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The state of 
Abolition by sovereign will of a slave State now ceased, 
and as for enslavement by a free State's legislation, this 
had never been attempted. Schouler, Hist. U. S., III. 136. 
Not that (as Stoiks) 1 intend to tye 
With Iron Chains of strong Necessity 
Th' Eternal's hands, and his free feet enstock 
In Destinies hard Diamantine Kock. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 4. 
[ME. enstoren, instoren 
enslavedness 
enslavedness (en-sla'ved-nes), . 
being enslaved. 
enslavement (en-slav'ment), n. [< enslave H 
-ment.] The act of enslaving, or the state of be- 
ing enslaved, literally or figuratively; slavery; enstoret (en-stor' ),. t. [ME. enstc 
bondage; servitude. (accom. to restoren, > E. restore, q. v.), < L. 
staurare, renew, restore: see instaurate.] lo 
restore; renew; repeat; recapitulate. 
And if ther be ony othir maundement, it is instorid in 
this word, thou schalt loue thi neighbore as thi silf. 
Wyclif, Rom. xm. 9. 
enstranglet, v. t. [ME. enstranglen; < en- 1 + 
strangle.] To strangle. 
Thei scholde suffren to gret peyne, zif thei abyden to 
entackle 
ensure (en-shor'), v. See insure. 
enswathe (eu-swa9?H'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. en- 
swathed,ppr.enswatliing. [(en- 1 + swathe.] To 
swathe. Also written inswathe. [Poetical.] 
The effect of his [the negro's) enslavement, then, was 
not to civilize him in any sense, but merely to change him 
from a wild animal into a domesticated or tame one. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 
enslaver (en-sla' ver) , n. One who or that which 
enslaves or reduces to bondage, either literal 
or figurative. 
What indignation in her mind 
Against enslavers of mankind ! Swift. 
enslumbert, t. [ME. enslombren; < en- 1 + 
slumber.] To dull ; enervate. 
Son, lett not ydelnesse sou enslombre, 
Nor wydnesse of clothys 3011 encombre. 
MS. Ashmole, 62, fol. 65. (Halliwell.) 
ensnare, ensnarer. See insnare, insnarer. 
ensnarlH (en-snarl'), v. i. [< en- 1 + snarl 1 .] 
To snarl, as a dog; growl. Cockeram. 
name; call. 
A man, 
Built with God's finger, and enstyled his Temple. 
Chapman, Revenge of Bussy d'Ambois, i. 1. 
But now then, for these parts he must 
Be enstiled Lewis the Just, 
Great Henry's lawful heir. 
Bp. Corbet, Journey into France. 
That renowned Isle, 
Which all men Beauty's garden-plot enstyle. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, i. 1. 
ensnarl 2 ! (en-snarl') v. t. [< en- 1 + 
To entangle as in a snarl ; insnare. 
With noyse whereof when as the caytive carle 
Should issue forth, in hope to find some spoyle, 
They in awayt would closely him ensnarle. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. ix. 9. 
ensobert (en-so'b6r), v. t. [< en- 1 + sober] 
To make sober. 
God sent him sharpnesses and sad accidents to ensober 
his spirits. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 834. 
ensorcelt, t- [< OF. ensorceler, bewitch, < en- ensua l,l e t (en-su'a-bl), o. [< ensue + 
+ sorceler, bewitch: see sorcery.] To bewitch; Ensuing; following. J. Hayward. 
use sorcery upon. ensuantt (en-su'ant), a. [< ensue + 
Not any one of all these honor'd parts Following in natural sequence ; sequent ; ac- 
Your princely happes and habites that do moue, cordant. 
Of cVrisT 'kin's'to quarrel for yonr loue Make his dittie sensible and ensuant to the first verse 
Wyatt, quoted in Puttenham's Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 187. in good reason. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 74. 
ensoul (en-sol'), v. t. [< en- 1 + soul] To en- ensue (en-su'), v. ; pret. and pp. ensued, ppr. en- 
dow or imbue with a soul. suing. [Formerly also msue; early mod. E. also 
Maugre my endeuour 
My Numbers still by habite haue the Feuer ; 
One-while with heat of heauenly fire ensoul'd ; 
Shivering anon, through faint vn-learned cold. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
Passion beholds its object as a perfect unit. The soul 
is wholly embodied, and the body is wholly ensouled. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 167. 
In such language (surcharged and flooded with life), 
swathe. 
With sleided silk feat and affectedly 
Enswathed, and seal'd to curious secrecy. 
Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 49. 
enswathement (en-swaTH'ment), n. [< en- 
swathe + -ment.] The act of enswathmg, or 
the state of being enswathed. 
The enswathement of the globe in a magnetic current. 
