entastlc 
entastic (en-tas'tik), a. [Irreg. < entasis.'] In 
pathol., relating to, of the nature of, or charac- 
terized by entasis, or tonic spasm: as, an en- 
tastic disease. 
entaylet, and n. An obsolete form of en- 
tail. 
The mortall steele deapiteously eittayld 
Deepe in their flesh, quite through the yron walles. 
Spenser, V. Q., II. vi. 29. 
ent6 (on'ta), a. [F. entf, pp. of enter, graft: 
see arcfc 2 .] In her.: (a) Same as ante 2 . (6) 
Divided from the rest of the field by a wedge- 
shaped or chevron-like outline. 
Enti en rond, similar to indented, but f ormed with curved 
instead of straight lines. Aveling, Heraldry, p. 142. 
entecessourt, [A ME. form of antecessor.'] 
A predecessor. See anteccnfn>i-. 
Loo, these ben iij. thynges, as seyn our eiitecessovrs, 
That this trewe loveres togedir muste susteine. 
IIS. Cantab. Ft. i. 6, f. 151. (HalliweU.) 
entechet, '' t. [ME. entechen, entecchen, affect, 
< OF. entechier, enteichier, entecier, entessier, 
also entaehier, antaichier, entaeher, enteqitier, 
entoicliier, etc., affect, touch, esp. with evil or 
disease, infect, taint, mod. F. entaclter, infect, 
taint (= Pr. entecar, entacar, entachar, infect, 
taint, = It. intaccare, cleave unto, charge with 
fault, blame, vilify, debase, etc.), < en, in, on, 
+ tache, a spot, stain, blemish, reproach, techc, 
taiche, a spot, stain, ill habit, bad disposition, 
a natural quality or disposition: see en- 1 and 
tech, fetch.'] 1. To affect; especially, to taint, 
as with evil. 
Who so that ever is entecched and defouled with yvel. 
Chaucer, Boethius, p. 120. 
2. To endow. 
On [one] of the best enteched creature, 
That is, or shal, while that the world may dure. 
Chaucer, Troilus, 1. 832. 
entechet, [ME., < entcciie, i>.] A spot; a 
stain. 
I saide him sadly that i sek were, 
& told him al treuly the entecches of myn euele. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 558. 
Entedon (en'te-don), n. [NL. (Dalman, 1820), 
irreg. < Gr. irof, within, + iSuv, ppr. of iSeiv, 
eat, = L. edere = E. eut.~] The typical genus of 
1946 
arated from each other, and evtpyfia represents merely a 
stage on the path toward ecreAexeia. Entelechy in short 
is the realization which contains the end of a process : 
the complete expression of some function the perfec- 
tion of some phenomenon, the last stage in that process 
from potentiality to reality which we have already noticed. 
Soul then is not only the realization of the body ; it is its 
perfect realization or full development. 
E. Wallace, Aristotle's Psychology, p. xlii. 
Enttdon imbra.tlis. (Cross shows natural size.) 
chalcid hymenopterous insects of the subfamily 
Entedonina;, as E. imbrasus. 
Entedoninse (en"te-do-ni'ne), . pi. [NL., < 
Entedon + -inte.'] A subfamily of the para- 
sitic hymenopterous family Clialcidida>, distin- 
guished by the four-jointed tarsi, the submar- 
ginal vein broken before reaching the costa, 
and the marginal vein reaching beyond the mid- 
dle of the fore wing. The species are all parasitic, 
many of them being secondary parasites that is, para- 
sitic upon parasites. Also in the form Entedonoidte. 
entelechy (en-tel'e-ki), . [< L. entelechia, < 
Gr. evre'Mxeut, actuality, < ev refai iytiv, be com- 
plete (cf. kvTEkr/s, complete, full): iv, in; rtku, 
dat. of TtAor, end, completion ; exeat, have, hold, 
intr. be.] Realization : opposed to power or po- 
tentiality, and nearly the same as energy or act 
(actuality). The only difference is that entelechy im- 
plies a more perfect realization. The idea of entelechy is 
connected with that of form, the idea of power with that 
of matter. Thus, iron is potentially in its ore, which to he 
made iron must be worked ; when this is done, the iron ex- 
ists in entelechy. The development from heing in posse or 
in germ to entelechy takes place, according to Aristotle, 
by means of a change, the imperfect action or energy, of 
which the perfected result is the entelechy. Entelechy 
is, however, either first or second. First entelechy is be- 
ing in working order; second entelechy is being in 'action. 
