enthrone 
vest with sovereign authority; hence, to seat 
loftily; exalt eminently. 
A party was he proudc, presit after seruys, 
He \vultl not gladly be glad, ne glide into myrth 
But euermorc ymaginand ft entmiid in thoghtes. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. S842. 
Antony, 
Enthron'd in the market-place, did sit alone. 
Shak., A. and C., ii. 2. 
Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. 
2. Eccles., same as enthronize, 2. 
At five o'clock Evensong, the new bishop was formally 
enthroned. The Churchman, LIV. 463. 
enthronement (en-thron'ment), n. [< enthrone 
+ -ment.~] The act of enthroning, or the state 
of being enthroned. 
The enthronement of ... as Archbishop of Canterbury 
took place. The American, V. 413. 
enthronization (en-thro-ni-za'shon), n. [< en- 
tltroitise + -atioti; = Sp. entronizacion = Pg. en- 
tronizacclo = It. intronizeazione, < ML. intltroni- 
zatio(n-), < inthronizare, inthronisare, enthrone: 
see enthronise.'] The act of enthrouizing or en- 
throning; ecclcs., the act of formally placing a 
bishop for the first time on the episcopal seat 
or throne (cathedra) in his cathedral. Also 
spelled enthronisation. 
We have it confirmed by the voice of all antiquity, call- 
ing the bishop's chair a throne, and the investiture of a 
bishop, in his church, an enthronization. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 240. 
enthronize (en-thro'niz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
enthroniscd, ppr. enthronizing. [Formerly also 
inthronizc; = Sp. entronizar = Pg. entronizar = 
It. intronizzare, < ML. inthronisare, < Gr. cvOpo- 
vifciv, set on a throne, < h, in, + Opovoc., a throne.] 
If. To enthrone ; seat on high ; exalt. 
King of starres, enthronized in the mids of the planets. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 13. 
With what grace 
Doth mercy sit enthroniz'd on thy face! 
John Hall, Poems (1646), p. 78. 
2. Eccles., to enthrone as a bishop; place a 
newly consecrated bishop on his episcopal 
throne. Also spelled enthronise. 
enthundert (en-thun'der), v. i. [< en- 1 + thun- 
der.'] To thunder; hence, to perform any act 
that produces a noise resembling thunder, as 
discharging cannon. 
Against them all she proudly did enthunder, 
Until her masts were beaten overboard. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 850. 
enthuse (en-thuz'), v. ; pret. and pp. enthused, 
ppr. enthusing. [Assumed as the appar. basis 
of enthusiasm, enthusiastic.] I. trans. To make 
enthusiastic ; move with enthusiasm : as, he 
quite enthttsed his hearers. [Colloq.] 
Being touched with a spark of poetic fire from heaven, 
and enthused by the African's fondness for all that is con- 
spicuous in dress, he had conceived for himself the crea- 
tion of a unique garment which should symbolize in per- 
fection the claims and consolations of his apostolic office. 
The Century, XXXV. 947. 
II. intrans. To become enthusiastic; show 
enthusiasm : as, he is slow to enthuse. [Colloq.] 
He did not, if we may be allowed the expression enthme 
to any extent on the occasion. Cor. New York Tribune. 
enthusiasm (en-thu'zi-azm), re. [= D. G. en- 
thusiasmus = Dan. enthusiasms = Sw. entusi- 
asm, < F. entliousiasme = Sp. cntusiasmo = Pg. 
enthufiasmo = It. eittusiasmo, < Gr. evt}ovaiaap6<;, 
inspiration, enthusiasm (produced, e. g., by cer- 
tain kinds of music), < hOovaid&tv, intr. be in- 
spired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ec- 
stasy, tr. inspire, < ivdovf, later contr. form of 
eufeof (> L. entheus), having a god (Bacchus, 
Eros, Ares, Pan, etc.) in one, i. e., possessed 
or inspired by a god of prophecy, poesy, etc., 
inspired from heaven; < cv, in, -i- Oeof, a god: 
see theism."] 1. An ecstasy of mind, as if from 
inspiration or possession by a spiritual influ- 
ence ; hence, a belief or conceit of being divine- 
ly inspired or commissioned. [Archaic.] 
Enthusiasm is nothing but a inisconceit of being in- 
spired. Dr. H. More, Discourse of Enthusiasm, 2. 
Enthusiasm. . . . takes away both reason and revelation, 
and substitutes in the room of it the ungrounded fancies 
of a man's own brain, and assumes them for a foundation 
both of opinion and conduct. 
Locke, Human Understanding, IV. xix. 3. 
Inspiration is a real feeling of the Divine Presence, and 
MtiraMMm a false one. 
Shaftesbury, Letter concerning Enthusiasm, 7. 
2. In general, a natural tendency toward ex- 
travagant admiration and devotion; specifical- 
ly, absorbing or controlling possession of the 
mind by any interest, study, or pnrsuit ; ardent 
zeal in pursuit of some object, inspiring ener- 
getic endeavor with strong hope and confidence 
of success. Enthusiasm generally proceeds from lion- 
1950 
orable and exalted motives or ideas, whether correct or 
erroneous. 