J. Cooke. 
ensweep (en-swep'), v. t.; pret. and pp. en- 
swept, ppr. ensweeping. [< en- 1 + sweep.] To 
dyerTbe hem self as Nature wblde : and whan thei ben sweep over ; pass over rapidly. [Bare.] 
thus enstrangled, thei eten here Flesche, in stede of Veny- A blaze of meteors shoots : ensweeping first 
so'in MandeviUe, Travels, p. 194. The lower skies. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1109. 
snstufft v. t. [< en- 1 + stuff.] To stuff; stow ; ensweetent, v. t. [< en- 1 + sweeten.] To sweeten. 
cr ., m -ent. [ME. -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., < OF. -ent, 
-ant, -aunt = Sp. Pg. It. -ente, < L. -(<-), ace. 
-entem, suffix of ppr. of verbs in 2d, 3d, and 4th 
conjugations. See further under -ant 1 . Cf. 
-ence, -ance.] A suffix of adjectives, and of 
nouns originally adjectives (primarily, in the 
original Latin, a present participle suffix), cog- 
nate with the original form of the English pres- 
ent participle suffix -ing 2 , as in ardent, burning, 
cadent, falling, crescent, growing, orient, rising, 
etc. : equivalent to -ant 1 . Adjectives in -ent are 
usually accompanied by derived nouns in -ence or -ency, 
as cadence, ardency, etc. See -anti, - a nce, -ancy. 
entablature (en-tab'la-tur), n. [Formerly also 
intablature; < OF. entablature, entablature, more 
commonly a base, pedestal, < OF. entabler, < 
Hast thou not read how wise Ulysses did 
Enstufe his eares with waxe? 
Wyatt, To his Friend T. 
In the dark bulk they closde bodies of men 
Chosen by lot, and did enstuf by stelth 
The hollow womb with armed soldiers. 
Surrey, ^Lneid, ii. 
[Also enstile; < en- 1 + 
enstylet (en-stll'),i7. t. 
snarl*. \ ^in To style; nai 
ML. intabulare, construct a basis (intabulatum), 
< L. in, in, on, + ML. tabulare, L. only as pp. 
-able.] a dj. tabulatus, boarded, floored, neut. tabulatum, 
a flooring, < tabula, a board, plank: see table.] 
-ant 1 .] 1. Ln arch., that part of a lintel construction, 
or a structure consisting of horizontal mem- 
bers supported by columns or vertical members, 
not only are thoughts embodied, but words are ensouled. 
Whipple, Lit. and Life, p. 226. 
enspanglet (en-spang'gl), v. t. [< en- 1 + span- 
gle.] To cover with spangles; spangle. Dames. 
One more by thee, love and desert have sent 
T' enspangle this expansive firmament. 
Herrick, Hesperides, p. 204. 
ensphere, insphere (en-, in-sfer'), v. t.; pret. 
and pp. ensphered, insphered, ppr. ensphering, in- 
sphering. [< en- 1 , in- 2 ; + sphere.] 1. To place 
in or as in a sphere. 
His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphear'd 
Of flerie chrimsine. 
Chapman, tr. of Homeric Hymn to Hermes. 
Now it seemed as if we ourselves, sitting there ensphered 
in color, flew around the globe with the quivering rays. 
E. S. Phelps, Beyond the Gates, p. 164. 
2. To make into a sphere. 
One shall ensphere thine eyes ; another shall 
Impearl thy teeth. 
Carew, Obsequies to the Lady Ann Hay. 
enstallt, v. t. An obsolete form of install. 
Holland; Stirling. 
enstampt (en-stamp'), v. t. [Also instamp; < 
en- 1 + stamp.] To impress with or as with a 
stamp; impress deeply; stamp. 
Nature hath enstamped upon the soul of man the cer- 
tainty of a Deity. Hewyt, Sermons (165S), p. 194. 
enstatet, v. t. An obsolete variant of instate. 
enstatite (en'sta-tit), n. [< Gr. cvararr/f, an ad- 
versary (cf . evaraTiiedf, opposing, checking, start- 
ing difficulties) (< faiaraoOai, stand against, < ev, 
, + iaravat, mid. laraaSai, stand), + -iie 2 .] 
ensew, ensewe; < ME. ensuen, < OF. ensuire, en- 
suir, ensuivre, ensuevre, etc., F. ensuivre = Pr. 
enseguir, ensegre, etc., < L. insequi, follow upon, 
< in, upon, + sequi, follow : see sequent, sue. Cf. 
insecution,\ilt. <L. insequi.] I.t trans. To fol- 
low or follow after ; pursue. 
Whos stepes glade to Ensue 
Ys eueri woman in their degre. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 43. 
Seek peace and ensue it. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 
Ne was Sir Satyrane her far behinde, 
But with like fierceness did ensew the chace. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 5. 