The soul is said to be the first entelechy of the body, which 
seems to imply that it grows out of the body as its germ ; 
but the idea more insisted upon is that man without the 
soul would be but a body, while the soul, once developed, 
is not lost when the man sleeps. Cudworth terms his plas- 
tic nature (which see, under nature) a first entelechy, and 
Leibnitz calls a monad an entelechy. 
To express this aspect of the mental functions, Aristotle 
makes use of the word entrlechj/. The word is one which 
explains itself. Frequently, it is true, Aristotle fails to 
draw any strict line of demarcation between enteleclty and 
energy; but in theory, at least, the two are definitely sep- 
entellus (en-tel'us), n. [NL., < Gr. 
command, enjoin, < ev, in, + riMetv, make to 
arise, make accomplish.] The commonest sem- 
nopithecoid monkey of India, Semnopithecus en- 
tellus, indigenous to the hot regions of the Gan- 
getic basins, but introduced in other parts of 
India, where it is held in veneration and treat- 
ed with great honor by the natives. It is one of 
the slow or sedate 
monkeys, having lit- 
tle of the restless- 
ness characteristic 
of most of the tribe, 
and is of moderate 
size, yellowish color, 
reddening on the 
limbs, with black 
hands and feet and 
blackish face. The 
most conspicuous 
feature is the cap of 
fur radiating from 
the top of the head, 
and peaked over the 
eyebrows, with full 
whiskers and beard 
on the cheeks and 
chin. The length of 
the head and body is 
about 2 feet, that of 
the tail about 3 ; the 
latter is not prehen- 
sile. Also called Entellus (Semnofithecus tntellus). 
hanuman. 
entempest (en-tem'pest), v. t. [< en-i + tem- 
pest.'] To disturb as by a tempest ; visit with 
storm. [Poetical.] 
Such punishment I said were due 
To natures deepliest stained with sin 
For aye entempesting anew 
The unfathomable hell within. 
Coleridge, Pains of Sleep. 
entemplet (en-tem'pl), v. t. [< en- 1 + temple^.] 
To enshrine. 
What virtues were entempled in her breast ! 
Chettle, Dekker, and Haughton, Patient Grissel. 
entenciont, See intention. 
entendt, *> An obsolete form of intend. 
entendert (en-ten'der), v. t. [< en- 1 + tender^.'] 
1. To treat tenderly ; cherish; succor. 
Virtue alone entenderg us for life: 
I wrong her much entenders us forever. 
Young, Night Thoughts, ii. 525. 
2. To make tender ; soften ; mollify. 
For whatsoever creates fear, or makes the spirit to dwell 
in a righteous sadness, is apt to entender the spirit, and 
to make it devoute and pliant to any part of duty. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iv. 1. 
A man of a social heart, entendered by the practice of 
virtue, is awakened to the most pathetic emotions by every 
uncommon instance of generosity. 
Goldsmith, Cultivation of Taste. 
entendmentt, n. See intendment. 
ententet, and v. See intent. 
entente cordiale (on-tonf k6r-di-al')- [F., 
cordial understanding: entente, understanding, 
intent; cordiale, fern, of cordial, cordial: see in- 
tent, n., and cordial."] Cordial understanding; 
specifically, in politics, the friendly relations 
existing between one government and another. 
There was not only no originality, hut no desire for it 
perhaps even a dread of it, as something that would 
break the entente cordiale of placid mutual assurance. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 339. 
ententift, ententiflyt. See intentive, intentively. 
enter 1 (en'ter), r. [< ME. entren, < OF. entrer, 
F. entrer = Pr. intrar, entrar = Sp. Pg. entrar 
= It. entrare, intrare, < L. in trare, go into, enter, 
< intro, to the inside, within, on the inside, 
contr. abl. of * inter us (> compar. interior, in- 
ner : see interior), < in, in (= E. in 1 ), + -ter, com- 
par. suffix. Cf . inter"*, enter-, inter-."] I. trans. 
1. To come or go into; pass into the inside or 
interior of; get into, or come within, in any 
manner: as, to enter a house, a harbor, or a 
country ; a sudden thought entered his mind. 
That darkesome cave they enter, where they find 
That cursed man, low sitting on the ground, 
Musing full sadly in his sullein mind. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 35. 
For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terrible 
To enter human hearing. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 
The garrison, in a panic, evacuated the fort, and the 
English entered it without a blow. Macaulay, Lord Clive. 
