ensemble 
is one in which the elements have a definite succession. 
A peri is one which is its uwu derived ensem- 
ble. Sec Hiniiiifi-. First genus of ensembles, that class 
of ensembles which have mill a linile number of succes- 
sive derived ensembles, since the elements of the nth ile- 
rived ensemble hale no limits. Second gOUUS Of 6n- 
sembles that class of ensembles which have an infinite 
succession of derived ens. nu.ics. Tout ensemble, the 
entire Combination or collocation ; the assemblage of pari 
or arrangement of details vieiieil as a whole : as, the tout 
c/ivr',,< j'lmirable. 
ensete (en-se'te), n. [Abyssinian.] An Abys- 
sinian name of Musa Ensete, a noble plant of 
the banana genus. It produces leaves about 20 feet 
long and 3 or 4 broad, the largest entire leaf as yet known. 
Die MI ivi ,! stalk, which is as thick us a man's arm. is used 
for food, but the fruit is worthless. 
enshadet, inshadetU'ii-, iu-shad'),i>. t. [< en- 1 , 
i/i- 1 , -I- shade.] To mark with different grada- 
tions of colors. Latham. 
Lily-white inshaded with the rose. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, I. 5. 
enshadow (en-shad'o), v. t. [<en-! + shadow.] 
To cast a shadow upon ; obscure ; overspread 
with shade. [Rare.] 
That enthusiasm which foreshortens and enthadows 
every fault. The Independent, April 22, 1862. 
enshawlt (en-shal'), v. t. [< en- 1 + shawl.] To 
cover or invest with a shawl. Quinn. 
ensheathe, v. t. See inskeathe. 
enshieldt (en-sheld'), v. t.- ; pret. and pp. en- 
shielded (pp. abbr. cnshield in extract). [< en- 1 
+ shield.] To shield; cover; protect. 
These black masks 
Proclaim an tnshield beauty, ten times louder 
Than beauty could. Shak., M. for M., II. 4. 
enshoret (en-shor'), v. t. [< en- + shore 1 .] To 
enharbor. Davies. 
Then Death (the end of ill unto the good) 
Enxliore my soule neer drownd in flesh and bloud. 
Daniel, Wittes Pilgrimage, p. 40. 
enshrine (eji-shriu'), v. t.; pret. and pp. en- 
shrined, ppr. enshrining. [Formerly also in- 
shrine; < en- 1 + shrine.] To inclose in or as 
in a shrine or chest; deposit for safe-keeping 
in or as in a cabinet; hence, to preserve with 
care and affection; cherish. 
In his own verse the poet still we find. 
In his own page his memory lives enshrined. 
0. W. Holmes, Bryant's 'Seventieth Birthday. 
The whole of the dagoba, which is 8 ft. in diameter, 
has been hollowed out to make a cell, In which an image 
of Buddha is enshrined. 
J. Fenjuison, Hist Indian Arch., p. 132. 
enshroud (en-shroud'), v. t. [Formerly also 
inshroud; < en- 1 + shroud.] To cover with or 
as with a shroud ; hence, to envelop with any- 
thing which conceals from observation : as, the 
sun was enshrouded in mist; to enshroud one's 
purpose in mystery. 
They lurk enshrouded in the vale of night. 
Churchill, The Apology. 
ensiferoust (en-sif'e-rus), a. [< L. ensifer (< 
ensis, a sword, + -/IT, < ferre = E. bear!) + 
-ous.] Bearing or carrying a sword. Coles, 
1717; Bailey, 1733. 
ensiform (en'si-f6rm), a. [= F. ensiforme, < 
NL. riisiforinis, < L. nisi*, a sword, + fiirnni, 
shape.] In hot. and zool., sword-shaped ; 
straight, sharp on both edges, and ta- 
pering to a point ; xiphoid ; ensate : as, 
an ensiform leaf or organ. Ensiform 
antennae, in entom., those antenme which are 
equal and taperiiiL', with compressed joints hav- 
ing one sharp .-due. Ensitorui appendage or 
Cartilage. See rartilatte. 
ensign (en'sin), n. [Formerly eiisigiii 1 
(and corruptly anncirnt, ancirnt, in 
the sense of standard-bearer : see un- 
eienft), < OF. ensigne, enscigne, F. t-n- 
seign = Pr. enseigna, enseyna, essrnha = E j.' f n " 
OSp. enfieita = Sp. Pg. insignia = It. i- 
xi'i/na, < ML. insigna, L. insigiie, a standard, 
badge, mark (pi. insignia), iieut.of iiisignis, dis- 
tinguished by a mark, remarkable: see insig- 
nia. Cf. ensign, v.] 1. The flag or banner dis- 
tinguishing a company of soldiers, an army, or 
a vessel; colors; a standard. 
Hang up your fusirriw, let your drums be still. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 4. 
Those arms, those eitsiyiui, borne away, 
Accomplished Rokcby's brave array, 
But all were lost on Marston's day. 
ScoH, Rokeby, v. 4. 
We heard 
The drowsy folds of our great ensiyn shake 
From blazon 'd lions o'er the imperial tent 
Whispers of war. Tennyson, Prince^. \. 
