Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 30
Enfeebler (n.) One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
Enfeeblish (v. i.) To enfeeble. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Enfeloned (a.) Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] "Like one enfeloned or distraught." -- Spenser.
Enfeoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfeoff.
Enfeoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfeoff.
Enfeoff (v. t.) (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. -- Mozley & W.
Enfeoff (v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]
[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. -- Shak.
Enfeoff (v.) Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland."
Enfeoffment (n.) (Law) The act of enfeoffing.
Enfeoffment (n.) (Law) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
Enfeoffment (n.) Under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service.
Enfester (v. t.) To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." -- Davies (Holy Roode).
Enfetter (v. t.) 上腳鐐；束縛；使為奴隸 To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." -- Shak.
Enfever (v. t.) To excite fever in. [R.] -- A. Seward.
Enfierced (imp. & p. p.) of Enfierce.
Enfiercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfierce.
Enfierce (v. t.) To make fierce. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Enfilade (n.)【軍】縱射 A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. [R.]
Enfilade (n.) (Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
Enfiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfilade.
Enfilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfilade.
Enfilade (v. t.) (Mil.) 對……縱射 To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops. -- Campbell.
Enfilade (n.) Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation [syn: {enfilade}, {enfilade fire}]
Enfilade (v.) Rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.
Enfiled (p. a.) (Her.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.
Enfire (v. t.) To set on fire. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Enflame (v. t.) (Less common spelling of inflame) To excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling especially : to make angry.
Enflame (v. t.) To make more heated or violent : intensify.
Compare: Intensify
Intensify (v. i.) 增強，強化；變激烈 To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
Intensify (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] 加強，增強；使變激烈；【攝】加強（明暗度），強化（潛影） To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. -- Bacon.
How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified. -- Longfellow.
Intensify (v.) Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: escalate, intensify, step up] [ant: de-escalate, step down, weaken].
Intensify (v.) Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen].
Intensify (v.) Become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" [syn: intensify, deepen].
Intensify (v.) Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark.
Enflesh (v. t.) To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]
Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. -- Florio.
Enflowered (imp. & p. p.) of Enflower.
Enflowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enflower.
Enflower (v. t.) To cover or deck with flowers. [Poetic]
These odorous and enflowered fields. -- B. Jonson.
Compare: Infold
Infold (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Infolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also enfold.] To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.
Gilded tombs do worms infold. -- Shak.
Infold his limbs in bands. -- Blackmore.
Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. -- Shak.
Enfold (v. t.) To infold. See Infold.
Enfold (v.) Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose].
Enfoldment (n.) The act of infolding. See Infoldment.
Enforced (imp. & p. p.) of Enforce.
Enforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enforce.
Enforce (v. t.) 實施，執行；強制；強迫 [（+on/upon）] To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. -- Shak.
Enforce (v. t.) To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
Enforce (v. t.) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. -- Shak.
Enforce (v. t.) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. -- Burke.
Enforce (v. t.) To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
Enforce (v. t.) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
Enforce him with his envy to the people. -- Shak.
Enforce (v. i.) To attempt by force. [Obs.]
Enforce (v. i.) To prove; to evince. [R.] -- Hooker.
Enforce (v. i.) To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] -- Chaucer
Enforce (n.) Force; strength; power. [Obs.]
A petty enterprise of small enforce. -- Milton.
Enforce (v.) Ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {implement}, {apply}] [ant: {exempt}, {free}, {relieve}].
Enforce (v.) Compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy" [syn: {enforce}, {impose}].
Enforceable (a.) Capable of being enforced.
Enforceable (a.) Capable of being enforced [ant: unenforceable].
Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." -- Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. --Shak.
Enforcement (n.) 實施，執行；強制；強迫 [U] The act of enforcing; compulsion.
He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. -- Shak.
Enforcement (n.) A giving force to; a putting in execution.
Enforcement of strict military discipline. -- Palfrey.
Enforcement (n.) That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. -- Locke.