If there be any seeming extravagance in the case, I must 
comfort myself the best I can, and consider that all sound 
love and admiration is enthusiasm : the transports of poets, 
the sublime of orators, the rapture of musicians, the high 
strains of the virtuosi, all mere enthusiasm ! Even learn- 
ing itself, the love of arts and curiosities, the spirit of 
travellers and adventurers, gallantry, war, heroism all, 
all enthusiasm ! Shaftesbury, The Moralists, iii. 2. 
Enthusiasm is that state of mind in which the imagi- 
nation has got the better of the judgment. 
Warburton, Divine Legation, v., App. 
It was found that enthusiasm was a more potent ally 
than science and munitions of war without it. 
Emerson, Harvard Com. 
A new religious enthusiasm was awakening throughout 
Europe : an enthusiasm which showed itself in the reform 
of monasticism, in a passion for pilgrimages to the Holy 
Land, and in the foundation of religious houses. 
J. It. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 495. 
3. An experience or a manifestation of exalted 
appreciation or devotion; an expression or a 
feeling of exalted admiration, imagination, or 
the like : in this sense with a plural : as, his 
enthusiasms were now all extinguished; the en- 
thusiasm of impassioned oratory. 
He [Cowley) was the first who imparted to English num- 
bers the enthusiasm of the greater ode, and the gaiety of 
the less. Johnson, Cowley. 
= Syn. 2. Earnestness, Zeal, etc. (see eagerness); warmth, 
ardor, passion, devotion. 
enthusiast (en-thu'zi-ast), n. [= D. G. Dan. 
enthusiast = Sw. entusiast,<. F. enthousiaste. = Sp. 
cntusiasta = Pg. enthusiasta = It. entusiasta, en- 
tusiaste, < eccles. Gr. evdovaiaarrjf, an enthusiast, 
a zealot, < c vflovovdf civ : see enthusiasm.} 1. 
One who imagines he has special or supernat- 
ural converse with God, or that he is divinely 
instructed or commissioned. [Archaic.] 
Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is 
inspired, and acted on by an immediate communication 
of the Divine Spirit, and you in vain bring the evidence of 
clear reasons against his doctrine. Locke. 
2. One who is given to or characterized by en- 
thusiasm ; one whose mind is excited and whose 
feelings are engrossed in devotion to a belief 
or a principle, or the pursuit of an object ; one 
who is swayed to a great or an undue extent by 
emotion in regard to anything ; a person of ar- 
dent zeal. 
Chapman seems to have been of an arrogant turn, and 
an enthusiast in poetry. Pope, Pref. to Iliad. 
'Tis like the wondrous strain 
That round a lonely ruin swells, 
Which wandering on the echoing shore 
The enthusiast hears at evening. 
Shelley, Queen Mab, i. 
The noblest enthusiast cannot help identifying himself 
more or less with the object of his enthusiasm ; he mea- 
sures the advance of his principles by his own success. 
H. S. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 23. 
3. [e<y>.] Eccles., one of the names given to a 
Euchite. = Syn. 2. Visionary, fanatic, devotee, zealot, 
dreamer. See comparison under enthusiastic. 
enthusiastic (en-thu-zi-as'tik), a. and n. [For- 
merly also enthusiastic^; = Sp. entusidstico = 
Pg. entlmsiastico = It. entusiastico (cf. D. G. 
enthusiastisch = Dan. enthusiastisk = Sw. entu- 
siastisk), < Gr. kvdovaiacriK.6^, inspired, excited, 
act. inspiring, exciting, esp. of certain kinds of 
music, < tvtiovaiafyiv, be inspired: see enthusi- 
asm.'] I. a. 1. Filled with or characterized by 
enthusiasm, orthe conceit of special intercourse 
with God, or of direct revelations or instructions 
from him. [Archaic.] 
An enthusiastick or prophetick style, by reason of the 
eagerness of the fancy, doth not always follow the even 
thread of discourse. Bp. Burnet. 
2. Prone to enthusiasm ; zealous or devoted ; 
passionate in devotion to a belief or a princi- 
ple, or the pursuit of an object : as, an enthu- 
siastic reformer. 
A young man ... of a visionary and enthusiastic char- 
acter. Irving. 
3. Elevated; ardent; inspired by or glowing 
with enthusiasm : as, the speaker addressed the 
audience in enthusiastic strains. 
Feels in his transported soul 
Enthusiastic raptures roll. W. Mason, Odes, v. 
= Syn. Enthusiastic, Fanatical ; eager, zealous, devoted, 
fervent, passionate, glowing ; heated, inflamed, visionary. 
Enthusiastic is most frequently used with regard to a per- 
son whose sympathies or feelings are warmly engaged in 
favor of any cause or pursuit, and who is full of hope and 
ardent zeal; while fanatical is generally said of a person 
who has fantastic and extravagant views on religious or 
UK mil subjects, or some similarly absorbing topic. See su. 
