Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 29

Endosmotic (a.) Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. -- Carpenter.

Endosperm (n.) (Bot.) The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Endosperm (n.) Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.

Endospermic (a.) (Bot.) Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Endospore (n.) (Bot.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous (a.) (Bot.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Endoss (v. t.) To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Endosteal (a.) (Physiol.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Endosternite (n.) (Zool.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Endosteum (n.) (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Endosteum (n.) Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones.

Endostoma (n.) (Zool.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Endostome (n.) (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

Endostome (n.) (Zool.) And endostoma.

Endostosis (n.) (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Endostyle (n.) (Zool.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

Endotheca (n.) (Zool.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal, a.

Endothecium (n.) (Bot.) The inner lining of an anther cell.

Endothelial (a.) (Anat.) Of, or relating to, endothelium.

Endothelial (a.) Of or relating to or located in the endothelium.

Endothelia (n. pl. ) of Endothelium.

Endothelium (n.) (Anat.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Endothelium (n.) An epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities.

Endotheloid (a.) (Anat.) Like endothelium.

Endothorax (n.) (Zool.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Endowed (imp. & p. p.) of Endow.

Endowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endow.

Endow (v. t.) 捐贈；資助；向……捐錢（或物）；賦予 [H] [（+with）] To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

Endowing hospitals and almshouses. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.

Endow (v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

Endow (v.) Give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue].

Endow (v.) Furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered" [syn: endow, dower].

Endow (v.) [ T ] 向（院校、醫院等）捐款，捐贈，資助 To give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an income for it.

// The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry.

// This hospital was endowed by the citizens of Strasbourg in the 16th century.

Idiom: Be endowed with sth

Be endowed with sth (C2) 天生具備，生來具有（某種特性或品質） To have a particular quality or feature.

// Some lucky people are endowed with both brains and beauty.

// Sardinia is generously endowed with prehistoric sites.

Well endowed (a.) 天賦甚多的；擁有很多（尤指金錢或財產）的 Having a lot of something, especially money or possessions.

// The city is well endowed with modern medical facilities.

// [ Before noun ] It is a very well-endowed college.

Well endowed (a.) （男性）陰莖粗大的；（女性）胸部豐滿的 (Humorous approving)  (Of a man) Having large sexual organs, or (of a woman) having large breasts.

// He's very well endowed!

Well endowed (a.) 天賦好的；【口】【幽】生殖器大的；生殖器健全的 (1.) (Informal, humorous) (Of a woman) Having large breasts. (2.) (Informal, humorous) (Of a man) Having large genitals. (3.) (Of an organization) Having a lot of money.

// Well-endowed colleges.

Endower (v. t.) To endow. [Obs.] -- Waterhouse.

Endower (n.) One who endows.

Endowment (n.) （基金、財產等的）捐贈 [U]；捐贈的基金、財產等 [P1]； 才能，天資 [P1] The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

Endowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. -- I. Taylor.

Endowment (n.) Natural abilities or qualities [syn: {endowment}, {gift}, {talent}, {natural endowment}].

Endowment (n.) The capital that provides income for an institution [syn: {endowment}, {endowment fund}].

Endowment (n.) The act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time."

Endowment (n.) The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman. It is sometimes used: metaphorically, for the setting a provision for a charitable institution, as the endowment of a hospital.

Endowment (n.) [ C or U ] （給院校、醫院等的）捐款，捐贈，資助 Money that is given to a college, hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money.

// The school has received an endowment of $50,000 to buy new books for the library.

Endowment (n.) [ C ] 天賦；天資；才能 Something that you have from birth, often a quality.

// There are tests that can establish a baby's genetic endowment.

Endozoa (n. pl.) See Entozoa.

Endrudge (v. t.) To make a drudge or slave of.

End-to-end encryption (n.) 端到端加密 End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a system of communication where only the communicating users can read the messages. In principle, it prevents potential eavesdroppers -- including telecom providers, Internet providers, and even the provider of the communication service -- from being able to access the cryptographic keys needed to decrypt the conversation. The systems are designed to defeat any attempts at surveillance or tampering because no third parties can decipher the data being communicated or stored. For example, companies that use end-to-end encryption are unable to hand over texts of their customers' messages to the authorities.