2. To penetrate into; pass through the outer 
portion or surface of; pierce: as, the post en- 
tered the soil to the depth of a foot, 
enter 
Calf -like, they my lowing follow'd, through 
Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns, 
Which enter' d their frail shins. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 
3. To go inside of; pass through or beyond: 
as, I forbid you to enter my doors. 
Alone he enter'd 
The mortal gate o' the city. Shak., Cor., ii. 2. 
4. To begin upon; make a beginning of ; take 
the first step in ; initiate : as, the youth has en- 
tered his tenth year; to enter a new stage in a 
journey. 
You are not now to think what's best to do, 
As in beginnings, but what must be done, 
Being thus entered. -B. Jomon, Catiline, iii. 3. 
5. To engage or become involved in ; enlist in: 
join ; become a member of : as, to enter the legal 
profession, the military service or army, an as- 
sociation or society, a university, or a college. 
You love, remaining peacefully, 
To hear the murmur of the strife, 
But enter not the toil of life. 
Tennyson, Margaret. 
The person who entered a community acquired thereby 
a share in certain substantial benefits. 
W. E. Hearn, Aryan Household, p. 131. 
He entered the public grammar school at the age of eight 
years. 0. W. llolmei, Emerson, i. 
6t. To initiate into a business, service, society, 
or method ; Introduce. 
Come, mine own sweetheart, I will enter thee: 
Sir, I have brought a gentleman to Court. 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, i. 1. 
This sword but shown to Coosar, with this tidings, 
Shall enter me with him. Shak., A. and C., iv. 
12. 
I'll be hold to enter these gentlemen in your acquain- 
tance. B. Jonson, Epiccene, iii. 1. 
lam glad to enter you into the art of fishing by catching 
a Chub. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 68. 
7. To insert ; put or set in : as, to enter a wedge ; 
to enter a tenon in a mortise ; to enter a fabric 
to be dyed into the dye-bath. 8. To set down 
in writing; make a record of ; enroll; inscribe: 
as, the clerk entered the account or charge in 
the journal. 
Agues and fevers are entered promiscuously, yet in the 
few bills they have been distinguished. 
Oraunt, Bills of Mortality. 
The motion was ordered to be entered in the books, and 
considered at a more convenient time. 
Addison, Cases of False Delicacy. 
I shall not enter his name till my purse has received 
notice in form. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 2. 
9. To cause to be inscribed or enrolled ; offer 
for admission, reception, or competition : as, 
to enter one's son or one's self at college; to 
enter a friend's name at a club ; to enter a horse 
for a race. 10. To report at the custom-house, 
as a vessel on arrival in port, by delivering a 
manifest: as, to enter & ship or her cargo. 11. 
In law: (a) To go in or upon and take posses- 
sion of, as lands. See entry. (6) To place in 
regular form before a court; place upon the 
records of a court: as, to enter a writ, an order, 
or an appearance. 
Master Fang, have you enter'd the action ? 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1. 
12. Toset on game; specifically, of young dogs, 
to set on game for the first time. 
No sooner had the northern carles begun their hunts- 
up but the Presbyterians flock'd to London from all quar- 
ters, and were like hounds ready to be entred. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, ii. 148. 
Before being entered, the dogs must be taught to lead 
quietly. Dogs of Great Britain and America, p. 219. 
To enter a bill short, in banking, to note down in a 
customer's account the receipt, due-date, and amount of 
a bill not yet due, but which has been paid into the bank 
by the customer, the amount being carried to his c-n .lit 
only when the bill has been honored. To enter lands, 
to file an application for public land in the proper land- 
office, in order to secure a prior right of purchase. 
II. intrans. 1. To make an entrance, entry, 
or ingress; pass to the interior; go or come 
from without inward : used absolutely or witli 
in, into, on, or upon. See phrases below. 
Full grete was the bataile and the stour mortall, where 
as these wardes of Benoyk were entred, and medled with 
their enmyes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 402. 
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of 
the sheep. John x. 2. 
Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms 
Such as will enter at a lady's ear, 
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart? 
Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. 
Specifically 2. To appear upon the stage; 
come into view: said of personages in a drama, 
or of actors : as, enter Lady Macbeth, reading a 
letter. 
Back fly the scenes, and enter foot and horse. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. i. 315. 
3f. To begin ; make beginning. 
The year entering. Evelyn. 