Enforcement (n.) The act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to.
Enforcer (n.) One who enforces.
Enforcer (n.) One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior [syn: hatchet man, enforcer].
Enforcible (a.) That may be enforced.
Enforcive (a.) Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. -- Marsion. -- En*for"cive*ly, adv.
Enforest (v. t.) To turn into a forest.
Enform (v. t.) To form; to fashion. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Enfouldred (a.) Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [Obs.] "With foul enfouldred smoke." -- Spenser.
Enframe (v. t.) To inclose, as in a frame.
Enfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Enfranchise.
Enfranchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfranchise.
Enfranchise (v. t.) 給予……公民權；給予……選舉權；解放 To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. -- Bacon.
Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote.
Enfranchise (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. -- I. Watts.
Enfranchise (v. t.) Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: affranchise, enfranchise].
Enfranchise (v.) Grant voting rights [ant: disenfranchise, disfranchise].
Enfranchisement (n.) 公民權或選舉權之授予；解放 Releasing from slavery or custody. -- Shak.
Enfranchisement (n.) Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
{Enfranchisement of copyhold} (Eng. Law), The conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. -- Mozley & W.
Enfranchisement (n.) Freedom from political subjugation or servitude.
Enfranchisement (n.) A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) [syn: {franchise}, {enfranchisement}].
Enfranchisement (n.) The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on [syn: {certification}, {enfranchisement}] [ant: {disenfranchisement}].
Enfranchiser (n.) One who enfranchises.
Enfree (v. t.) To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." -- Shak.
Enfreedom (v. t.) To set free. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Enfreeze (v. t.) To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.]
Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. --Spenser
Enfroward (v. t.) To make froward,
perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] -- Sir E. Sandys.
Engage (v. i.) 嚙合，接合 [（+with）]；交戰，交手 [（+with）] To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. -- Fuller.
Engage (v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
Engage (v. i.) (Mach.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
Engaged (imp. & p. p.) of Engage.
Engaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engage.
Engage (v. t.) 吸引；佔用（時間，精力等）；使（齒輪等）嚙合 To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." -- Shak.
Engage (v. t.) To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
Engage (v. t.) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
Good nature engages everybody to him. -- Addison.
Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. -- Pope.
Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. -- Hawthorne.
Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. -- Ludlow.
Engage (v. t.) (Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
Engage (v.) Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" [syn: {prosecute}, {engage}, {pursue}].
Engage (v.) Consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: {absorb}, {engross}, {engage}, {occupy}].
Engage (v.) Engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: {hire}, {engage}, {employ}] [ant: {can}, {dismiss}, {displace}, {fire}, {force out}, {give notice}, {give the axe}, {give the sack}, {sack}, {send away}, {terminate}].
Engage (v.) Ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer."
Engage (v.) Give to in marriage [syn: {betroth}, {engage}, {affiance}, {plight}].
Engage (v.) Get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" [ant: {disengage}].
Engage (v.) Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" [syn: {engage}, {wage}].
Engage (v.) Hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support" [syn: {engage}, {enlist}].
Engage (v.) Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {engage}, {take}].
Engage (v.) Keep engaged; "engaged the gears" [syn: {engage}, {mesh}, {lock}, {operate}] [ant: {disengage}, {withdraw}].
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Engage (v.) (Employ) [ T ] (Mmainly UK formal) 僱用；聘用 To employ someone.
// [ + to infinitive ] I have engaged a secretary to deal with all my paperwork.
// We're engaging the services of a professional administrator.
Engage (v.) (Interest) (C1) [ T ] (Formal) 吸引住，使感興趣 To interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it.
// The debate about food safety has engaged the whole nation.
// If a book doesn't engage my interest in the first few pages, I don't usually continue reading it.
Engage (v.) (Fit together) [ I or T ] （使）（機器）嚙合，接合，銜接 To make one part of a machine fit into and move together with another part of a machine.
// When the large gear wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round.
