<B>energetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of energy; eager to work. <BR> <I>Ex. Cool autumn days make us feel energetic. The new office boy seemed energetic when he reported for work.</I> (SYN) vigorous, strenuous. <DD><B> 2. </B>full of force; active. <BR> <I>Ex. energetic reform measures. An energetic effort on the part of all members will ensure the success of our plan.</I> (SYN) vigorous, strenuous. </DL>
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<B>energetically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with energy; vigorously. <BR> <I>Ex. Astrid Varnay sang the part of Isolde very energetically and with some beauty of tone (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>energetics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science of the laws of energy. <DD><B> 2. </B>the amount and nature of the energy output or changes in any activity or system. <BR> <I>Ex. We wished to investigate the energetics of flapping flight (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>use or output of energy. <BR> <I>Ex. It is interesting ... to dream about a possible, perhaps more practical, use of the moon for earth's energetics (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
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<B>energic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by energy; energetic. </DL>
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<B>energico, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian, Music.) energetic; to be rendered with strong articulation and accentuation. </DL>
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<B>energid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the nucleus of a cell with its active cytoplasm regarded as a vital unit. </DL>
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<B>energism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the theory that the supreme good does not lie in pleasure but in a contented activity of mind. </DL>
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<B>energize, </B>verb, <B>-gized,</B> <B>-gizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to give energy to; make active. <BR> <I>Ex. Ambition energizes people. Faith will energize us for any sort of work (Walter McClaren).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to put forth energy; act with vigor. </DL>
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<B>energizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several drugs used to relieve abnormal mental depression and to increase energy and alertness. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small device that stores chemical energy, such as a dry cell, used to operate small mechanisms. <BR> <I>Ex. Entirely powered by an energizer of shirt-button size, the ... electric watch ... is considered to be the most accurate portable timepiece yet devised (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>energumen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who is possessed by an evil spirit; demoniac. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fanatic; enthusiast. </DL>
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<B>energy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>will to work; vigor. <BR> <I>Ex. That boy is so full of energy that he cannot keep still.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power to do work or act; force. <BR> <I>Ex. All our energies were used to keep the fire from spreading. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward (Abraham Lincoln).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>capacity for doing work, such as lifting or moving an object. Light, heat, and electricity are different forms of energy. Energy exists as potential or kinetic and is measured in various units, such as ergs, joules, or foot-pounds. <BR> <I>Ex. A steam engine changes heat into mechanical energy. According to the established principles of conservation in physics, energy is never created or destroyed, but is only transferred or transformed (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>ability to produce action or effect. </DL>
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<B>energy audit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a systematic check of the use of energy within a building, especially to determine where savings can be achieved. </DL>
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<B>energy belt</B> or <B>Energy Belt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a region where there is a plentiful, and usually inexpensive, supply of fuel, such as oil, natural gas, or coal, to produce energy. <BR> <I>Ex. The energy belt states are becoming saturated with malls (Fortune).</I> </DL>
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<B>energy crisis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a critical shortage in the supply of energy-producing fuels, such as gas, oil, and coal, usually attributed to increased consumption, depletion of natural resources, a decline in exploration, and environmental protective legislation. </DL>
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<B>energy-drive, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> underground pressure from gas or water that forces oil to the surface after drilling a well. </DL>
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<B>energy level</B> or <B>state,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) (in quantum theory) one of the usually stable states of energy of a physical system. In the atom, electrons cluster about the nucleus in various energy levels. <BR> <I>Ex. Each nucleus has discrete energy states, and in passing from one to another it sends out gamma rays of sharply defined energy (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>energy paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dry sheet of paper fiber impregnated with potassium persulfate and powdered carbon, that serves as the active material of a dry-cell battery and is easily replaceable when the battery runs out of power. </DL>
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<B>energy structure,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of kinetic art structure having motorized, mechanical, or electronic parts. </DL>
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<B>enervate, </B>verb, <B>-vated,</B> <B>-vating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to lessen the vigor or strength of; weaken. <BR> <I>Ex. A hot, damp climate enervates people who are not used to it.</I> (SYN) debilitate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to weaken mentally or morally. <BR> <I>Ex. Many civilizations were enervated by too much luxury.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> lacking vigor or strength; enervated. <BR> <I>Ex. I observed ... the enervate slightness of his frail form (Edward Bulwer-Lytton).</I> </DL>
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<B>enervation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of enervating. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being enervated. </DL>
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<B>enervative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to enervate; enervating. </DL>
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<B>enervator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thing that enervates. </DL>
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<B>en evidence,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in evidence; in plain sight. </DL>
<A NAME="enface">
<B>enface, </B>transitive verb, <B>-faced,</B> <B>-facing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to write, print, or stamp on the face of (a note, bill, or draft). <DD><B> 2. </B>to write, print, or stamp (a mark or a form of words) on the face of a note, bill, or draft. </DL>
<B>enfacement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> what is written or printed on the face of a note, bill, check, etc. </DL>
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<B>en famille,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) with one's family; at home; informally. <BR> <I>Ex. I think it must have been in the spring of 1929 that I received the invitation to dine en famille in St. John's Wood to meet Max Beerbohm (Evelyn Waugh).</I> </DL>
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<B>enfant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a child. </DL>
<A NAME="enfantcheri">
<B>enfant cheri,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a pampered child (used chiefly figuratively in English). <BR> <I>Ex. Ivory Coast ... is the enfant cheri of France, showered with loans and French capital (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) cherished child. </DL>
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<B>enfant gate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a spoiled child. </DL>
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<B>enfants perdus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a squad of soldiers sent on a very dangerous mission. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) lost children. </DL>
<A NAME="enfantterrible">
<B>enfant terrible,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a child whose behavior or words embarrass older people. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or organization that is indiscreet, lacks a sense of responsibility, or is extremely unconventional. <BR> <I>Ex. By the year 1919, when he [John Maynard Keynes] was in his middle thirties, he had achieved international fame or notoriety as the enfant terrible of economics (Punch). "L'Express" has become the enfant terrible of postwar French journalism (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(literally) terrible child. </DL>
<B>enfeeble, </B>transitive verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make feeble; weaken. </DL>
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<B>enfeeblement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of enfeebling. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being enfeebled. </DL>
<A NAME="enfeebler">
<B>enfeebler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that enfeebles. </DL>
<A NAME="enfeoff">
<B>enfeoff, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) <DD><B> 1. </B>to invest with a fee or fief. <DD><B> 2. </B>to hand over as a fief. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The skipping king ... Enfeoffed himself to popularity (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>enfeoffment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of giving a fee or fief. <DD><B> 2. </B>the deed that gives a person the fee of an estate. <DD><B> 3. </B>the estate obtained in this way. </DL>
<A NAME="enfete">
<B>en fete,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in a festive manner; in holiday dress. </DL>
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<B>enfetter, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bind with or as if with fetters. </DL>
<A NAME="enfever">
<B>enfever, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to throw into a fever. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to incense. </DL>
<A NAME="enfieldrifle">
<B>Enfield rifle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a muzzleloading British musket, caliber .577, having a rifled bore, used in the United States in the Civil War. <DD><B> 2. </B>a British bolt-action, breechloading rifle, caliber .303. <DD><B> 3. </B>a similar rifle, caliber .30, used by American troops in World War I. </DL>
<A NAME="enfilade">
<B>enfilade, </B>noun, verb, <B>-laded,</B> <B>-lading.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> gunfire that sweeps from the side at a line of troops or a position held by them. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fire guns at (a line of troops or the position held by them) from the side. </DL>
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<B>enfin, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>after all; at last. <DD><B> 2. </B>in brief. </DL>
