Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 26
Enchannel (v. t.) To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." -- Sir D. Brewster.
Enchanted (imp. & p. p.) of Enchant
Enchanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enchant
Enchant (v. t.) 施展魔力，迷惑，使著迷 To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. -- Shak.
He is enchanted, cannot speak. -- Tennyson.
Enchant (v. t.) To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.
Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.
Enchant (v.) Hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport}, {enthrall}, {ravish}, {enthral}, {delight}] [ant: {disenchant}, {disillusion}].
Enchant (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm}, {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {charm}, {fascinate}, {bewitch}, {entrance}, {enchant}].
Enchant (v.) Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something [syn: {hex}, {bewitch}, {glamour}, {witch}, {enchant}, {jinx}].
Enchanted (a.) 被施魔法的 Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
Enchanted (a.) Influenced as by charms or incantations [ant: {disenchanted}].
Enchanter (n.) 行妖術的人，魔法師 One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.
Enchanter (n.) A sorcerer or magician.
Enchanting (a.) 迷人的，嫵媚的，迷惑的 Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- {En*chant"ing*ly}, adv.
Enchanting (a.) Capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: {bewitching}, {captivating}, {enchanting}, {enthralling}, {entrancing}, {fascinating}].
Enchantment (n.) 魔力，魅力，妖術，迷惑，著迷 The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.
Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.
Enchantment (n.) That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.
Enchantment (n.) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: {captivation}, {enchantment}, {enthrallment}, {fascination}].
Enchantment (n.) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: {enchantment}, {spell}, {trance}].
Enchantment (n.) A magical spell [syn: {enchantment}, {bewitchment}].
Enchantress (n.) A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.
Encharged (imp. & p. p.) of Encharge
Encharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encharge
Encharge (v. t.) To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.
Encharge (n.) A charge.
Enchased (imp. & p. p.) of Enchase
Enchasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enchase
Enchase (v. t.) To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.
Enchase (v. t.) To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.
Enchase (v. t.) To delineate or describe, as by writing.
Enchaser (n.) One who enchases.
Enchasten (v. t.) To chasten.
Encheson (n.) Alt. of Encheason
Encheason (n.) Occasion, cause, or reason.
Enchest (v. t.) To inclose in a chest.
Enchiridion (n.) 手冊 Handbook; a manual of devotions. --Evelyn.
Enchiridion (n.) A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location [syn: handbook, enchiridion, vade mecum].
Enchisel (v. t.) To cut with a chisel.
Enchodus (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike ({Esox).
Enchondroma (n.) (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. -- Quain. Enchorial
Enchondroma (n.) Benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet).
Enchorial (a.) Alt. of Enchoric
Enchoric (a.) Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
Enchylemma (n.) (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
Enchyma (n.) (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
Encincture (n.) A cincture. [Poetic]
Encindered (a.) Burnt to cinders. [R.]
Encircled (imp. & p. p.) of Encircle
Encircling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encircle
Encircle (v. t.) To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. -- Parnell.
Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
Encircle (v.) Form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle].
Encircle (v.) Bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle].
Encirclet (n.) A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Compare: Inclasp
Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.]
The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. -- F. Beaumont.
Enclasp (v. t.) To clasp. See Inclasp.
Enclave (n.) A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]
Enclave (v. t.) To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
Enclave (n.) An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it.
Enclavement (n.) [F.] The state of being an enclave. [Recent]
Enclitic (a.) Alt. of Enclitical
Enclitical (a.) (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
Enclitic (n.) (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
Enclitically (adv.) In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. -- Walker.
Enclitics (n.) (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.
Encloister (v. t.) (v.) 將（某人或某物）隔離；使（某人或某物）與世隔絕To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
Inclose (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] [Written also enclose.] To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
How many evils have inclosed me round! -- Milton.
Inclose (v. t.) To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.
The inclosed copies of the treaty. -- Sir W. Temple.
Inclose (v. t.) To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. --Blackstone.
Inclose (v. t.) To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse inclose. -- Chapman.
Enclose (v. t.) To inclose. See Inclose.
Enclose (v.) 1: Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose].
Enclose (v.) Close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in, confine].
Enclose (v.) Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in].
Enclose (v.) Introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce].
Enclosure (n.) Inclosure. See Inclosure.
Enclosure (n.) (Surrounded) [ C ] 圍起來的區域；圍場；圍地 An area surrounded by fences or walls.
