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ENDE'IS, a nymph, daughterof Chiron. Slie mar¬ 
ried zEacus, king of .Egina, by whom Ihe had Peleus 
and Telamon. Apollodorus. 
ENDEL'AVE, a fmall island of Denmark : eight miles 
north of Funen. 
F.NDE'MIA, f. [from a, in, and £ ny.o Gr. the mul¬ 
titude.] A difeafe peculiar to a particular country or 
people. 
ENDE'MIAL, Endemic, or Endemical, adj. \_ende- 
inicus, Lat. from e», and Syi/jM-, Gr. the people.] Peculiar 
to a country; u(ed of any difeafe proceeding from fome 
caufe peculiar to the country where it reigns: fuch as the 
fcurvy to the northern climes. Quincy. —We may bring a 
consumption under the notion of a pandemick, or cndemick , 
or rather a vernacular difeafe, to England. Harvey. —S6- 
leriander, from the frequency of the plants fpringing up 
in any region, could gather what endcmial difeafes the in¬ 
habitants were fubjebt to. Ray. —What demonstrates the 
plague to be endcmial to Egypt, is its invafion and going 
off at certain feafons. Arbuthnot. 
ENDE'NA, a town of Italy, in the Bergamafco : feven 
miles north of Bergamo'. 
JbENDEN'IZE, or Endenizen, v.a. To make free; 
to enfranchise; to naturalize.—The Engl iff tongue hath 
been beautified and enriched out of other tongues, by 
enfranchising and endenizing ftrange words. Camden. —It 
is virtue that gives glory ; that will endenizen a man every 
where. It is only that can naturalize him. Ben Jonfon's 
Difcoveries. 
EN'DER, a town of Italy, in the Bergamafco : twelve 
miles north-eaft of Bergamo. 
EN'DER, a river of Scotland, formed by the union of 
feveral Small brooks, which runs into the Garry, feven 
miles weft of Blair Athol, in Perthfhire. 
EN'DERSDORF, a town of Silefia, in the principality 
of Neyfze : three miles and a half foilth of Ziegenhals. 
EN'DERSDORF, a town of Silefia, in the principality 
of Neyfze : three miles and a half South-well of Grotkau. 
To ENDEW', v.a. [ufed by Spenfer for] Endow: 
Relurne fromWhence ye came, and reft a while. 
Till morrow next that Tthe elfe fubdew, 
And with Sansfoy’s dead dowry you endew. Fairy Queen. 
[In falconry,] is when a hawk digefts her meat fo, that She 
does not only discharge her gorge of it, but alfo cleanfe 
her pannel. 
EN'DIAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chiu 
fiftan: 150 miles fo.uth-fouth-eafl: of Sufa. 
EN'DlNG,yi [from end, «.«.] Termination: 
The fight was deep imprinted in their hearts, 
Who Saw this bloody fray to ending brought. Fairfax. 
ENDIN'GEN, a town of Germany, in Atiftrian Swa¬ 
bia: feven miles north-weft of Friburg. 
To ENDITE, v.a. [ enditer , Fr. dibhim, Lat.] To 
charge any man by a written accufation before a court of 
juftice : as, He was endited for felony. It is oftener writ¬ 
ten indifly which fee.—To draw up; to compofe; to 
write: 
Hear how learn’d Greece her ufeful rules endites. 
When to reprefs, and when indulge, our flights! Pope. 
To ENDI'TE, v. n. To compofe: 
Your battles they hereafter ff all endite, 
And draw the image of our Mars in fight. Waller. 
EN'DIVE,/ In botany. See Cichorium. 
END'LESS, adj. Having no end; being without con¬ 
clusion or termination.—Nothing was more endlefs than 
the common method of comparing eminent writers by an 
opposition of particular paffages in them. Pope .—Infinite 
in longitudinal extent.—As it is pleafant to the eye to 
have an endlefs prof peel, fo it is fome pleafure to a finite 
tinderftanding to view unlimited excellencies, Tillotfon .— 
Infinite in duration5 perpetual; 
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All our glory extinfl, and happy ftate 
Here Swallow’d up in endlefs rnifery! Milton. 
Inceffant; continual: 
Each pleafing Blount Shall endlefs fmiles bellow, 
And Soft Belinda’s blulh for ever glow. Pope. 
END'S,ESSLY, adv. Inceflantly; perpetually. With¬ 
out termination of length.—Though God’s promife has 
made .a Sure entail of grace to all thole who humbly 
feek, yet it no where engages, that it find! importunately 
and endiefsly renew its affaults on thofe who have often re¬ 
pul fed it. Decay of Piety. 
END'LESSNESS, f. Extenfion without limit. Per¬ 
petuity; endlefs duration. The quality of being round 
without an end : 
The tropic circles have, 
Yea, and thofe fmall ones, which the poles engrave, 
All the fame roundnefs, evennefs, and all 
The endlef 'nefs of the equinoctial. Donne. 
END'LONG, adv. In a Straight line,: 
Then Spurring at full Speed, ran endlong on, 
Where Thefeus fat on his imperial throne. Dryden. 
END'MOST, adj. Remote!!; furfheft; at the farther 
end. 
To ENDOR'SE, v.a. \_endorfer,Yr. dorfumj Lat.] To 
register,on the back of a writing; to fuperferibe. In 
commerce, to write ones name on the back of a draft. See 
the article Bill of Exchange, vol.iii. p. 29.—Upon 
credential letters was endorfed this Superscription, “To 
the king who hath the fun for his helmet.” Howell. —-To 
cover on the back. This is not ufed. 
Chariots, or elephants endors'd with tow’rs 
Of archers. - Milton. 
ENDORSEMENT, f. Superfcription ; writing on the 
back. Ratification: 
Th’ endorfement of Supreme delight, 
Writ by a friend, and with his blood. Herbert. 
To ENDO'SS, v. a. fndoffer , Fr.] To mark on the 
back; to put on the back; to mark by incifion: 
Her name in every tree I will endofs, 
That, as the trees do grow, her name may grow. Spenf. 
To ENDOW', v. a. [in dot arc, Lat. endouairer, Fr.] To 
enrich with a portion.—He lhall Surely endow her to be 
his wife. Exodus .—To Supply with any external goods. 
An alms-houfe I intend to endow very handfomely for a 
dozen Superannuated hulbandmen. Addifon .—To enrich 
with any excellence.—Among thofe who are ^he" molt 
richly endowed by nature, and accomplished by their own 
industry, how few are there whofe virtues are not ob- 
feured ? Addifon. —God did never command 11s to believe, 
nor his ministers to preach, any doClrine contrary to the 
reafon he hath pleafed to endow us with. Swift. —To be 
the fortune of any one : 
I do not think 
So fair an outward, and fuch Stuff’ within, 
Endows a man but him. Shakefpeare. 
ENDOW'MENT, f. Wealth beftowed to any perfon 
or ufe. The bellowing or affuring a dower; the Setting 
forth a Sufficient portion for a vicar towards his perpetual 
maintenance, when the benefice is appropriated. Cowel. — 
Appropriation of revenue.—A chapel will I build, with 
large endowment. Dryden. —Gifts of nature. In this fenfe 
it is commonly plural.—By a deSire of fame, great endow - 
ments are not Suffered to lie idle and ulelefs to the public. 
Addifon. 
ENDRO'MlS,y. In antiquity; a coarfe Shaggy mantle, 
ufually thrown over the athletae, after their exerciles in 
the Grecian games. A Shaggy kind of cloak to wear in 
cold weather. 
ENDSCHUTZ'j a town of Germany, in the circle ot 
Upper 