You will set before you the end of this your short cross, 
and the great glory which will ensue the same. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 185S), II. 126. 
II. intrans. If. To come after ; move behind 
in the same direction ; follow. 
Then after ensued three other Bashas, with slaues about 
them, being afoote. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 113. 
But nowe adue 1 I must ensue 
Where fortune doth me lede. 
Nut-brown Maid (Percy's Reliques, p. 184). 
2. To follow in order, or in a train of events or 
course of time ; succeed ; come after. 
The sayd ambassadours are to summon and ascite the 
foresayd English man to appeare at the terme next insuing. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 162. 
As to appearance, famine was like to ensue, if not some 
way prevented. 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 83. 
Then grave Clarissa graceful waved her fan ; 
Silence ensu'd. Pope, R. of the L., v. 8. 
il 11 
Doric Kntablature. 
E, entablature : a, epistyle or architrave ; l>, frieze ; f, cornice. 
(From ArcruEoi. Inst. Report on Assos Expedition.) 
which rests upon the columns and extends up- 
ward to the roof, or to the tympana of the pedi- 
ments if these features are present, in the clas- 
sical styles it consists of three members, the architrave, 
the frieze, and the cornice. In large buildings projecting 
features, similar in form to entablatures proper, and also 
called by this name, are often carried around the whole 
edifice, or along the front only; and the term is applied 
by engineers to similar parts of the framing of machinery 
wherein architectural design is introduced. See also cut 
under column. 
At the entrance to the court of the temple are remains 
of some buildings, of very large hewn stone, particularly 
an entablature in a good taste. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. 1. 15. 
We could see the elaborately-ornamented gables and 
entablatures, with minarets and gilt spires. 
W. H. Russell, Diary in India, I. 307. 
2. In mach., a strong iron frame supporting a 
paddle-shaft. E. 3. Knight Block cornices and 
entablatures. See blocki. 
entabler: see entabla- 
Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull. 
Cowper, Task, iv. 174. 
3. To follow as a consequence ; result, as from entablementt, "n. [F., < 
premises. ture] An entablature. 
plainly ensue They djffer jn ^thjng either in height, substance-pr en- 
le world, all ( a i,i e1ne nt from the feminine Ionic, and masculine Doric. 
. 
Let this be granted, and it shall hereupon pla 
at, the light of Scripture once shining in the 
that, 
other light of nature is therewith in such sort drowned 
that now we need it not. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. ,,,. , . iV ,i-/\ 
= Syn. 2 and 3. Succeed, etc. (see /ottma); to arise, pro- 6H tablie 
ceed, spring, result. 
[ME. ensufferen; < en- 1 + suffer.] 
in, on, 
A silicate, chiefly of magnesium, with some ensuffert,""- * 
iron, belonging to the pyroxene group. It va- To suffer. 
ries in color from white to green, and crystallizes in the 
orthorhombic system. It is infusible before the blowpipe, 
whence the name. It is a common mineral in certain rocks, 
especially in peridotites and the serpentines derived from rT , 
them; also in many meteoric stones. Bronzite is a ferrif- Cn SUlte (on swet). [1 . : en, in; smte, suit, 
erous enstatite. Chladnite, from the Bishopville (South suite: see suit, n., suite.] In a set or connected 
Carolina) meteorite, is nearly pure magnesium enstatite. 
Where failled hert haue men full many, 
Ensu/ering full ofte ryght gret misery. 
Bom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4627. 
Evelyn, Architecture. 
[F. : en, in; tablier, 
an apron, platform, table, board, < ML. tabu- 
hitiiim, a table, board, desk, neut. of tabularius, 
< L. tabula, table: see table, tabular.] 1. In 
the form of an apron, or of the outline of an 
apron: said of trimmings when so applied to 
the skirt of a dress. 2. Decorated by trim- 
mings, frillings, etc., arranged in this way: 
said of the skirt itself. 
series; forming a series or set with something entacklet (en-tak'l), v. t. [< en- 1 + tackle.] 
enstatlte-diabase(en"sta-tit-di'a-bas),. Same elge in ' the game st le . as apartments to be let TO supply with tackle. 
a,s nfil nt ini.tr,. _..* i i_. ri ^ * 
as palatinite. 
enstile, v. t. See enstyle. 
enstockt (eu-stok'), v. t. [< en- 1 + stock.] 
fix as in the stocks. 
To 
en suite or singly. 
176: an oblong Louis XVI. cabinet of ebony. . . . 177: 
an upright secretaire en suite. 
Hamilton Sale Catalogue, 1882. 
Your storm-driven shyp I repaired new, 
So well entackled, what wind soever blow, 
No stormy tempest your barge shall o'erthrow. 
Skelton, Poems, p. 26. 