Endued (imp. & p. p.) of Endue.

Enduing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endue.

Indue (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. {Indued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Induing}.] [Written also {endue}.] To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. -- Sir W. Scott.

Indue (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.

Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. -- Dryden.

Indued with intellectual sense and souls. -- Shak.

Endue (v. t.) . 賦予……（才能、天資）；授予 [（+with）] [H]；【罕】穿，戴 To invest. -- Latham.

Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. -- Luke xxiv. 49.

Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. -- Book of Common Prayer.

Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of {Endow}. -- Tillotson.

Endue (v.) Give qualities or abilities to [syn: {endow}, {indue}, {gift}, {empower}, {invest}, {endue}]

Enduement (n.) Act of enduing; induement.

Endurable (a.) Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.

Endurably (adv.) In an endurable manner.

Endurance (n.) [U] 忍耐，耐久力；持久（力）；耐久（力） A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. -- Sir W. Scott.

Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. -- Sir W. Temple.

Syn: Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.

Endurance (n.) The power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance."

Endurance (n.) A state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: {survival}, {endurance}].

Endurance (n.) [ U ] (C2) 忍耐力，耐受力 The ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time.

// Running a marathon is a test of human endurance.

// The pain was bad beyond endurance.

Endurant (a.) 能忍耐的 Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc..

Endured (imp. & p. p.) of Endure.

Enduring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endure.

Endure (v. i.) To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

Their verdure still endure. -- Shak.

He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. -- Job viii. 15.

Endure (v. i.) To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? -- Ezek. xxii. 14.

Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. -- Dryden.

Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

I will no longer endure it. -- Shak.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. -- 2 Tim. ii. 10.

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? -- Esther viii. 6.

Endure (v. t.) To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]

Manly limbs endured with little ease. -- Spenser.

Syn: -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Endure (v.) Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up].

Endure (v.) Face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, brave, brave out].

Endure (v.) Continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, hold up, hold out].

Endure (v.) Undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer] [ant: enjoy].

Endure (v.) Last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" [syn: wear, hold out].

Endure (v.) Persist or be long; in time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last].

Endure (v.) Continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run].

Endure (v.) (Experience) (B2) [ T ] 忍耐；忍受 To suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful.

// We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

// She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.

Endure (v.) (Continue) [ I ] (Formal) 持續；持久 To continue to exist for a long time.

// The political system established in 1400 endured until about 1650.

Endurement (n.) Endurance. [Obs.]

Endurer (n.) One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Enduring (a.) Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. “A better and enduring substance.” -- Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur*ing*ly, adv. --T. Arnold. -- En*dur*ing*ness, n.

Enduring (a.) Unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: abiding, imperishable].

Enduring (a.) Patiently enduring continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife" [syn: long-suffering].

Endways (adv.) Alt. of Endwise.

Endwise (adv.) On end; erectly; in an upright position.

Endwise (adv.) With the end forward.

Endwise (adv.) On end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways" [syn: endways].

Endwise (adv.) In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure" [syn: endways].

Endwise (adv.) With the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways" [syn: endways, end on].

Endyma (n.) (Anat.) See Ependyma.

Endyses (n. pl. ) of Endysis.

Endysis (n.) (Biol.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

Enecate (v. t.) To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.]

Eneid (n.) Same as Aeneid.

Enema (n.) (Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.

Enemata (n. pl. ) of Enema.

Enema (n.) Injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn: clyster] [also: enemata (pl.)].

Enemies (n. pl. ) of Enemy.

Enemy (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

To all good he enemy was still. -- Spenser.

I say unto you, Love your enemies. -- Matt. v. 44.

The enemy (Mil.) The hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.

It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. -- Macaulay.

Syn: -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

Enemy (a.) Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]

They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. -- Jer. Taylor.

Enemy (n.) An opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn."

Enemy (n.) An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: foe, foeman, opposition].

Enemy (n.) Any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy."

Enemy (n.) A personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" [syn: foe] [ant: ally].

Enepidermic (a.) (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Energetic (a.) Alt. of Energetical.

Energetical (a.) 精力旺盛的；精神飽滿的；有力的；積極的 Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. “A Being eternally energetic.”