II. t ii. An enthusiast. 
The dervis and other santoons, or enthusiasticks, being 
in the croud, express their zeal by turning round. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 326. 
enticingly 
enthusiastical (en-thu-zi-as'ti-kal), a. Same 
as enthusiastic, 1. [Now rare.] 
Very extravagant, therefore, and unwarrantable are 
those flights of devotion which some enthusiastical saints 
. have indulged themselves in. 
Bp. Atterlrury.'Vforks, I. ix. 
enthusiastically (en-thu-zi-as'ti-kal-i), adv. 
In an enthusiastic manner; with enthusiasm. 
He [John Oxenbridge] preached very enthusiastically in 
several places in his travels to and fro. 
Wood, Athena: Oxon. 
I became enthusiastically fond of a sequestered life. 
V. Knox, Essays, xxix. 
enthymema (en-thi-me'ma), n. [L.] Same as 
en t/n/meme. 
enthymematical (en"thi-me-mat'i-kal), a. 
[< enthymema(t-) + -ical.] Pertaining to or in- 
cluding an enthymeme. 
enthymeme (en'thi-mem), n. [=F. enthymeme, 
< L. enthymema, < Gr. evtivpmia, a thought, ar- 
fument, an enthymeme, < evvv/ieioBcu, consider, 
eep in mind, < cv, in, -t- 6vu6f, mind.] 1. In 
Aristotle's logic, an inference from likelihoods 
and signs, wnich with Aristotle is the same as 
a rhetorical syllogism. 
Must we learn from canons and quaint sermonings . . . 
to illumine a period, to wreath an enthymeme with mas- 
terous dexterity? Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
2. A syllogism one of the premises of which 
is unexpressed. This meaning of the word, which is 
the current one, arose from the preceding through a 
change in the conception of a rhetorical argument with 
the Roman writers (Quintilian, etc.). 
However, an inference need not be expressed thus tech- 
nically ; an enthymeme fulfils the requirements of what I 
have called Inference. 
J. H. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 252. 
Enthymeme of the first or second order, a syllogism 
with only the major or minor premise expressed. 
entice (en-tls'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. enticed, ppr. 
enticing. [Formerly also entise, intice, intise; 
< ME. enticcn, entisen, < OF. enticer, enticher, 
excite, entice; origin unknown.] To draw on 
or induce by exciting hope or desire; incite 
by the presentation of pleasurable motives or 
ideas ; allure ; attract ; invite ; especially, in a 
bad sense, to allure or induce to evil. 
Will intised to wantonnes, doth easelie allure the mynde 
to false opinions. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 81. 
By fair persuasions, mix'd with sugar'd words, 
We will entice the Duke of Burgundy 
To leave the Talbot, and to follow us. . 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 
He an unfeigned Ulysses to her, for whose sake neither 
the wiles of Circe, or enchantments of Sirens, or brunts 
of war, could force or entice to forgetfulness. 
Ford, Honour Triumphant, i. 
When the worm is well baited, it will crawl up and 
down as far as the lead will give leave, which much en- 
ticeth the fish to bite without suspicion. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 150. 
= Syn. Lure, Decoy, etc. (see alhirei); tempt, inveigle, 
wheedle, cajole. 
enticeable (en-ti'sa-bl), a. [< entice + -able.} 
Capable of being enticed or led astray. 
enticement (en-tls'ment), n. [Formerly also 
inticement ; < ME. enticement, entysetnent, < OF. 
enticement, < enticer, entice : see entice and 
-ment.~\ 1. The act or practice of enticing or 
of inducing or instigating by exciting hope or 
desire ; allurement ; attraction ; especially, the 
act of alluring or inducing to evil: as, the en- 
ticements of evil companions. 
By mysterious enticement draw 
Bewilder'd shepherds to their path again. 
Keats, Endymion, i. 
2. Means of enticing; inducement; incitement; 
anything that attracts by exciting desire or 
pleasing expectation. 
Their promises, enticements, oaths, and tokens, all these 
engines of lust. Shak., All's Well, iii. 5. 
They [Carmelite nuns] never see any man, for fear of 
intmments to vanity. Coryat, Crudities, 1. 18. 
3. The state or condition of being enticed, se- 
duced, or led astray. =Syn. 1. Temptation, blandish- 
ment, inveiglement, coaxing. 2. Lure, decoy, bait. 
enticer (en-ti'ser), n. One who or that which 
entices; any one inducing or inciting to evil, 
or seducing. 
A sweet voice and music are powerful enticert. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 481. 
enticing (en-tl'sing), 7). a. Alluring; attract- 
ing; charming. Formerly also inticing. 
She gave him of that fair enticing fruit. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 99B. 
For the impracticable, however theoretically enticing, is 
always politically unwise. Lowell, Study Windows, p. W. 
enticingly (eu-ti'sing-li), adr. In an enticing 
or winning manner; charmingly. Formerly 
also inticingJy. 
