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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: ensconce - enswathe</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="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 NAME="ensemble"> ensemble, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. all the parts of a thing considered together; the general effect. Ex. Its members have a commendable knack of subordinating themselves as parts of the total ensemble (New Yorker). <DD> 2. (Music.) <DD> a. a united performance of the full number of singers, players, or performers. Ex. After the solo, all the singers joined in the ensemble. <DD> b. the group of musicians or the musical instruments used in such a performance. Ex. Two violins, a cello, and a harp made up the string ensemble. <DD> 3. a complete, harmonious costume. Ex. Her dress and coat made an attractive ensemble. <DD>adv. (Obsolete.) together; at the same time. </DL> <A NAME="ensembleplaying"> ensemble playing or acting,<DL COMPACT><DD> a unity of artistic purpose by the entire cast in a theatrical production. Ex. Ensemble playing results when every actor adjusts himself to the needs of the play, and remains aware of the methods, strengths, and weaknesses of his fellow performers (Oscar G. and Lenyth Brockett). </DL> <A NAME="ensepetitplacidamsublibertatequietem"> ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) by the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty (the motto of Massachusetts). </DL> <A NAME="ensepulcher"> ensepulcher, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to put into a sepulcher or tomb; entomb. </DL> <A NAME="ensepulchre"> ensepulchre, transitive verb,-chred, -chring. =ensepulcher.</DL> <A NAME="enserf"> enserf, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make a serf or serfs of. Ex. the enserfed peasants of czarist Russia. </DL> <A NAME="ensheathe"> ensheathe, transitive verb, -sheathed, -sheathing. =insheathe.</DL> <A NAME="enshield"> enshield, transitive verb. =shield.</DL> <A NAME="enshrine"> enshrine, transitive verb, -shrined, -shrining.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to enclose in a shrine. Ex. A fragment of the Cross is enshrined in the cathedral. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to keep sacred; cherish. Ex. Memories of happier days were enshrined in the old man's heart. </DL> <A NAME="enshrinement"> enshrinement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of enshrining. <DD> 2. anything that enshrines or surrounds. </DL> <A NAME="enshroud"> enshroud, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to cover with a shroud. Ex. (Figurative.) Fog enshrouded the ship, but we could hear its whistle. </DL> <A NAME="ensiform"> ensiform, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) sword-shaped; ensate; xiphoid. </DL> <A NAME="ensign"> ensign, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a flag or banner. Ex. The ensign of the United States is the Stars and Stripes. <DD> 2. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant junior grade and next above a warrant officer. An ensign is the lowest commissioned officer in the United States Navy. (Abbr:) Ens. <DD> 3. a former British army officer whose duty was carrying the flag; standard-bearer. <DD> 4. the sign of one's rank, position, or power; symbol of authority. Ex. The ensign of the queen was her crown and scepter. <DD> 5. a sign; emblem; badge. <DD> 6. (Obsolete.) a signal. </DL> <A NAME="ensigncy"> ensigncy, noun, pl. -cies. =ensignship.</DL> <A NAME="ensignfly"> ensign fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a parasitic hymenopterous insect whose abdomen is held up high like a flag by a long, stalklike foot. </DL> <A NAME="ensignship"> ensignship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rank or position of an ensign in the navy or army. </DL> <A NAME="ensignstaff"> ensign staff,<DL COMPACT><DD> the staff at the stern of a ship from which an ensign is flown. </DL> <A NAME="ensilage"> ensilage, noun, verb, -laged, -laging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the preservation of green fodder by packing it in a silo or pit. <DD> 2. green fodder preserved in this way; silage. Ensilage is used to feed cattle in winter. <DD>v.t. =ensile. </DL> <A NAME="ensile"> ensile, transitive verb, -siled, -siling.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to preserve (green fodder) in a silo. <DD> 2. to make into ensilage. </DL> <A NAME="ensky"> ensky, transitive verb, intransitive verb. -skied or -skyed, -skying.