<B>encaenia, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> ceremonies in honor of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church. </DL>
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<B>Encaenia, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> ceremonies held each June at Oxford University in honor of its founders and benefactors. </DL>
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<B>encage, </B>transitive verb, <B>-caged,</B> <B>-caging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to confine in or as if in a cage. </DL>
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<B>encamp, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make camp; settle in tents. <BR> <I>Ex. It took the soldiers only an hour to encamp.</I> (SYN) camp. <DD><B> 2. </B>to live in a camp for a time. <BR> <I>Ex. They encamped all night.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put in a camp. <BR> <I>Ex. They were encamped in tents.</I> </DL>
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<B>encampment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an encamping or a being encamped; forming a camp. <DD><B> 2. </B>the place where a camp is; camp. </DL>
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<B>encapsidate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dated,</B> <B>-dating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose in the protein coat of a virus particle. <BR> <I>Ex. Once assembly begins the virion RNA will be sequestered ... But since neither (-) strands nor coat protein mRNA are encapsidated ... the production of virions can continue (Nature).</I> noun <B>encapsidation.</B> </DL>
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<B>encapsulant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that encapsulates, especially a substance used for encapsulating drugs. <BR> <I>Ex. a polymeric encapsulant.</I> </DL>
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<B>encapsulate, </B>verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to enclose in a capsule. <BR> <I>Ex. The bacteria were encapsulated.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to encase in a protective covering. <BR> <I>Ex. Unstable drugs can be encapsulated to protect them from air and moisture.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become enclosed in a capsule. <BR> <I>Ex. Later these eggs will hatch; the larvae will burrow beneath the skin and then migrate to the back where they will encapsulate and grow to maturity (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>encapsulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of encapsulating. <BR> <I>Ex. By using silicon diodes, the latest insulating materials, and the technique of encapsulation in resin, an experimental cascade generator that provides 100 micro-amp. at 100 kv has been made (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<B>encarnalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to give a fleshly form to. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make carnal or sensual. </DL>
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<B>encarpium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pia.</B> =sporophore.</DL>
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<B>encarpus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) a sculptured ornament in imitation of a festoon of fruits, leaves, flowers, or other objects, suspended between two points. </DL>
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<B>encase, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cased,</B> <B>-casing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to put into a case. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cover completely; enclose. <BR> <I>Ex. Armor encased the knight's body.</I> <DD> Also, <B>incase.</B> </DL>
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<B>encasement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of encasing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being encased. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing that encases. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Biology.) a former theory of reproduction according to which successive generations are produced by the successive development of innumerable germs encased one within another. Also, <B>incasement.</B> </DL>
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<B>encash, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>to convert (checks, stocks, or other holdings) into cash. <BR> <I>Ex. Deposits can always be encashed at their full face value at agreed periods of notice of six months or less (Economist).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to obtain (a sum) in the form of cash. </DL>
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<B>encashable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) convertible into cash. </DL>
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<B>encashment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) conversion into cash. <BR> <I>Ex. Stick to banks rather than hotels ... for the best deal in encashment, they advised, and change larger rather than smaller amounts (Spectator).</I> </DL>
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<B>en casserole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) cooked and served in a casserole. </DL>
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<B>encastage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the arrangement in a pottery or porcelain kiln of the pieces to be fired. </DL>
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<B>encaustic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the method or art of burning in colors, especially in painting and decorating, by mixing the colors with wax and then applying heat. <DD><B> 2. </B>a painting or decorative object produced by this method. <DD><I>adj. </I> prepared by heat; burnt in. <BR> <I>Ex. Encaustic tile is decorated with colored clays burnt in by firing.</I> </DL>
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<B>encave, </B>transitive verb, <B>-caved,</B> <B>-caving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose or hide in or as if in a cave. </DL>
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<B>-ence,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns chiefly from verbs.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(added to verbs) the act or fact of ______ing. <BR> <I>Ex. Abhorrence = the act or fact of abhorring. Dependence = the act or fact of depending.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(added to adjectives ending in -ent) the quality or condition of being ______ent. <BR> <I>Ex. Prudence = the quality of being prudent. Absence = the state of being absent.</I> </DL>
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<B>enceinte</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> being with child or young; pregnant. </DL>
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<B>enceinte</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an enclosure; the wall around a fortified place. <DD><B> 2. </B>the space enclosed by a wall. </DL>
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<B>Enceladus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a hundred-armed giant, son of Tartarus and Gaea. He was believed to lie beneath the volcano of Mt. Etna, in Sicily. </DL>
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<B>encephal-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of <B>encephalo-</B> before vowels, as in <I>encephalic.</I> </DL>