Engage (v.) (Begin fighting) [ I or T ] (Specialized) (Military) 進攻；（與…）交戰，（與…）開戰 To attack or begin to fight someone.
// Enemy planes engaged the troops as they advanced into the mountains.
Phrasal verb: Engage in sth
Engage in sth (Formal) (- Phrasal verb with engage) (v.) (C2) 參加；參與 To take part in something.
// The two governments have agreed to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the problem.
Engage sb in conversation (Formal) 與某人攀談 To start a conversation with someone.
// Once Mrs Kirkpatrick engages you in conversation, you're stuck with her for half an hour.
Engagé (a.) (Formal) （尤指作家、音樂家、藝術家等）積極介入政治的 Especially of a writer, musician, artist, etc. interested in and taking part in politics.
Engaged (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.
Engaged (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
Engaged (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
Engaged (a.) (Marriage) 已訂婚的 (B1) Having formally agreed to marry.
// Debbie and Christa have just got engaged.
// She was engaged to some guy in the army.
// (Formal) They're engaged to be married in June.
Engaged (a.) (Involved/ Busy) [ After verb ] 捲入…的；從事…的 Involved in something.
// They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.
// She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on/upon cancer research.
Engaged (a.) (Involved/ Busy) [ After verb ] (Formal) 忙的 Busy doing something.
// I'd come to the meeting on Tuesday but I'm afraid I'm otherwise engaged (= doing something else).
Engaged (a.) (In use) (B1) （電話）佔線的，忙的；（公厠）有人使用的 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it.
// Every time I call her, she/the phone/the number is engaged.
// (UK) I've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone.
// The sign on the toilet door said "Engaged".
Compare: Vacant
Vacant (a.) (Empty) (B2) 空的；未被佔用的 Not filled or occupied; available to be used.
// The hospital has no vacant beds.
Vacant (a.) (B2) （工作職位）空缺的 A vacant job is one that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do.
// The position fell (= became) vacant when Rodman was promoted.
Vacant (a.) (Not responding) 無聊的；茫然的；沒精打采的 Showing no interest or mental activity
// She had a vacant look/expression on her face.
Engagedly (adv.) With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
Engagedness (n.) The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
Engagement (n.) 訂婚；婚約 [C] [（+to）]；諾言，保證 [C]；需償付的款項 [P] The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
Engagement (n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.
Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.
Engagement (n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
Engagement (n.) A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict}, {fight}, {engagement}].
Engagement (n.) A meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {appointment}, {engagement}].
Engagement (n.) A mutual promise to marry [syn: {betrothal}, {troth}, {engagement}].
Engagement (n.) The act of giving someone a job [syn: {employment}, {engagement}].
Engagement (n.) Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" [syn: {engagement}, {booking}].
Engagement (n.) Contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" [syn: {engagement}, {mesh}, {meshing}, {interlocking}].
Engagement (n.) The act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: {engagement}, {participation}, {involvement}, {involution}] [ant: {non-engagement}, {non- involvement}, {nonparticipation}].
Engager (n.) One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
Engaging (a.) 迷人的；可愛的；有魅力的；engage的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- {En*ga"ging*ly}, adv. -- {En*ga"ging*ness}, n.
{Engaging and disengaging gear} or {Engaging and disengaging machinery}, That in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.
Encage (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] To confine in a cage; to coop up. -- Shak.
Engaging (a.) Attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: {engaging}, {piquant}].
Engallant (v. t.) To make a gallant of. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Engarboil (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] "To engarboil the church." -- Bp. Montagu.
Engarland (v. t.) To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Engarrison (v. t.) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. -- Bp. Hall.
Engastrimuth (n.) An ventriloquist. [Obs.]
Engendered (imp. & p. p.) of Engender
Engendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engender
Engender (v. t.) To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. -- Southey.
Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.
Engender (v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. -- Dryden.
Engender (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 引起（某種感覺）；導致；産生 To make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist.
// Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy.
// The vice-president's speech did not engender confidence in his judgment.