enlightenment 
She wanted it [liis approval) passionately, with an in- 
aistance which even her own complete enlightenment as 
to the difference between them never affected. 
Mrs. Oliphant, A Poor Gentleman, xiii. 
2. [Tr. G. aufklarung.'] Independence of 
thought; rationalism, especially the rational- 
ism of the eighteenth century. 
This enlightenment Hegel had received at first in its 
sober German form in the dry analysis and superficial 
criticism of the post-Wolffiau age ; but at the university 
he came to know it in its more intensive French form, 
which was to the German enlightenment as wine to water. 
J. Caird. 
enlimnt (en-lim'), . t. [< e-l + limn. Cf. en- 
luniine and illumine, ult. of same elements.] To 
illuminate or adorn with ornamented letters or 
with pictures, as a book. Palsgrave. 
enlink (en-link'), . t. [< era-i + link*-.] To 
l^nk ; connect as if into a chain. 
What is it then to me, if impious war, 
Array'd in flames, like to the prince of fiends, 
Do, with his smirch'd complexion, all fell feats 
Enlink'd to waste and desolation? 
Shak., Hen. V., iii. 3. 
enlist (en-list'),t\ [Formerly also inlist; <en- 1 + 
list 5 . Hence, by apheresis, list 6 , v., 2.] I. trans. 
1. To enter, as a name on a list; enroll; re- 
gister. 2. To engage for public service, espe- 
cially military or naval service, by enrolling 
after mutual agreement: as, to enlist men for 
the army. 
They [the Romans] even, it is said, allowed the Cartha- 
ginians to levy soldiers in their dominions, that is, to en- 
list . . . Lucanian, or Samnite, or Bruttian mercenaries. 
Dr. Arnold, Hist. Korne, xlii. 
[In construing the pension and other laws relating to 
soldiers, enlisted applies to drafted men as well as to vol- 
unteers, whose names are duly entered on the military 
rolls. Sheffield as. Otis, 107 Mass., -282.] 
3. To unite firmly to a cause ; employ in ad- 
vancing some interest ; engage the services of : 
as, to enlist one's sympathies in the cause of 
charity. 
Methodically to enlist the members of a community, 
with due regard to their several capacities, in the per- 
formance of its public duties, is the way to make that 
community powerful and healthful. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. lO.'i. 
Never before had so large an amount of literary ability 
been enlisted in politics. Leeky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 
= Syu. 1 and 2. Enroll, etc. See record, v. 
II. intrrnis. I. To engage in public service, 
especially military service, by subscribing ar- 
ticles or enrolling one's name ; specifically, to 
engage in such service voluntarily. 2. To en- 
ter heartily into a cause, with devotion to its 
interests. 
enlistment (en-list'ment), n. [Formerly also 
inlistinent ; < enlist +" -ment.] 1. The act of 
enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; the 
levying of soldiers or sailors by voluntary en- 
rolment. 
In England, with enlistment instead of conscription, 
this supply was always precarious. 
Buckle, Civilization, II. viii. 
2. The writing by which a soldier (other than 
one who has entered the military service under 
a commission as an officer) is bound. 
enliyet (en-llv'), v. t. [< e-i + life, appearing 
as live in alive, livelong, live, a., etc. Cf . enliven.'] 
To enliven ; quicken ; animate. 
This dissolved body shall be raised out of the dust and 
enlived. Bp. Hall, Select Thoughts, SO. 
enliven (en-li'vn), v. t. [< en-1 + life (live) + 
-el (3). Cf. enlive.] 1. To give life, action, 
or motion to ; make vigorous or active ; vivify ; 
quicken. 
It [the spawn of carp] lies ten or twelve days before it 
be enlioened. J. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 142. 
There, warm'd alike by Sol's enlivening power, 
The weed, aspiring, emulates the flower. Shenstone. 
2. To give spirit or vivacity to ; animate ; make 
sprightly, gay, or cheerful. 
The Reader cannot but be pleased to find the Depths of 
Philosophy enlivened with all the Charms of Poetry. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 339. 
A projecting point of gray rocks veined with color, tn- 
luvned by touches of scarlet bushes and brilliant flowers 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 324. 
=Syn. 2. To exhilarate, cheer, inspirit, gladden, invigor- 
ate, rouse, wake up. 
enlivener (en-li'vn-er), n. One who or that 
which enlivens, animates, vivifies, or invigor- 
ates. 
Fire, th' enlivener of the general frame. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 427. 
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enlivening (en-li'vn-ing), H. [Verbal n. of en- 
liven, t'.] That which enlivens or makes gay. 
The good man is full of joyful enlivenings. 
Feltham, Resolves, i. 84. 
enlivenment (en-li'vn-ment), 11. [< enliven + 
-ment.~\ 1. The act of enlivening or of making 
or becoming live, vigorous, or active. 