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to place or be placed in the sky or heaven. Ex. I hold you as a thing enskied, and sainted (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to raise or be placed very high; make or be lofty. Ex. No other place I know has a ... castle enskied over its principal shops (Harold Hobson). Secluded in the yard, the lady looked even more commandingly rapt and enskied (Sylvia Townsend Warner). </DL> <A NAME="enskyment"> enskyment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being enskied. Ex. What a sublime end of one's body, what an enskyment; what a life after death (Robinson Jeffers). </DL> <A NAME="enslave"> enslave, transitive verb, -slaved, -slaving.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make a slave of; take away freedom from. Ex. Education makes a people ... easy to govern but impossible to enslave (Lord Brougham). </DL> <A NAME="enslavedness"> enslavedness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being enslaved. </DL> <A NAME="enslavement"> enslavement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of enslaving. <DD> 2. the condition of being enslaved. </DL> <A NAME="enslaver"> enslaver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that enslaves. </DL> <A NAME="enslegis"> ens legis,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a person or thing created by law, such as a corporation. </DL> <A NAME="ensnare"> ensnare, transitive verb, -snared, -snaring.<DL COMPACT><DD> to catch in a snare; snare; trap. Ex. She ensnared mankind with her fair looks (Milton). (SYN) entrap, entangle. Also, insnare. </DL> <A NAME="ensnarement"> ensnarement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of ensnaring or state of being ensnared; entrapment. Also, insnarement. </DL> <A NAME="ensnarer"> ensnarer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that ensnares. Also, insnarer. </DL> <A NAME="ensnarl"> ensnarl, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to catch or entangle (in). Ex. (Figurative.) ensnarled in the web of prejudice. </DL> <A NAME="ensorcell"> ensorcell or ensorcel, transitive verb, -celled, -celling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bewitch; enchant. Ex. The mice creep out, ensorcelled by that high, uncertain tremolo (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="ensoul"> ensoul, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to put or take into the soul. <DD> 2. to endow with a soul. Also, insoul. </DL> <A NAME="ensphere"> ensphere, transitive verb, -sphered, -sphering.<DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose in a sphere; make into a sphere; encircle. </DL> <A NAME="enssupremum"> Ens Supremum,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) the Supreme Being; God. </DL> <A NAME="enstatite"> enstatite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a variety of pyroxene, occurring in gray, green, or brown colors. </DL> <A NAME="enstool"> enstool, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in western Africa) to place (a chief) in office. Ex. He [spoke] to one newly enstooled chief (Time). </DL> <A NAME="ensue"> ensue, verb, -sued, -suing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to come after; follow. The ensuing year means the year following this year. (SYN) succeed. <DD> 2. to happen as a result. Ex. In his anger he hit the man, and a fight ensued. I spent my allowance the first day, and a lean week ensued. (SYN) result. <DD>v.t. (Obsolete.) to follow; pursue. Ex. Let him seek peace, and ensue it (I Peter 3:11). adv. ensuingly. </DL> <A NAME="ensuite"> en suite,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in succession; in a connected series. Ex. The salons of the Sorbonne are ... arranged en suite for exhibitions and academic receptions (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="ensure"> ensure, transitive verb, -sured, -suring.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make sure or certain. Ex. Careful planning and hard work ensured the success of the party. <DD> 2. to make sure of getting; secure. Ex. A letter of introduction will ensure you an interview. <DD> 3. to make safe; protect. Ex. Proper clothing ensured us against suffering from the cold. <DD> 4. to guarantee against risk; insure. <DD> 5. (Obsolete.) to inform (a person) positively. </DL> <A NAME="enswathe"> enswathe, transitive verb, -swathed, -swathing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bind or wrap in a bandage; swathe. Also, inswathe. </DL> <A NAME="enswathement"> enswathement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of enswathing or condition of being enswathed. </DL> <A HREF="ent.dic">NEXT</A>