. 306. 
enigmatic, enigmatical (e-nig-mat'ik, -i-kal), 
a. [= F. enigmatique = Sp. enigmdtieo = Pg. 
enigmatico = It. enigmatico, enimmatieo, < Gr. 
aiviyiuiTiKo/;, < alviy/jta(T-), a riddle : see enigma."] 
Relating to or containing an enigma ; obscure ; 
darkly expressed or indicated ; ambiguous. 
Your answer, sir, is enigmatical. Shak. , Much Ado, v. 4. 
That the prediction of a future judgment should induce 
a present repentance, that was never an enigmatical, a 
cloudy doctrine, but manifest to all, in all prophecies of 
that kind. Donne, Sermons, vi. 
The mysterious darkness in which the enigmatic proph- 
ecies in the Apocalypse concerning antichrist lay involved 
for many ages. Warburton, Rise of Antichrist. 
Enigmatical canon. See canoni. Enigmatical cog- 
nition. See cognition. = Syn. Mysterious, puzzling, dark, 
recondite. 
enigmatically (e-nig-mat'i-kal-i), adv. In an 
obscure manner; in a meaning different from 
that which the words or circumstances com- 
monly indicate. 
His death also was enigmatically described by the de- 
struction or demolishment of his bodily temple. 
Barrow, Works, II. xxvii. 
enigmatise, t. See enigmatize. 
enigmatist (e-nig'ma-tist), n. [= Sp. Pg. It. 
enigmatista, t. Gr. aiviyftaTtarf/i;, < alviyffa(T-), a 
riddle: see enigma.] A maker of or dealer in 
enigmas or riddles. Addison. 
enigmatize (e-nig'ma-tiz), v. i. ; pret. and pp. 
enigmatized, ppr. enigmatizing. [= Pg. enigma- 
tisar = It. emgmatt&tare; as enigma(t-) + -ize.~\ 
To utter or talk in enigmas ; deal in riddles. 
Also spelled enigmatise. [Rare.] 
enigmatography (e-nig-ma-tog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. 
alviyna(T-), enigma, + -ypaipla, < ypatfteiv, write.] 
The art of making enigmas or riddles. 
enigmatology (e-nig-ma-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. 
aivi)'fia(T-), enigma, + -\oyia, < Uyeiv, speak : see 
-ology.] The science of enigmas and their so- 
lution. 
enist, adv. A Middle English variant of once. 
enisle (en-il'), v. t.; pret. and pp. enisled, ppr. 
enisling. [< en- 1 + isle."] To make an island 
of; insulate; place apart. [Poetical.] 
Yes! in the sea of life enisled, 
With echoing straits between us thrown, 
Dotting the shoreless watery wild, 
We mortal millions live alone. 
M. Arnold, To Marguerite. 
enjail (en-jal'), v. t. [Formerly also engaol, in- 
gaol; < OF. enjaoler, enjaioler, engaioler, engeo- 
ler, angeoler, F. engeoler, enjoler ('= Sp. Pg. en- 
jaular), put into a cage, lay in jail, < en- + 
geole, etc., gaol, jail: see en- and jail."] To put 
in jail; imprison; confine. 
Within my mouth yon have engaol'd my tongue, 
Doubly portcullis'd with my teeth and lips. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 
enjambement (on-zhonb'mon), n. [F., < en- 
jamber, stride, stride over, run over, project, < 
en- + jambe, leg: see jamb."] In verse, the put- 
ting over into a following line of a word or 
words necessary to complete the sense. [Rare.] 
There are two awkward enjambements here. . . . There 
is a trick, which we have noticed above, of putting an ad- 
jective at the end of a line with its substantive in the next. 
Athenaeum, Jan. 28, 1888, p. 111. 
enjoin (en-join'), . *. [Formerly also injoin; < 
ME. enjoinen, enjoynen, < OF. enjoindre, F. en- 
joindre = Pr. enjonger, enjunher = It. ingiv- 
gnere, ingiungere, < L. injungere, enjoin, charge, 
lay upon, lit. join with or to, < in, in, + jun- 
gere, join: see join, and injunction, etc.] It. 
To join ; unite. 
To be mjoyned with you in bands of indissoluble love 
and amity. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
My little children, I must shortly pay 
The debt I owe to nature, nor shall I 
Live here to see you both enjoynd in one. 
Phillis ofSajros (1655). 
2. To lay upon, as an order or command ; put 
an injunction upon ; order or direct with ur- 
gency ; admonish or instruct with authority ; 
command. 
Thorwg lugement thou art en-Ioynet 
To bere fooles, ful of sinne. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 132. 
