<B>enflesh, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to clothe with flesh. <DD><B> 2. </B>to give a fleshy form to; incarnate. </DL>
<A NAME="enfleurage">
<B>enfleurage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a process of extracting perfumes by exposing odorless oils or fats to the exhalations of particular flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="enflower">
<B>enflower, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to adorn or deck with flowers. <BR> <I>Ex. Spring enflowers the fields.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enfold">
<B>enfold, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to fold in; wrap up. <BR> <I>Ex. The lady was enfolded in a shawl.</I> (SYN) enclose, encompass. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to embrace; clasp. <BR> <I>Ex. The mother enfolded her baby in her arms.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to shape into a fold or folds. Also, <B>infold.</B> noun <B>enfolder.</B> </DL>
<B>enforce, </B>transitive verb, <B>-forced,</B> <B>-forcing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to force obedience to; cause to be carried out; put into force. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher will enforce the rules of the school. Policemen and judges will enforce the laws of the city.</I> (SYN) execute, administer. <DD><B> 2. </B>to force; compel. <BR> <I>Ex. The robbers enforced obedience to their demand by threats of violence. Illness enforced me to remain idle.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to urge with force; emphasize. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher enforced the principle of honesty by examples. Graphic illustrations of crippling from arthritis enforced the seriousness of the disease.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enforceability">
<B>enforceability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being enforceable. </DL>
<A NAME="enforceable">
<B>enforceable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be enforced. <BR> <I>Ex. In Italy, the income-tax law is about as popular, and as enforceable, as Prohibition used to be in the U.S. (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enforcedly">
<B>enforcedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by force or compulsion, not by choice. </DL>
<A NAME="enforcement">
<B>enforcement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of enforcing; putting into force. <BR> <I>Ex. Strict enforcement of the laws against speeding will reduce automobile accidents.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enforcer">
<B>enforcer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that enforces. </DL>
<B>en foule,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in a crowd. </DL>
<A NAME="enframe">
<B>enframe, </B>transitive verb, <B>-framed,</B> <B>-framing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose in or as if in a frame. </DL>
<A NAME="enfranchise">
<B>enfranchise, </B>transitive verb, <B>-chised,</B> <B>-chising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to give the right to vote to. <BR> <I>Ex. The 19th amendment to the Constitution enfranchised American women.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to set free; release from slavery or restraint. </DL>
<A NAME="enfranchisement">
<B>enfranchisement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of enfranchising. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being enfranchised. </DL>
<A NAME="enfranchiser">
<B>enfranchiser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that enfranchises. </DL>
<A NAME="eng">
<B>eng.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>engine. <DD><B> b. </B>engineer. <DD><B> c. </B>engineering. <DD><B> 2a. </B>engraved. <DD><B> b. </B>engraver. <DD><B> c. </B>engraving. </DL>
<B>engage, </B>verb, <B>-gaged,</B> <B>-gaging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to keep busy; occupy. <BR> <I>Ex. Work engages much of my time. He engaged me in conversation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to hire; employ; take for use or work; reserve (as seats, rooms, or a cab). <BR> <I>Ex. We engaged two rooms at the hotel. She engaged a carpenter to repair the porch.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to promise or pledge to marry; betroth. <BR> <I>Ex. He was engaged to my sister. My sister and he are engaged.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to catch and hold; attract. <BR> <I>Ex. Bright colors engage a baby's attention. This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to bind by a promise or contract; promise; commit; pledge. <BR> <I>Ex. He engaged himself as an apprentice to a printer.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to fit into; lock together. <BR> <I>Ex. The teeth of geared wheels engage each other.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to start a battle against; attack. <BR> <I>Ex. Our soldiers engaged the enemy.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) to pawn; mortgage. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to keep oneself busy; be occupied; be active; take part. <BR> <I>Ex. The two friends engaged in conversation. He engages in politics.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to bind oneself; promise; pledge. <BR> <I>Ex. I will engage to be there on time.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fit; lock together; mesh. <BR> <I>Ex. The teeth of one gear engage with the teeth of the other.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to join battle with an enemy. <BR> <I>Ex. The mob ... did not venture to engage against musketry and cannon with their knives (Robert Southey).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engage">
<B>engage, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) committed or involved; not aloof or indifferent. <BR> <I>Ex. Reporting offers the sense of being engage in the political process of one's own time (Joseph and Stewart Alsop).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engaged">
