Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 32
Engraved (imp.) of Engrave.
Engraved (p. p.) of Engrave.
Engraven () of Engrave.
Engraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave.
Engrave (v. t.) 雕刻，鐫刻；牢記，銘記 To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]
Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. -- Spenser.
Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. -- Ex. xxviii. 11.
Engrave (v. t.) To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
Engrave (v. t.) To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
Engrave principles in men's minds. -- Locke.
Engrave (v. t.) To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." -- Spenser.
Engrave (v.) Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe].
Engrave (v.) Impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory."
Engrave (v.) Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: engrave, etch].
Engrave (v.) Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" [syn: engrave, etch].
Engrave (v.) [ T ] 在（金屬、石頭等）上雕刻（字、圖案等） To cut words, pictures, or patterns into the surface of metal, stone, etc.
// The jeweller skilfully engraved the initials on the ring.
// The bracelet was engraved with his name and date of birth.
Idiom: Be engraved on sb's memory/ mind
Be engraved on sb's memory/ mind 銘刻在記憶裡／腦海中 To be very difficult to forget.
// That last conversation we had is engraved on my memory forever.
Engraved (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
Engraved (a.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
Engravement (n.) Engraving.
Engravement (n.) Engraved work.
Engraver (n.) One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
Engravery (n.) The trade or work of an engraver.
Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Engregge (v. t.) To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
Engrieve (v. t.) To grieve.
Engrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Engross.
Engrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross.
Engross (v. t.) 用大字體書寫，獨占，使全神貫注 To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
Engross (v. t.) To amass.
Engross (v. t.) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
Engrossed (a.) 全神貫注的，專心致志的 Giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: {captive}, {absorbed}, {engrossed}, {enwrapped}, {intent}, {wrapped}].
Engrossed (a.) Written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document.
Engrosser (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
Engrosser (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
Engrossment (n.) 正式繕寫的文件 The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.
Engrossment (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.
Engulfed (imp. & p. p.) of Engulf.
Engulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engulf.
Engulf (v. t.) 吞沒；捲入 To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
It quite engulfs all human thought. -- Young.
Syn: See {Absorb}.
Engulf (v.) Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: {steep}, {immerse}, {engulf}, {plunge}, {engross}, {absorb}, {soak up}].
Engulf (v.) Flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely."
Engulf (v.) [With object] (Of a natural force) Sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
‘The cafe was engulfed in flames.’
[Figurative] ‘Europe might be engulfed by war.’
Engulf (v.) [With object] Eat or swallow (something) whole.
‘The toad can engulf nestling birds.’
Engulf (v.) [With object] Powerfully affect (someone); overwhelm.
‘A feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.’
Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf. [R.]
Engyn () Variant of Engine.
Enhalo (v. t.) To surround with a halo.
Enhanced (imp. & p. p.) of Enhance.
Enhancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enhance.
Enhance (v. t.) 提高，增加（價值，品質，吸引力等） To raise or lift up; to exalt.
Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.
Enhance (v. i.) To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
Enhancement (n.) 提高，增強 The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
Enhancer (n.) 增強劑 One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
Enhancive (a.) 加強的；增強的 Intensifying by augmentation and enhancement [syn: augmentative, enhancive].
Enhancive (a.) Serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body; "cosmetic surgery"; "enhansive makeup" [syn: cosmetic, enhancive].
Enharbor (v. t.) To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
Enharden (v. t.) To harden; to embolden.
Enharmonic (a.) Alt. of Enharmonical.
Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.
Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/.
Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
Enharmonically (adv.) In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.
Enhearten (v. t.) 鼓勵；使振奮 To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.
Enhedge (v. t.) To surround as with a hedge.
Enhort (v. t.) To encourage.
Enhunger (v. t.) To make hungry.
Enhydros (n.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.
Enhydrous (a.) Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.
Enigmas (n. pl. ) of Enigma.
Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
Enigma (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.
Enigmatic (a.) Alt. of Enigmatical.
Enigmatical (a.) Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
Enigmatically (adv.) Darkly; obscurely.
Enigmatist (n.) One who makes, or talks in, enigmas.
Enigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Enigmatize.
Enigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enigmatize.
Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.
Enigmatography (n.) Alt. of Enigmatology.
Enigmatology (n.) The art of making or of solving enigmas.
Enisled (p. a.) Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
Enjailed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjall.
Enjailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjall.
Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.
Enjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoin.
Enjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoin.
Enjoin (v. t.) 禁止 [（+from）]；命令；囑咐 [（+on）] [+to-v] To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
High matter thou enjoin'st me. -- Milton.
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. -- Shak.
Enjoin (v. t.) (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. -- Kent.
Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. "This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command." -- Johnson.
Enjoin (v. t.) To join or unite. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Enjoin (v.) Issue an injunction.
Enjoin (v.) Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: {order}, {tell}, {enjoin}, {say}].
Enjoiner (n.) One who enjoins.
Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
Enjoy (v. i.) To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] -- Milton.
Enjoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoy.
Enjoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoy.
Enjoy (v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
Enjoy (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. -- Num. xxxvi. 8.
To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. -- Heb. xi. 25.
Enjoy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with. -- Milton.
To enjoy one's self, To feel pleasure; to be happy.
Enjoy (v.) Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour].
Enjoy (v.) Have benefit from; "enjoy privileges."
Enjoy (v.) Get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: love, enjoy].
Enjoy (v.) Have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom" [ant: endure, suffer].
Enjoy (v.) Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel].
Enjoyable (a.) Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. -- Milton.
Enjoyable (a.) Affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read" [syn: enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurable].
Enjoyable (a.) (B1) 使人快樂的；令人愉快的；有樂趣的 An enjoyable event or experience gives you pleasure.
// A very enjoyable game/ movie.
// Thank you for a most enjoyable evening.
Enjoyer (n.) One who enjoys.
Enjoyer (n.) A person who delights in having or using or experiencing something.
Enjoyment (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.
Enjoyment (n.) That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
The hope of everlasting enjoyments. -- Glanvill.
Syn: Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight.
Enjoyment (n.) The pleasure felt when having a good time.
Enjoyment (n.) Act of receiving pleasure from something [syn: enjoyment, delectation].
Enjoyment (n.) (Law) The exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat" [syn: use, enjoyment].
Enjoyment (n.) [ U ] (B2) 愉快；樂趣；興趣 The feeling of enjoying something.
// Knowing the ending already didn't spoil my enjoyment of the movie.
Enkennel (v. t.) To put into a kennel.
Enkerchiefed (a.) Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. -- Milton.
That soft, enkerchiefed hair. -- M. Arnold.
Enkindled (imp. & p. p.) of Enkindle.
Enkindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enkindle.
Enkindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. -- Shak.
Enkindle (v. t.) To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. -- Talfourd.
Enkindle (v.) Cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame].
Enkindle (v.) Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke].
Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. -- P. Fletcher.
Enlace (v.) Spin, wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine].
Enlacement (n.) The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.
Enlard (v. t.) To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. -- Shak.
Enlarged (imp. & p. p.) of Enlarge.