I saw no sailors, but a great Spanish ensiyn floated over, 
and waved, a funereal plume. 
(,'. II'. (.-nrlis. Prue and I, p. 90. 
Specifically 2. hi Great Britain, a flag com- 
posed of a field of white, blue, or red, with the 
1943 
union in the upper corner, next the staff. For- 
merly flags with fields of all the three colors were ued in 
the naval service, but now the white only Is used for men- 
of-war, the red flag being assigned to the merchant service 
and the blue to the Royal Naval Reserve. In the I nit. .1 
States navy the ensign Is the national flag. See/tej/a and 
n n/'iti. 
3f. A sign or signal. 
At the rebuke of live shall ye flee : till ye IK- left . . . 
as an eiuiyn on an hill. I*a. xxx. 17. 
4. A badge ; a mark of distinction, rank, or of- 
fice; a symbol; in the plural, insignia. 
The Olive was wont to be the enrime of Peace and 
qulelnesse. Spenser, Shep. Cal., April, Olonse. 
His arms, or enriynt of power, are a pipe in his left hand, 
composed of seven reeds. Bacon, Fable of Pan. 
Cupids ... all armed with bows, quivers, wings, and 
other ensign* of love. It. Jonson, Masque of Beauty. 
The tax on the armorial bearings or ensigns blazoned on 
the carriage. S. Dowell, Taxes in England, III. 178. 
5t. Name and rank used as a battle-cry or 
watchword. 
Whan the Duke saugh hem come, he cride his ensigne, 
and lete renne to theym that he sye comynge, and smote 
In amonge hem fiercely. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. Mil. 
6. In the British army, until 1871, one of the 
lowest grade of commissioned officers in a regi- 
ment of infantry, the senior of whom carried 
the ensign or colorsof the regiment : now called 
second lieutenant. (See lieutenant.) The rank 
of ensign also existed in the American revolu- 
tionary army. 
It was on occasion of one of these suppers that Sir James 
Mackintosh happened to bring with him a raw Scotch 
cousin, an ensign in a Highland regiment. 
/..'/./ Holland, in Sydney Smith, iv. 
7. In the United States navy, one of the low- 
est grade of commissioned officers, ranking 
with second lieutenant in the army. The title 
was first introduced in 1862, taking the place 
of passedmidshipman. 8f. A company of troops 
led by an ensign. 
Which also was defended a while with certain ensiyns 
of footmen and certain pieces of artillery. 
Expedition in Scotland (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 117). 
ensign (en-sin' or en'sin), v. t. [< ME. ensignen, 
ensyfliien,< OF. ensigner, enseigner, mark, point 
out, tell, inform, indicate, F. enseigner, tell, in- 
form, teach, instruct, = Pr. enxeignar, cnsegnar, 
esscignar = Sp. ensenar = Pg. ensinhar = It. 
insegnare, < ML. insignare, mark, indicate ; cf . 
L. insignire, put a mark upon, distinguish, t'n- 
sigiiis, distinguished by a mark, < t, on, + 
signum, sign: see sign, and cf. ensign, ti., on 
which the E. verb in part depends.] If. To 
mark or distinguish by some sign; form the 
badge of. 
Henry but joined the roses, that enxigned 
Particular families, but this hath joined 
The Rose and Thistle. 
B. Jvnson, Prince Henry's Barriers. 
2. In her., to distinguish (a charge) by a mark 
or an ornament, as a crown, coronet, or miter, 
borne on or over it : as, the heart in the arms of 
Douglas is cnsigned with a royal . , 
crown (see the cut) that is, 
with a crown borne on the top 
of it. A staff is sometimes said 
to be enxigned with a flag. 3f. 
To point out to ; signify to. 
enslave 
the exclusion of oxygen is an essential feature in It, fire- 
risks being thus avoi.l ! 
IT. L. Carpenter, Energy In Nature (lit ed.), p. 78. 
One of the earliest of Latin writers refer* to subter- 
ranean vault* (silos), wherein the ancient Romans pre- 
served green forage, grain, and fruit, and the Mexican* 
have practised the system for centuries. This, at any 
rate, is vouched fur by Mr. John M. Bailey, one of the 
pioneers of the system In the United State*, whose " Book 
of Ensilage" etc. Mart Lane Expren. 
2. The fodder, etc., thug preserved. 
This I* probably the kind of fermentation by which gran 
1* converted Into eiunlaye. Amer. Chem. Jour., VIII. 236. 
ensilage (en'si-laj), r. t. ; pret. and pp. ensi- 
laged, ppr. ensilaging. [< ensilage, n.] To store 
by ensilage ; store in a pit or silo for preserva- 
tion. See silo. 
The advantage of an ensilaijed crop i* that it make* the 
farmer independent of drought. 
West Chester (Pa.) Jtepttblican, VL 4. 
ensile (en'sil), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ensiled, ppr. 
ensiling. [< Sp. ensilar, preserve grain in a place 
under ground, < en, in, + silo, \li. sirus, < Gr. 
aip6f, also aetp&f, a pit to keep grain in : see silo.] 
