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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: endow - energesis</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="endow"> endow, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to give money or property to provide an income for. Ex. The rich man endowed the college he had attended. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to give from birth; provide with some ability, quality, or talent. Ex. Nature endowed her with both a good mind and good looks. (SYN) equip, invest. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) to provide with a dowry. noun endower. </DL> <A NAME="endowment"> endowment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. money or property given to a person or institution to provide an income. Ex. This college has a large endowment. (SYN) grant, donation. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a gift from birth; ability; talent. Ex. A good sense of rhythm is a natural endowment. <DD> 3. the act of endowing. </DL> <A NAME="endowmentinsurance"> endowment insurance,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of life insurance providing for the payment of a fixed sum to the insured person at a specified time, or to his designated beneficiaries should he die before the time named. </DL> <A NAME="endozoic"> endozoic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> present within or living inside an animal. Ex. endozoic algae. </DL> <A NAME="endpaper"> end paper,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sheet of paper folded in two leaves, one of which is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book, the other serving as an extra flyleaf. Ex. The illustrations of Furlinetta and the other animals are in color and the zoo as a whole is shown on the attractive end papers (Saturday Review). </DL> <A NAME="endpin"> end pin,<DL COMPACT><DD> the button of a violin or other string instrument. </DL> <A NAME="endplate"> end plate,<DL COMPACT><DD> the expanded ending of a motor nerve in a muscular fiber. </DL> <A NAME="endplay"> endplay, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Contract Bridge.) <DD>noun a play in which an opponent is forced into the lead so that he loses a trick. It usually occurs near the end of a contract. <DD>v.t. to force into the lead in an endplay. Ex. South ... could see that he would be endplayed if he retained that card (Alan Truscott). </DL> <A NAME="endplay"> end play,<DL COMPACT><DD> the longitudinal back-and-forth play of an axle, shaft, or the like. Ex. Excessive end play in the crankshaft will produce an intermittent rap (Toboldt and Purvis). </DL> <A NAME="endpoint"> end point,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the conclusion of a chemical process or reaction. <DD> 2. a point in space where a line or segment stops or abruptly changes direction. <DD> 3. an object or goal. </DL> <A NAME="endproduct"> end product,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the product resulting from any process at its conclusion. Ex. Education is a process, not an end product (New York Times). <DD> 2. (Nuclear Physics.) the last stable member of a series of isotopes, each produced by the radioactive decay of the preceding isotope. </DL> <A NAME="endrin"> endrin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a powerful insecticide, used especially in agriculture, an isomer of dieldrin, related to chlordane. It is also effective against rodents. </DL> <A NAME="endrun"> end run,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Football.) a play in which the ball carrier tries to advance the ball by circling one end of the defensive line. <DD> 2. (U.S.) anything that resembles an end run in football, such as the shape of a graph or an indirect military strategy. </DL> <A NAME="endrun"> end-run, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ran, -run, -running.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) to evade an obstacle or barrier, by trickery or indirection; circumvent. Ex. He is not the sort of officer who writes personal letters to old Army friends in order to end-run around official channels (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="endstopped"> end-stopped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of blank verse) stopping or pausing at the end of the line, or of each line. </DL> <A NAME="endstopping"> end stopping,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of blank verse in which each line ends with a stop or pause, instead of freely running on into the next line. </DL> <A NAME="endsville"> Endsville, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) wonderful; out of this world. Ex. At the windup of his two-week tour, ... Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy announced that New York was strictly Endsville (Time). </DL> <A NAME="endtable"> end table,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small table suitable for placing at either end of a couch or beside a chair. </DL> <A NAME="endtoend"> end-to-end, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with the ends touching. Ex. We laid the piece of string out end-to-end to see if by tying we would have a long enough piece. </DL> <A NAME="endue"> endue, transitive verb, -dued, -duing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to provide with a quality or power; furnish; supply. Ex. The wisest man is not endued with perfect wisdom. The jungle ... answered, as if endued with life, by waving its boughs (Frederick Marryat). <DD> 2. =clothe. <DD> 3. to put on. Also, indue. </DL> <A NAME="endurable"> endurable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be endured; bearable. Ex. His pain was so severe that it was barely endurable. <DD> 2. likely to endure or last. </DL> <A NAME="endurably"> endurably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an endurable manner; so as to be endurable. </DL> <A NAME="endurance"> endurance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the power to last and to withstand hard wear. Ex. A runner must have great endurance to run 30 miles in a day. Cheap, shoddy cloth has little endurance. <DD> 2. the power to stand something without giving out; holding out; bearing up. Ex. The wounded man's endurance of pain was remarkable. (SYN) fortitude, patience, forbearance, tolerance. <DD> 3. the act or an instance of enduring pain, hardship, etc.. Ex. Patient endurance Attaineth to all things (Longfellow). <DD> 4. continued existence in time; duration. </DL> <A NAME="endurant"> endurant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> ready to endure; that endures or is capable of endurance. Ex. a hardy, endurant variety of wheat. </DL> <A NAME="endure"> endure, verb, -dured, -during.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to keep on; last; continue in existence. Ex. Metal and stone endure for a long time. The Lord shall endure for ever (Psalms 9:7). <DD> 2. to hold out; suffer patiently. Ex. "I can't endure much longer," he whispered. <DD>v.t. to put up with; bear; stand. Ex. The wounded man endured much pain. How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! (Samuel Johnson). (SYN) suffer, tolerate, experience. </DL> <A NAME="endurer"> endurer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that endures. </DL> <A NAME="enduring"> enduring, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lasting; permanent. Ex. Mankind longs for an enduring peace. The works of great writers have enduring value. (SYN) abiding, unchanging. adv. enduringly. noun enduringness. </DL> <A NAME="enduro"> enduro, noun, pl. -duros.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a race to test a runner's or driver's endurance. </DL> <A NAME="enduse"> end use,<DL COMPACT><DD> the particular function which a manufactured product serves or to which it is limited. </DL> <A NAME="enduser"> end-user, noun. =end-consumer.</DL> <A NAME="endways"> endways, adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. on end; upright. <DD> 2. with the end forward; in the direction of the end. <DD> 3. =lengthwise. <DD> 4. with the ends placed so that they touch; end-to-end. </DL> <A NAME="endwise"> endwise, adverb, adjective. =endways.</DL> <A NAME="endymion"> Endymion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a beautiful youth loved by the moon goddess Selene. </DL> <A NAME="endzone"> end zone,<DL COMPACT><DD> the area beyond either goal line which is in bounds on a football field. </DL> <A NAME="ene"> -ene,<DL COMPACT><DD> a suffix used in forming the names of many hydrocarbons, especially the olefin series, as in benzene, naphthalene. </DL> <A NAME="ene"> E.N.E., ENE (no periods), or e.n.e.,<DL COMPACT><DD> east-northeast. </DL> <A NAME="enechelon"> en echelon,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in echelon; like a flight of steps. </DL> <A NAME="eneffet"> en effet,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in effect. </DL> <A NAME="enema"> enema, noun, pl. enemas, enemata.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an injection of liquid into the rectum to flush the bowels; clyster. <DD> 2. the device used. </DL> <A NAME="enemy"> enemy, noun, pl. -mies, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person or group that hates and tries to harm another; opponent; adversary. Ex. ... while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat (Matthew 13:25). For every ten jokes thou hast got an hundred enemies (Laurence Sterne). <DD> 2. a force, nation, army, fleet, or air force that opposes another; person, ship, or other agent of a hostile nation. Two countries at war with each other are enemies. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) anything that will harm. Ex. Frost is an enemy of flowers. Every animal that consumes another animal is called an enemy, or predator, and the animal eaten is its prey (Tracy I. Storer). <DD>adj. 1. of an enemy. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) adverse; hostile. expr. the Enemy, the Devil; Satan. Ex. Defend him from the danger of the Enemy (Book of Common Prayer). </DL> <A NAME="enemyalien"> enemy alien,<DL COMPACT><DD> an alien living in a country which is at war with his own country. </DL> <A NAME="enepidermic"> enepidermic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with medical applications, such as plasters, to the skin. </DL> <A NAME="energesis"> energesis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) catabolic change, making energy available within a plant cell. </DL> <A HREF="energeti.dic">NEXT</A>