// An enclosure for the horses.
// The members' enclosure.
Enclosure (n.) (Surrounded) [ C or U ] 圈地 The act of putting fences around land.
// An early example of privatization was the enclosure of public land for use by wealthy landlords.
Enclosure (n.) (Sent) [ C ] （信或包裹中的）附件 Something that is put in the same envelope or parcel as something else.
Enclothe (v. t.) To clothe.
Encloud (v. t.) To envelop in clouds; to cloud.
Encoach (v. t.) To carry in a coach.
Encoffin (v. t.) To put in a coffin.
Encolden (v. t.) To render cold.
Encollar (v. t.) To furnish or surround with a collar.
Encolor (v. t.) To color.
Encolure (n.) The neck of horse.
Encomber (v. t.) See Encumber.
Encomberment (n.) Hindrance; molestation.
Encomiast (n.) One who praises; a panegyrist.
Encomiastic (a.) Alt. of Encomiastical
Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.
Encomiastic (n.) A panegyric.
Encomion (n.) Encomium; panegyric.
Encomiums (n. pl. ) of Encomium
Encomium (n.) Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
Encompassed (imp. & p. p.) of Encompass
Encompassing (a.) Closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
Encompassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encompass
Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. --Shak.
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. -- C. J. Smith.
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. -- Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.
Encompassing (a.) Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide].
Encompassing (a.) Closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent].
Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.
By this encompassment and drift of question. -- Shak.
Encompassment (n.) Including entirely.
Encore (adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
Encore (n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
Encored (imp. & p. p.) of Encore
Encoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encore
Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.
Encorporing (n.) Incorporation.
Encoubert (n.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
Encountered (imp. & p. p.) of Encounter
Encountering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encounter
Encounter (v. t.) 遇見，邂逅，會戰 To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. -- Acts xvii. 18.
I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. -- Shak.
Encounter (v. i.) 偶然相遇 To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
I will encounter with Andronicus. -- Shak.
Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. -- Tatham.
Encounter (n.) 相會，相遇，遭遇 A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. -- Pope.
Encounter (n.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. -- Spenser.
To join their dark encounter in mid-air. -- Milton
Syn: Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See {Contest}.
Encounter (n.) A minor short-term fight [syn: {brush}, {clash}, {encounter}, {skirmish}].
Encounter (n.) A casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" [syn: {meeting}, {encounter}].
Encounter (n.) A casual meeting with a person or thing [syn: {encounter}, {coming upon}].
Encounter (n.) A hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {confrontation}, {encounter}, {showdown}, {face-off}].
Encounter (v.) Come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {run into}, {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}].
Encounter (v.) Come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen}, {chance}, {bump}, {encounter}].
Encounter (v.) Be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" [syn: {run into}, {encounter}].
Encounter (v.) Experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}].
Encounter (v.) Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {play}, {take on}].
Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Encouraged (imp. & p. p.) of Encourage
Encouraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encourage
Encourage (v. t.) 鼓勵，支援，激勵 To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
Encourage (v.) Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: {promote}, {advance}, {boost}, {further}, {encourage}].
Encourage (v.) Inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to [ant: {discourage}].
Encourage (v.) Spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife".
Encourage (v.) [ T ] (B1) 刺激，激勵；促進；助長 To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen.
// [ T + to infinitive ] We were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school.
// The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.
Encourage (v.) (B1) （透過言語或行動）鼓勵，支援 To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something.
// They've always encouraged me in everything I've wanted to do.
Encouragement (n.) The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
Encouragement (n.) That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
Encouragement (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 鼓勵，激勵 Words or behaviour that give someone confidence to do something.
// Children need lots of encouragement from their parents.
// I could never have achieved this without the encouragement of my husband and family.
Encouragement (n.) [ C or U ] 促進；激發 Words or behaviour that make something more likely to happen.
// We give positive encouragement to applications from older candidates.
Encourager (n.) One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
Encouraging (a.) Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
Encouraging (a.) (B2) 令人鼓舞的；振奮人心的 Making you feel more confidence or hope.
// There was a lot of positive feedback, which was very encouraging.
Encowl (v. t.) To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.
Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.
Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
Encrease (v. t. &) i. [Obs.] See Increase.
Encrimson (v. t.) To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson.
Encrinic (a.) Alt. of Encrinital