Energetical (a.) Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.

Syn: -- Forcible; powerful; efficacious; potent; vigorous; effective; strenuous. -- En*er*get*ic*al*ly, adv. -- En*er*get*ic*al*ness, n.

Energetically (adv.) 精力充沛地；積極地 In an energetic manner.

Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. [R.]

Energic (a.) Alt. of Energical.

Energical (a.) In a state of action; acting; operating.

Energical (a.) Having energy or great power; energetic.

The energic faculty that we call will. -- Blackw. Mag.

Energized (imp. & p. p.) of Energize.

Energizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Energize.

Energize (v. i.) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards. -- J. C. Shairp.

Energize (v. t.) To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

Energize (v.) Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energise, perk up] [ant: de-energize, de-energize, sedate].

Energize (v.) Raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn: excite, energise].

Energizer (n.) One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

Energizer (n.) Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people [syn: energiser, vitalizer, vitaliser, animator].

Energizer (n.) A device that supplies electrical energy [syn: energiser].

Energizing (a.) Capable of imparting or exercising energy.

Energizing (a.) Imparting or capable of imparting vitality and energy. [wns=1]

Syn: -- bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic.

Those nobler exercises of energizing love. -- Bp. Horsley.

Energizing (a.) Imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic].

Energizing (a.) Supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center" -- H. O. Taylor [syn: energising, kinetic].

Energizing (n.) The activity of causing to have energy and be active [syn: activating, activation].

Energumen (n.) (Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

Energies (n. pl. ) of Energy.

Energy (n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects. -- Paley.

Energy (n.) Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

Energy (n.) Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

Energy (n.) (Physics) Capacity for performing work.

Note: The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the element, relative to some given body or point. The available kinetic energy of a material system unconnected with any other system is that energy which is due to the motions of the parts of the system relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic; -- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat, electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the earth and acted on by gravity.

Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, & Degradation of energy, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, etc.

Syn: Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit; efficiency; resolution.

Energy (n.) (Physics) The capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms."

Energy (n.) An exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy" [syn: vigor, vigour].

Energy (n.) Enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy" [syn: push, get-up-and-go].

Energy (n.) An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy" [syn: vigor, vigour, vim].

Energy (n.) A healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn: vim, vitality].

Energy (n.) The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 [syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department, DOE].

Energy (n.) (Physics) A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms" [syn: energy, free energy].

Energy (n.) Forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip].

Energy (n.) Enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy" [syn: energy, push, get-up-and-go].

Energy (n.) An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim].

Energy (n.) A healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn: energy, vim, vitality].

Energy (n.) Any source of usable power; "the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy."

Energy (n.) The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 [syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE].

Energy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

Population (2000): 1175

Housing Units (2000): 519

Land area (2000): 1.185826 sq. miles (3.071276 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.008844 sq. miles (0.022907 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.194670 sq. miles (3.094183 sq. km)

FIPS code: 24166

Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17

Location: 37.772398 N, 89.025519 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Energy, IL

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Enervated (imp. & p. p.) of Enervate.

Enervating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enervate.

Enervate (v. t.) 使衰弱 To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. -- Macaulay.

And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. -- Dryden.

Syn: -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

Enervate (a.) 衰弱的，無力的 Weakened; weak; without strength of force.

Enervate (v.) Weaken mentally or morally.

Enervate (v.) Disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, unsettle].

Enervation (n.) The act of weakening, or reducing strength.

Enervation (n.) The state of being weakened; effeminacy.

Enervation (n.) Lack of vitality; "an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue."

Enervation (n.) Serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustion].

Enervative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]

Enerve (v. t.) To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.]

Enervous (a.) Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.]

Enfamish (v. t.) To famish; to starve.

Enfect (a.) Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.]

Enfeebled (imp. & p. p.) of Enfeeble.

Enfeebling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfeeble.

Enfeeble (v. t.) 使衰弱；使無力 To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. -- Prescott.

Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.

Enfeeble (v.) Make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {enfeeble}, {debilitate}, {drain}]

Enfeeblement (n.) 衰弱 The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

Enfeeblement (n.) Serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: {debilitation}, {enervation}, {enfeeblement}, {exhaustion}].

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