To satisfy this good old man, 
I would bend under any heavy weight 
That he'll enjoin me to. Shak., Much Ado, v. 1. 
1936 
Unjoin me any penance ; I'll build clmn ho. 
A whole city of hospitals. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night- Walker, iv. 5. 
3. In law, to prohibit or restrain by a judicial 
order called an injunction: used absolutely of 
a thing, or with from of a person : as, the court 
enjoined the prosecution of the work; the de- 
fendant was enjoined from proceeding. 
He had enioyned them/com their wiues, & railed as fast 
against him. J'uttenham, Arte of Bug. Poesie, p. 10. 
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing 
the plaintiffs. Chancellor Kent. 
4. To lay as an injunction ; enforce by way of 
order or command: as, I enjoin it on you not 
to disappoint me; he enjoined upon them the 
strictest obedience. 
I needes must by all meanes fulfill 
This penaunce, which enjoyned is to me. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. viii. 30. 
= Syn. 2. Enjoin, Direct, Command; to bid, require, urge, 
impress upon. Johnson says enjoin is more authoritative 
than direct and less imperious than command. It has the 
force of pressing admonition with authority : as, a parent 
enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has 
also the sense of command : as, the duties enjoined by God 
in the moral law. 
enjoiner (en-joi'ner), n. One who enjoins. 
Johnson. 
enjoinmentt (en-join'ment), ii. [< enjoin + 
-ment.~] The act of enjoining, or the state of 
being enjoined. 
Critical trial should be made by publick enjoinment, 
whereby determination might be settled beyond debate. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
enjoy (en-joi'), v. [< ME. enjoyen, < OF. enjoier, 
anjoier, enjoer, give joy, receive with joy, pos- 
sess, refl. rejoice (= It. ingiojare, fill with ]oy) 
(It. also, like Sp. enjoyar, adorn with jewels), < 
en- + joie, joy: see joy."] I. trans. 1. To feel 
or perceive with joy or pleasure ; take pleasure 
or satisfaction in the possession or experience 
of : as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast, the con- 
versation of friends, or our own meditations; 
to enjoy foreign travel. 
I could enjoy the pangs of death, 
And smile in agony. Addi&on, Cato. 
The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed, 
unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the 
writer. Macaulay, Milton. 
But in Ghirlandaio the skill and the imagination are 
equal, and he gives us a delightful impression of enjoying 
his own resources. //. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 298. 
2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; 
have, hold, or occupy, as a good or profitable 
thing, or as something desirable : as, he enjoys 
a large fortune, or an honorable office. 
That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the in- 
heritance of his fathers. Num. xxxvi. 8. 
It [Syria] came into the hands of the Saracens, from 
whom it was taken by the present Ottoman family, that 
enjoy the Turkish empire. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 88. 
3. To derive pleasure from association with or 
observation of; take delight in being with or 
in: as, to enjoy one's friends; I enjoyed Paris 
more than London ; to enjoy the country. 
So I might enjoy my Saviour at the last, I could with 
patience be nothing almost unto eternity. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, 1. 7. 
Specifically 4. To have sexual intercourse 
with. 
That Hill, on whose high top he [Endymion] was the first 
that found 
Pale Phoebe's wand'ring course ; so skilful in her sphere, 
As some stick not to say that he enjoy'd her there. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, vii. 124. 
For never did thy beauty, since the day 
I saw thee first and wedded thee, adorn'd 
With all perfections, so inflame my sense 
With ardour to enjoy thee. Milton, P. L., ix. 1032. 
5. To have or possess, as something good or 
desirable, in a general sense : as, he enjoys the 
esteem of the community; the paper enjoys a 
wide circulation. 
He expired, . . . having enjoyed, by the benefit of his 
regimen, a long and healthy life and a gentle and easy 
death. Johnson. 
Of the nineteen tyrants who started up under the reign 
of Gallienus, there was not one who enjoyed a life of peace 
or a natural death. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, x. 
To enjoy one's self, to feel pleasure or satisfaction in 
one's own mind ; experience delight from the pleasures in 
which one partakes ; be happy. 
When I employ my affection in friendly and social ac- 
tions, I find I can sincerely enjoy myself. 
Shaftesbury, Advice to an Author, iii. 2. 
Saints 
Enjoy themselves in heaven. 
Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites. 
II. intrans. To live in happiness ; take plea- 
sure or satisfaction. [Rare.] 
Adam, wedded to another Eve, 
Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct. 
Milton, P. L, ix. 829. 
enkindle 
enjoyt, " [< enjoy, i'.] Enjoyment. 
As true love is content with his enjoy, 
And asketh no witnesse nor no record. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 203. 
enjoyable (en-joi'a-bl), a. [< enjoy + -able.] 