To preserve in or as if in a silo ; prepare as en- 
silage. 
Ensiling has been accomplished without any chamber 
at all, the green fodder being simply stacked In the open 
and heavily pressed, the outer parU being, however, ex- 
posed to the air. //. Jiobinson, Sewage Question, p. 222. 
ensiludium (eii-si-lu'di-um), . ; pi. ensiludia 
(-a). [ML., < L. ensis, a sword, + ludere, play.] 
In the middle ages, a friendly contest with 
swords, usually with bated or blunted weapons. 
Compare hastilude. 
ensilvert, v. t. [ME. ensilreren ; < en- 1 + silver.] 
To cover or adorn with silver. H'yclif, Bar. vi. 
7 (Oxf.). 
ensindont, r. t. [< en- 1 + sindon.] To wrap 
in a sindou or linen cloth. Varies. 
Xow doth this loving sacred Synaxle 
(With dluine orizons and deuout teares) 
EiuimliiH Him with choicest draperie. 
Davies, Holy Roode, p. '2*. 
Ensis (en'sis), M. [NL., < L. ensis, a sword.] 
A genus of razor-clams, of the family Solenidce, 
Whan the quene had called them 
and demaunded theym the place where 
our lord Ihesti cryst had be cmcefyed, 
they wold ueuer telle ne ensytrne hyr. 
Holy Kami (E. E. T. S.), p. 157. 
ensign-bearer (en'sin-bar'er), n. One who car- 
ries the flag ; an ensign. 
If It he true that the giants ever made war against 
heaven, he had been a fit ensiynbearer for that company. 
Sir P. Sidney. 
ensigncy(en'sin-si), . [< ensign + -cy.] Same 
as entrign&hip. 
It is, perhaps, one of the curious anomalies which ]>.T 
vade many parts of our system, that an ensigncy should 
exist in the engineer department, there being no colours 
to be carried in that corps. Rees, Cyc. 
ensignship (en'sin-ship), n. [< ensign + -ship.] 
The rank, office, or commission of an ensign. 
ensilage (en'si-laj), n. [< F. ensilage: see en- 
sile!.] 1. A mode of storing fodder, vege- 
tables! etc., in a green state, by burying it or 
them in pits or silos dug in the ground. See silo. 
This method has been practised in some countries from 
very early times, and has been recommended by modern 
agrlcultini-is. isriek-lined chambers are often used in 
modern practice, having a movable wooden covering upon 
which is placed a heavy weight, say half a ton to the 
square yard. The pits or chambers are constructed in 
such a way as to exclude the air as far as possible. 
It is not the least of the recommendations of the new 
process of preserving green fodder, called ensilage, that 
Razor -clam (Emit 
includingthose species in which the hinge-teeth 
are several and the shell is curved. Knsit ameri- 
canus is the common razor-flsh or razor-clam of American 
waters. The genus was formerly Included in Solen. 
ensiset, . [Erroneous form of ME. assise, E. 
assi:f, abbr. sire 1 .] Assize; quality; stamp; 
character. 
ensisternal (en-si-ster'nal), a. [< L. ensis, a 
sword, + Gr. oreprov, the breast-bone (see ster- 
num), + -al.] In anat., of or pertaining to the 
ensiform appendage or xiphoid cartilage ; xiph- 
isternal. Berlard. 
ensky (en-ski'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. enskied, ppr. 
enskytng. K en- 1 + *?.;/.] To place in heaven 
or among the gods ; make immortal. [Poeti- 
cal.] 
I hold you as a thing emky'd and sainted. 
Shak., M. forM., 1. 5. 
enslandert, r. t. [< ME. ensclaundrcn, < en- + 
sclaundren, slander: see e H- 1 and slander.] To 
slander; bring reproach upon. 
3lf ther be in bretherhede eny rlotour. other contekour, 
other such by whom the fraternite myght be eneclaundrea, 
he shal be put out therof. English (Olds (E. E. T. s.\ p. 4. 
enslave (en-slav'). r. t. ; pret. and pp. enslaved, 
ppr. enslaving. [< e-l + slare.] 1. To make 
a slave of; reduce to slavery or bondage; sub- 
ject to the arbitrary will of a master: as, bar- 
barous nations enslave their prisoners of war. 
What do these worthies, 
But rob, and spoil, bum, slaughter, and rn*lare 
Peaceable nations? MMun, t. R., ill ::>. 
It was also held lawful to rntlnre any Infidel or person 
who did not receive the Christian faith. 
Sttmnrr, Orations, I. 217. 
2. Figuratively, to reduce to a condition anal- 
ogous to slavery; deprive of moral liberty or 
power; subject to an enthralling influence: as, 
to be enslaved by drink or one's passions. 
Enslat'd am I. though King, by one wild Word, 
And my own Promise is my cruel Lord. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ill. 102. 
Having ilr.st brought Into subjection the bodies of men, 
had no hard task, afterwards, to enslnr* their souls. 
lip. Atterbury, Sermons, I. ill. 
Women of genius, even more than men, are likely to be 
etislaped by ail impassioned sensibility. 
Xary. Fuller, Woman in 19th Cent, p. 103. 
