Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EN-RAV'ISH-MENT, n.

Ecstasy of delight; rapture. Glanville.

EN-REG'IS-TER, v.t. [Fr. enregistrer.]

To register; to enroll or record. Spenser.

EN-REG'IS-TER-ED, pp.

Entered in a roll.

EN-REG'IS-TER-ING, ppr.

Enrolling; recording.

EN-RHEUM', v.i. [Fr. enrhumer.]

To have rheum through cold. [Not in use.]

EN-RICH', v.t. [Fr. enrichir, from riche, rich.]

1. To make rich, wealthy or opulent; to supply with abundant property. Agriculture, commerce and manufactures enrich a nation. War and plunder seldom enrich, more generally they impoverish a country.
2. To fertilize; to supply with the nutriment of plants and render productive; as, to enrich land by manures or irrigation.
3. To store; to supply with an abundance of any thing desirable; as, to enrich the mind with knowledge, science or useful observations.
4. To supply with any thing splendid or ornamental; as, to enrich a painting with elegant drapery; to enrich a poem or oration with striking metaphors or images; to enrich a garden with flowers or shrubbery.

EN-RICH'ED, pp.

Made rich or wealthy; fertilized; supplied with that which is desirable, useful or ornamental.

EN-RICH'ER, n.

One that enriches.

EN-RICH'ING, ppr.

Making opulent; fertilizing; supplying with what is splendid, useful or ornamental.

EN-RICH'MENT, n.

Augmentation of wealth; amplification; improvement; the addition of fertility or ornament.

EN-RIDGE, v.t. [enrij'.]

To form into ridges. Shak.

EN-RING', v.t.

To encircle; to bind. Shak.

EN-RI'PEN, v.t.

To ripen; to bring to perfection. Donne.

EN-RIVE', v.t.

To rive; to cleave. Spenser.

EN-ROBE', v.t. [from robe.]

To clothe with rich attire; to attire; to invest. Shak.

EN-ROB-ED, pp.

Attired; invested.

EN-ROB-ING, ppr.

Investing; attiring.

EN-ROLL', v.t. [Fr. enrôler, from rôle, rolle, a roll or register.]

1. To write in a roll or register; to insert a name or enter in a list or catalogue; as, men are enrolled for service.
2. To record; to insert in records; to leave in writing. Milton. Shak.
3. To wrap; to involve. [Not now used.] Spenser.

EN-ROLL'ED, pp.

Inserted in a roll or register; recorded.

EN-ROLL'ER, n.

He that enrolls or registers.

EN-ROLL'ING, ppr.

Inserting in a register; recording.

EN-ROLL'MENT, n.

1. A register; a record; a writing in which any thing is recorded.
2. The act of enrolling.

EN-ROOT', v.t. [from root.]

To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.

EN-ROOT'ED, pp.

Fixed by the root; planted or fixed deep.

EN-ROOT'ING, ppr.

Fixing by the root; planting deep.