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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ENPHYTOT</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="enphytotic"> enphytotic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) recurrent among plants throughout a region. Ex. an enphytotic disease. </DL> <A NAME="enplane"> enplane, intransitive verb, transitive verb. -planed, -planing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to go or put aboard an airplane. Ex. [She] enplanes to work (Saturday Evening Post). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, emplane. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="enplein"> en plein,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in full; fully; entirely. Ex. I would have liked to stake all our troubles en plein and to lose them (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="enpleinair"> en plein air,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in the open air. Ex. Terraces and gardens ... provide space for ninety patrons, en plein air (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="enpleinjour"> en plein jour,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in open daylight; in the open; not concealed. </DL> <A NAME="enpointe"> en pointe or en pointes,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) (in ballet) on the toe or toes. Ex. A ballet dancer was ... turning from side to side on the stiffened ends of the flesh-pink satin slippers that keep her en pointe (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="enposte"> en poste,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) on duty. Ex. It [a newspaper] must keep something like 20 highly experienced foreign correspondents en poste throughout the world: a highly expensive operation (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="enprince"> en prince,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) as a prince; in princely style. </DL> <A NAME="enprincipe"> en principe,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in principle. Ex. He will also be attempting ... to get some sort of agreement en principe as to the future shape and limits of the cold war (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="enprise"> en prise,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in a grip; in a position for capture in chess. </DL> <A NAME="enqueue"> en queue,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) as a tail; in a line; following. </DL> <A NAME="enquire"> enquire, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -quired, -quiring. =inquire.</DL> <A NAME="enquiry"> enquiry, noun, pl. -quiries. =inquiry.</DL> <A NAME="enrage"> enrage, transitive verb, -raged, -raging.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make very angry; make furious; madden. Ex. The dog was enraged by their teasing. Their refusal to come enraged him. (SYN) infuriate, exasperate, incense, anger. </DL> <A NAME="enrage"> enrage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French Slang.) <DD> 1. a militant radical. Ex. Members of Occident, an extreme-right-wing student group, waiting in the street to beat up Nanterre enrages, start fighting with police when they see enrages arrested (Mavis Gallant). <DD> 2. (literally) enraged one. </DL> <A NAME="enraged"> enraged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> angered; infuriated; furious. Ex. With an enraged roar, the elephant charged. </DL> <A NAME="enragement"> enragement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of enraging. <DD> 2. the state of being enraged. </DL> <A NAME="enrank"> enrank, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to arrange in a rank or row, or in ranks. </DL> <A NAME="enrapport"> en rapport,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in sympathy; in agreement. Ex. a process by which man puts himself en rapport with his environment (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="enrapt"> enrapt, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> filled with great delight; rapt; enraptured. </DL> <A NAME="enrapture"> enrapture, transitive verb, -tured, -turing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to move to rapture; fill with great delight; entrance. Ex. The audience was enraptured by the singer's beautiful voice. </DL> <A NAME="enrapturer"> enrapturer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that enraptures. </DL> <A NAME="enregister"> enregister, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to register; record. </DL> <A NAME="enregle"> en regle,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) according to rule; in order. </DL> <A NAME="enresume"> en resume,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) to sum up; on the whole. </DL> <A NAME="enretraite"> en retraite,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. in retreat; retreating. <DD> 2. in retirement; on the retired list. </DL> <A NAME="enrevanche"> en revanche,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) by way of retaliation; in return. </DL> <A NAME="enrich"> enrich, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make rich or richer. Ex. Decorations enrich a room. (Figurative.) An education enriches your mind. (Figurative.) Many foreign words and phrases have enriched the English language. <DD> 2. to raise the nutritive value of (a food) by adding vitamins and minerals in