The rappings, the trance mediums, the visions of hands 
without bodies, . . . the enlivenment of furniture we 
have invented none of them, they are all heirlooms. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 150. 
2. The act of making or becoming gay, ani- 
mated, or vivacious. 
His talk was full of little unexpected turns in the 
midst of sober discussion, a flash of enlivenment. 
Quoted in Merriam's Life of Bowles, II. 408. 
enlockt (en-lok'), t'. t. [< e-l + Zocfcl.] To 
lock up ; inclose. 
That sacred Saint my soveraigne Queene, 
In whose chast brest all bountie naturall 
And treasures of true love enlocked beene. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV., Prol., st. 4. 
enluminet (en-lu'min), v. t. [< ME. enluminen, 
< OF. enluminer = Pr. enlumenar, enllmmenar, 
< L. inluminare, illuminare, light up : see illu- 
mine, and cf . enlimn. ~] To illumine ; enlighten ; 
give light to. 
That same great glorious lampe of light 
That doth enlumine all these lesser fyres. 
Spenser, F. Q., V., Prol., st. 7. 
Even so doe those rough and harsh termes enlumine, and 
make more clearly to appeare, the brightnesse of brave 
and glorious words. Spenser, Shep. Cal., Ded. 
enluringt (en-lur'ing), n. [Verbal n. of "enlure, 
v.,< oj-1 T lure.] Luring; enticement. Dames. 
They know not the detractions of slander, . . . provo- 
cations, heats, enlurings of lusts. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 311. 
enlutet, '. t. [ME. enluten; < en-l + Intel.'] TO 
daub with clay so as to make air-tight. 
Of the pot and glasses enluting [var. engluling, Tyr- 
whlttj. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 213. 
enmanche (F. pron. on-moii-sha'), a. [Heral- 
dic F., < en, = E. en-1, -I- maiiclie, a sleeve.] In 
liei'., as if resembling or covered with a sleeve. 
enmarblet (eu-mar'bl), v. t. Same as emmarble. 
en masse (on mas). [F. : en, in ; masse, mass: 
see hi and mass" 2 .] In mass; all together: as, 
the audience rose en masse. 
enmesh (en-mesh'), v. t. [< eii-1 + mesh. Now 
more commonly immesh, q. v.] To inclose in 
or as if in meshes ; immesh ; entangle ; snare. 
So will I turn her virtue into pitch ; 
And out of her own goodness make the net 
That shall enmesh them all. Shale., Othello, il. 3. 
Fly thither? But I cannot fly ; 
My doubts enmesh me if I try. 
Lowell, Credidimus Jovem Regnare. 
The system which is supposed to be analogous to the 
circulatory system of higher animals is very complex in 
many of the higher holothurids, extends over the alimen- 
tary canal, and enmeshes one of the respiratory trees. 
Stand. Nat. Hist, I. 177. 
enmeshment (en-mesh'ment), n. [< enmesh + 
->nent.~\ 1. The act of enmeshing, or the state 
of being entangled or entrapped. 2. Woven 
work of meshes ; network. 
The moon, low in the west, was drawing a seine of fine- 
spun gold across the dark depths of the valley. In that 
enchanted enmeshment were tangled all the fancies of the 
night. 
M. N. Murfree, Prophet of Great Smoky Mts., p. 120. 
enmewt (en-mu'), v. t. Same as emmew. 
enmiddest, prep. A Middle English variant of 
amidst. 
Hnmyddes the medew founde where he stode, 
Thys cruell geaunt which that he had slain. 
Ram. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3097. 
enminglet (en-ming'gl), v. t. [< e-l + mingle. 
More commonly immingle, q. v.] To mingle. 
Love embittered with tears 
Suits but ill with my years 
When sweets bloom enminrfled around. 
Burgoyne, Lord of the Manor, I. i. 
enmioust (en'mi-us), a. [< enmy, obs. form of 
enemy, -f -CMS. Cf. OF. enemieux.] Full of en- 
mity; inimical. Fox. 
enmity (en'mi-ti), n. ; pi. enmities (-tiz). [Early 
mod. E. also enmitie, enimitie; < ME. enmyte, 
enemyte, enemytee, < OF. enemite, ennemite, usu- 
ally enemistie, older enamistiet, mod. restored 
inimitie = Pr. enemistat = Sp. enemistad = Pg. 
inimizade = It. nemistA, nemistade, nemistate, < 
ML. as if *inimicita(t-)s for L. inimicitia, en- 
mity, < L. inimicits, an enemy, > OF. enemi, > E. 
enemy: see enemy*. Cf. amity, the same word 
as enmity, without the negative.] The quality 
Enneandria 
or state of being hostile ; a feeling or condition 
of antagonism ; ill will; variance; discord. 
I will put enmity between thee and the woman. 
Gen. iii. 15. 
The friendship of the world is enmity with God. 