<B>engaged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>promised or pledged to marry. <BR> <I>Ex. The engaged girl wore a diamond ring.</I> (SYN) betrothed, affianced. <DD><B> 2. </B>busy; occupied. <BR> <I>Ex. Engaged in conversation, they did not see me.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>taken for use or work; hired. <DD><B> 4. </B>fitted together; interlocked. <DD><B> 5. </B>involved in a fight or battle. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Architecture.) attached to or partly sunk into something else or looking as if it is built in this way. <BR> <I>Ex. a wall with engaged columns.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engagement">
<B>engagement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of engaging. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact or condition of being engaged. <DD><B> 3. </B>a promise; pledge. <BR> <I>Ex. An honest person fulfills all his engagements.</I> (SYN) agreement. <DD><B> 4. </B>a promise to marry. <BR> <I>Ex. Their parents announced the young couple's engagement.</I> (SYN) betrothal. <DD><B> 5. </B>a meeting with someone at a certain time; appointment. <BR> <I>Ex. He made a point of being punctual in all his engagements.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a period of being hired; time of use or work. <BR> <I>Ex. The actor had an engagement of three weeks in a play.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>a battle; fight. <BR> <I>Ex. The greatest engagement of the Civil War was at Gettysburg.</I> (SYN) encounter, combat, conflict. <BR><I>expr. <B>engagements,</B> </I>financial obligations. <BR> <I>Ex. They were consequently unable to meet their own engagements (Macaulay).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engagementring">
<B>engagement ring,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ring, usually set with a diamond or diamonds, given by a man to his fiancee in token of their betrothal. </DL>
<A NAME="engager">
<B>engager, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who engages or secures. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who enters into an engagement or agreement; surety. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who engages the services of another; employer. </DL>
<A NAME="engaging">
<B>engaging, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very attractive; pleasing; charming; winning. <BR> <I>Ex. She has an engaging smile.</I> adv. <B>engagingly.</B> noun <B>engagingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="engarb">
<B>engarb, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to dress; attire; garb. </DL>
<A NAME="engarcon">
<B>en garcon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) as a bachelor; like a bachelor. </DL>
<A NAME="engarde">
<B>en garde,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>on guard. <BR> <I>Ex. To be perfectly ravishing this spring, a woman must wear a hat so avant-garde that the onlooker would do well to be en garde (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Fencing.) the starting position. </DL>
<A NAME="engarland">
<B>engarland, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to encircle with a garland. </DL>
<A NAME="engd">
<B>Eng.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Doctor of Engineering. </DL>
<A NAME="engelmannspruce">
<B>Engelmann spruce,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall evergreen tree of the pine family, found in western North America, whose wood is valued as lumber. </DL>
<A NAME="engelmannsprucebeetle">
<B>Engelmann spruce beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very destructive beetle that attacks the bark of certain evergreen trees, especially the Engelmann spruce. </DL>
<A NAME="engelslaw">
<B>Engel's law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Economics.) the principle that as a family's income rises, a smaller share is spent for food and a larger share for education and recreation. </DL>
<A NAME="engender">
<B>engender, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to bring into existence; produce; cause. <BR> <I>Ex. Filth engenders disease.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to beget; procreate. <BR> <I>Ex. Violence naturally engenders violence (Macaulay).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be produced; come into existence. </DL>
<A NAME="engenderer">
<B>engenderer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that engenders; begetter. </DL>
<A NAME="engenderment">
<B>engenderment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of engendering, procreating, or reproducing. </DL>
<A NAME="engidu">
<B>Engidu, </B>noun. <B>=Enkidu.</B></DL>
<A NAME="engild">
<B>engild, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to gild; brighten. </DL>
<A NAME="engin">
<B>engin.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> engineering. </DL>
<A NAME="engine">
<B>engine</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a machine for applying power to some work, especially a machine that can start others moving. <DD><B> 2. </B>a machine that pulls a railroad train; locomotive. <DD><B> 3. </B>anything used to bring about a result; instrument or device. <BR> <I>Ex. Cannons are engines of war.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=fire engine.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) an artifice; device; plot; means. <BR> <I>Ex. Nor did he 'scape By all his engines (Milton).</I> adj. <B>engineless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="engine">
<B>engine</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>-gined,</B> <B>-gining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to furnish with an engine or engines. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to contrive or plan. </DL>
<A NAME="engineblock">
<B>engine block,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the main part of an engine, containing the cylinders, cast as a unit, without accessory parts and usually without the cylinder head. </DL>
<A NAME="enginedriver">
<B>engine driver,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) the engineer of a locomotive. </DL>