processing. Ex. enriched milk. <DD> 3. to make fertile; fertilize. Ex. Fertilizer enriches the soil. <DD> 4. to decorate; ornament; adorn. Ex. The coat was enriched with silver buttons. <DD> 5. to make (a radioactive element) more fissionable by increasing the content of fissionable material. Ex. Uranium that has its content of the isotope U (-235) increased is called enriched uranium. <DD> 6. (Education.) to improve (a curriculum or program) by providing students with more varied and intensive material of study. Ex. Ordinarily, these "enriched" courses are reserved for selected students but some schools do give enrichment subjects to all students, in foreign languages for elementary students, for example (Wall Street Journal). noun enricher. </DL> <A NAME="enrichen"> enrichen, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make rich or richer; enrich. Ex. The Canadian north is the present frontier of North America and its winning cannot but enrichen and strengthen the Canadian people (Wall Street Journal). (Figurative.) ... the enrichening perspectives provided by great literature (Ralph Ellison). </DL> <A NAME="enrichment"> enrichment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of enriching or condition of being enriched. Ex. (Figurative.) the enrichment of life by knowledge. <DD> 2. a thing that enriches. Ex. (Figurative.) Books are an enrichment of life. </DL> <A NAME="enridge"> enridge, transitive verb, -ridged, -ridging.<DL COMPACT><DD> to form into ridges. </DL> <A NAME="enring"> enring, transitive verb, -ringed, -ringing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to form a ring or circle about; encircle. <DD> 2. to put a ring or rings on; adorn with a ring. </DL> <A NAME="enrobe"> enrobe, transitive verb. -robed, -robing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to clothe with or as if with a robe; dress; attire. </DL> <A NAME="enrobement"> enrobement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of enrobing or state of being enrobed. </DL> <A NAME="enrober"> enrober, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a machine for coating candy. <DD> 2. a person who enrobes. </DL> <A NAME="enroll"> enroll or enrol, verb, -rolled, -rolling.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to make a member. Ex. He enrolled his son in a music school. The school enrolled 200 students. <DD> 2. to enlist in the armed forces. Ex. After graduation, he was enrolled for military service. <DD> 3. to write in a list. Ex. The secretary enrolled our names. <DD> 4. to put in a record; record. <DD> 5. to roll or wrap up. <DD> 6. (Obsolete.) to engross (a document). <DD>v.i. 1. to become a member. Ex. Her mother enrolled in a sewing class. <DD> 2. to join the armed forces; enlist. Ex. He enrolled in the navy after graduation. <DD> 3. to have one's name written in a list. Ex. We checked to see if he enrolled among the voters of our district. noun enroller. </DL> <A NAME="enrollee"> enrollee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who enrolls in a group as a member. Ex. A class of 157 students, all brimming with hope and ambition, is ... in an unusual school, designed especially to prepare enrollees for final exams (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="enrollment"> enrollment or enrolment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of enrolling. Ex. Enrollment took place in the fall. <DD> 2. the number enrolled. Ex. The school has an enrollment of 200 students. <DD> 3. a roll, register, or record. </DL> <A NAME="enroot"> enroot, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to fix by the root. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to implant deeply; fix firmly. </DL> <A NAME="enroute"> en route,<DL COMPACT><DD> on the way. Ex. En route to California, he stopped off in Colorado. </DL> <A NAME="ens"> ens, noun, pl. entia.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy.) <DD> 1. being, considered in the abstract. <DD> 2. something that is; an entity. </DL> <A NAME="ens"> Ens.,<DL COMPACT><DD> ensign. </DL> <A NAME="ensample"> ensample, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) an example; instance. </DL> <A NAME="ensanguine"> ensanguine, transitive verb, -guined, -guining.<DL COMPACT><DD> to stain with blood. Ex. The pirate waved an ensanguined sword. </DL> <A NAME="ensate"> ensate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) sword-shaped; ensiform. </DL> <A NAME="ensconce"> ensconce, transitive verb, -sconced, -sconcing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to shelter safely; hide. Ex. The soldiers were ensconced in strongly fortified trenches. We were ensconced in the cellar during the tornado. <DD> 2. to settle comfortably and firmly. Ex. The cat ensconced itself in the armchair. </DL> <A NAME="enscroll"> enscroll, transitive verb. =inscroll.</DL> <A NAME="enseal"> enseal, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to close up with a seal; seal up. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) to put a seal or stamp on. </DL> <A NAME="enseetaratro"> ense et aratro,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) with sword and with plow; with service both in war and in peace. </DL> <A NAME="ensellure"> ensellure, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anthropology.) a strongly marked curve of the lower back, inward at the waist and outward below. </DL> <A HREF="ensemble.dic">NEXT</A>