Jas. iv. 4. 
There is now professed actual Enmity betwixt France 
and Spain. Ilowell, Letters, I. vi. 18. 
Such an opportunity could not but be welcome to a 
nature which was implacable in enmity. 
Macaulay, Addison. 
= Syn. Animosity, III tvill, Maliee, etc. See animosity 
and odium. 
enmoss (en-mos'), v. t. i< enA + moss.'] To 
cover with moss : as. "enmossed realms," Keats. 
[Poetical.] 
enmovet, *' t. [< en-1 + move.~] Same as emove. 
The knight was much enmoved with his speach. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 48. 
enmufflet (en-muf'l), . *. [< en- 1 + muffle.'] 
To wrap up or infold, as in a muffler; muffle. 
enmuret (en-mur'), v. t. See immure. 
enmyti " An obsolete form of enemy*. 
enmytet, n. An obsolete form of enmity. 
ennatedt (e-na'ted), a. [Var. of innated, equiv. 
to innate.] Innate. 
But I have noted in her,- from her birth, 
A strange ennated kind of courtesy. 
Webster (and Dekker ?), Weakest Goeth to the Wall, ii. 2. 
Ennea (en'e-a), n. [NL., < Or. iwia = E. nine.'] 
A genus of pulmonate gastropods, or snails, 
of the family Helicidai. Adams, 1858. 
ennea-. [< Gr. iwea (with prothetic e- and 
doubled v; cf. evevf/Kovra (iwtv-), ninety), orig. 
*vcrev = L. novem = E. nine: see nine.] A pre- 
fix in words of Greek origin, signifying ' nine.' 
Enneacanthus (en"e-a-kan'thus), n. [NL., < 
Ur. hvea, nine, + aaavQa, the spine.] A genus 
of small American sunfishes, of the family 
Centrarchidai, having the caudal fin convex, and 
nine dorsal spines (whence the name). E. obe- 
HHS is about 3 inches long and marked with 
dark vertical bands. 
ennead (en'e-ad), n. [< Gr. iweai; (evveati-), 
a body of nine, the number nine, < iwta = E. 
nine. Cf. enneatic."] 1. The number nine; a 
system of nine objects; especially, in math., 
a system of nine points common to different 
plane cubic curves, or a system of nine lines 
common to cubic curves. 2. One of the divi- 
sions of Porphyry's collection of the doctrines 
of Plotinus : so named from the fact that each 
of the six divisions contains nine books. 
The Enneads of Plotinus are the primary and classical 
documentor Neoplatonism. The doctrine of Plotinus is 
mysticism, and like all mysticism it consists of two main 
divisions [theoretical and practical). 
Harnack, Eucyc. Brit., XVII. 335. 
enneadic (en-e-ad'ik), a. [< ennead + -'c.] 
Pertaining to an ennead, or to the number nine. 
Also, improperly, enneatic Enneadic system, in 
math., a system of ten points, such that on joining any one 
to all the rest the nine lines form an ennead. Enneadic 
system of numeration, a system of numeration by 
nines. 
enneagon (en'e-a-gon), n. [< Gr. iwia, = E. 
nine, + yuvia, an angle.] In geom., a polygon 
or plane figure with nine angles. 
enneagonal (en-e-ag'o-nal), a. [< enneagon + 
-al.~] In geom., having nine angles; pertain- 
ing to an enueagon. Enneagonal number, a num- 
ber of the form J u (7n 5). Such are 1, 9, 24, 46, etc. 
eimeagynous (en-e-aj'i-nus), a. [< Gr. iwea, = 
E. nine, + ywi], a woman (in mod. bot. a pis- 
til), + -o*.] In bot., having nine pistils or 
styles : said of a flower or plant. 
enneahedra, . Plural of enneahedron. 
enneahedral (en"e-a-he'dral), a. [< enneahe- 
dron + -al.] In geom., having nine faces. 
enneahedria, enneahedron (en"e-a-he'dri-a, 
-drqn), . ; p^l. enneahedria; enneahedra (-e, -dra). 
[NL., < Gr. twin., = E. nine, + eSpa, aseat, base.] 
In geom., a solid having nine faces. 
ennealogyt (en-e-al'o-ji), n. [< Gr. iwia, = E. 
nine, + -Aoyia, < 7.iyiiv, speak: see -ology.'] A 
speaking or treating of nine points; also, an 
oration or a treatise divided into nine points or 
chapters. Bailey, 1727. 
enneander (en-e-an'der), n. 
[< NL. *enneandrus: see e n- 
neandrous.] In hot., a plant 
having nine stamens. 
Enneandria (en-e-an'dri-a), 
n. pi. [NL., < *enneandrus: 
see enneandrous.] The ninth 
class of the Linnean system 
of plants, comprising such 
as have perfect flowers with 
nine stamens. 
of B , llo 
atus, belonging 
class E """" 
