A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

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.

In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.

The art of declining and conjugating words.

To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

To inclose. See Inclose.

surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed.

the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object.

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

To clothe.

To envelop in clouds; to cloud.

To carry in a coach.

To convert (a text, data) into a series of secret symbols by means of a code{5}; to encrypt.

To put in a coffin.

To render cold.

To furnish or surround with a collar.

To color.

The neck of horse.

See Encumber.

Hindrance; molestation.

One who praises; a panegyrist.

A panegyric.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.

Encomium; panegyric.

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

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.

closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.

The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.

Incorporation.

One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.

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.

made to feel more courage, hope, or optimism.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.

To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.

To lay in a cradle.

One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.

See Increase.

To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson.

Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.

A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.

Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.

That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.

Curled.

Encroachment.

One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

By way of encroachment.

The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

To incrust. See Incrust.

covered with or hardened into a crust.

That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.

To convert ordinary language or other data into code; to hide the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key; to encode.

converted into a coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key; -- of messages or other forms of information.

the process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key.

To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

Same as Incumbrancer.

To inclose with curtains.

An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.

The full circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

Encyclopedic.

Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a person having encyclopedic knowledge of a subject.

The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences.

To inclose in a cyst.

Encystment.

Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.

A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

Complete termination.

a person who uses an item of commerce for its designed purpose; -- contrasted with those who produce or resell the item or incorporate the item into another product.

That may be ended; terminable.

To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.

Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable.

Damage; injury; harm.

To damnify; to injure.

To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

Being in a condition or situation where life or serious harm is possible; in danger; at risk.

A species of plant or animal that has declined in numbers to a point where further irreversible decline and extinction{3} has a significant chance. Lists of endangered species are maintained by government agencies, and in many cases the killing of such species or destruction of their habitat is prohibited by law.

Hazard; peril.

To darken.

Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

To dazzle.

To make dear or beloved.

With affection or endearment; dearly.

State of being endeared.

Making dear or beloved; causing love.

The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.

An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.

One who makes an effort or attempt.

Act of endeavoring; endeavor.

A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.

Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.

An indication.

Endemic.

An endemic disease.

Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

In an endemic manner.

The science which treats of endemic affections.

The act of naturalizing.

To endenizen.

To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.

One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.

Endermic.

Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

By the endermic method; as, applied endermically.

The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.

Diademed.

To decorate with a diaper pattern.

See Indict.

See Indictment.