That may be enjoyed; capable of yielding en- 
joyment. 
The evening of our days is generally the calmest and the 
most enjoyable of them. Pope . 
To be enjoyable, a book must be wholesome, like nature, 
and flavored with the religion of wisdom. 
Alcott, Tablets, p. 13i 
enjoyableness (en-joi'a-bl-nes), n. The qual- 
ity or state of being enjoyable. 
The etijui/nbleness is complete if the man's life has been 
happy and free from reproach. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXX. 289. 
enjoyer (en-joi'&r), . One who enjoys. 
God can order even his word and precepts so, and turn 
them to the destruction of the unprofitable, unworthy 
enjmjers of them. South, Works, IX. if. 
enjoyment (en-joi'ment), n. [< enjoy + -ment."] 
1. The state of enjoying; pleasurable emotion 
or sensation ; followed by of, a viewing or ex- 
periencing with pleasure or delight : as, her en- 
joyment was manifest ; enjoyment of a play, or of 
a good dinner. 
A lover, when struck with the idea or fancy of his en- 
joyment, promises himself the highest felicity if he suc- 
ceeds in his new amour. 
Shaftesbury, Advice to an Author, iii. 2. 
To the ignorant and the sensual, happiness consists in 
physical enjoyment and the possession of the good things 
of life. W. R. Greg, Misc. Essays, 2d ser., p. 23. 
2. The possession, use, or occupancy of any- 
thing with satisfaction or pleasure; in law, the 
exercise of a right: as, the enjoyment of an 
estate, or of civil and religious privileges. 
The contented use and enjoyment of the things we have. 
Bp. Wilkins, Natural Religion, ii. 4. 
To enjoy rights without having proper security for their 
enjoyment, ought not indeed to satisfy any political rea- 
soners. Ames, Works, XI. 212. 
3. That which gives pleasure or satisfaction; 
cause of joy or gratification ; delight : as, the 
enjoyments of life. 
To despise the little things of present sense, for the hope 
of everlasting enjoyments. Glanville, Sermons, i. 
= Syn. Pleasure, gratification, happiness, satisfaction. 
enkennelt (en-ken'el), v. t. [< en- 1 + kennel 1 ."] 
To shut up in a kennel. 
The Dog [Diogenes] 
That alwaies in a tub enkcnnell'd lies. 
Davies, Microcosmos, p. 84. 
enkert, [ME., appar. of Scand. or LG. ori- 
gin: MD. eenckel, enckel, D. enkel = MLG. enkel, 
enkelt = Sw. Norw. enkel = Dan. enkclt, single, 
simple; cf. Norw. einka, unique, remarkable, 
= Icel. einka-, sometimes einkar-, in comp., 
only, special, particular, in older form einga-, 
only (t'einigr = AS. cenig, E. any), < einn = 
AS. an, E. one : see any and one."] Simple ; un- 
mixed; sole; complete. 
The knyst in the enker gren. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2477. 
enkerchief (en-ker'chif), v. t. [< e-l + ker- 
chief."] To bind with or inclose in a kerchief. 
I know that soft, enkerchief 'd hair, 
And those sweet eyes of blue. 
ii. Arnold, Switzerland, i. (Meeting). 
enkerlyt, adv. [ME., < enker + -ly, -ly 2 .] Com- 
pletely; in detail. 
Thene the emperour was egree, and enkerly fraynes 
The answere of Arthure. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 507. 
enkernel (en-ker'nel), v. t. ; pret. and pp. en- 
kerneled, enkernelled, ppr. enkerneling, enkernel- 
ling. [< enA + kernel."] To inclose in a ker- 
nel. Davies. 
When I muse 
Upon the aches, anxieties, and fears 
The Maggot knows not, Nicholas, methinks 
It were a happy metamorphosis 
To be enJternell'd thus. Southey, Nondescripts, vi. 
enkindle (en-kin'dl), v. t.; pret. and pp. en- 
kindled, ppr. enkindling. [< en- 1 + kindle 1 ."] 
1. To kindle; set on fire; inflame. 
Enkindle all the sparks of nature, 
To quit this horrid act. Shak., Lear, iii. 7. 
That literary heaven which our youth saw dotted thick 
with rival glories we find now to have been a stage-sky 
merely, artificially enkindled from behind. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 115. 
Hence 2. To excite; rouse into action; in- 
flame: as, to enkindle the passions; to enkindle 
zeal; to enkindle war or discord, or the flames 
of war. 
Fearing to strengthen that impatience 
Which seem'd too much enkindled. 
Shak., J. C., ii. 1. 
It enkindled in France the fiery eloquence of Mirabeau. 
^n inner, Prison Discipline. 
