Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EN-CHANT'ING-LY, adv.

With the power of enchantment; in a manner to delight or charm; as, the lady sings enchantingly.

EN-CHANT'MENT, n.

1. The act of producing certain wonderful effects by the invocation or aid of demons, or the agency of certain supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. The magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments. Ex. vii.
2. Irresistible influence; overpowering influence of delight. The warmth of fancy – which holds the heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment. Pope.

EN-CHANT'RESS, n.

1. A sorceress; a woman who pretends to effect wonderful things by the aid of demons; one who pretends to practice magic. Tatler.
2. A woman whose beauty or excellencies give irresistible influence. From this enchantress all these ills are come. Dryden.

EN-CHARGE', v.t.

To give in charge or trust. [Not in use.] Bp. Hall.

EN-CHARG'ED, pp.

Intrusted with; given in charge to.

EN-CHARG'ING, ppr.

Intrusting with; giving in charge to.

EN-CHASE', v.t. [Fr. enchasser; Sp. engastar, or encaxar, from caxa, a box, a chest; Port. encastoar, encaxar; It. incastonare; Fr. chassis, a frame; Eng. a case.]

1. To infix or inclose in another body so as to be held fast, but not concealed. Johnson.
2. Technically, to adorn by embossed work; to enrich or beautify any work in metal, by some design or figure in low relief, as a watch case. Encyc.
3. To adorn by being fixed on it. To drink in bowls which glittering gems enchase. Dryden.
4. To mark by incision. Fairfax.
5. To delineate. Spenser.

EN-CHAS'ED, pp.

Inclosed as in a frame or in another body; adorned with embossed work.

EN-CHAS'ING, ppr.

Inclosing in another body; adorning with embossed work.

EN-CHEAS'ON, n. [Old Fr.]

Cause; occasion. [Obs.] Spenser.

EN-CHI-RID'I-ON, n. [Gr. εν and χειρ, the hand.]

A manual; a book to be carried in the hand. [Not used.]

EN-CHIS'EL, v.t.

To cut with a chisel.

EN-CHIS'EL-ING, ppr.

Cutting with a chisel.

EN-CHO'RI-AL, a.

Popular; common; demotic. Russell.

EN-CIHS'EL-ED, pp.

Cut with a chisel.

EN-CIN'DER-ED, a.

Burnt to cinders. Cockeram.

EN-CIR'CLE, v.t. [ensur'cl. from circle.]

1. To inclose or surround with a circle or ring, or with any thing in a circular form. Luminous rings encircle Saturn.
2. To encompass; to surround; to environ.
3. To embrace; as, to encircle one in the arms.

EN-CIR'CLED, pp.

Surrounded with a circle; encompassed; environed; embraced.

EN-CIR'CLET, n.

A circle; a ring. Sidney.

EN-CIR'CLING, ppr.

Surrounding with a circle or ring; encompassing; embracing.

EN-CLASP', v.t.

To clasp; to embrace.

EN-CLIT'IC, a. [Gr. εγκλιτικος, inclined; εγκλινω, to incline.]

1. Leaning; inclining, or inclined. In grammar, an enclitic particle or word, is one which is so closely united to another as to seem to be a part of it; as, que, ne, and ve, in virumque, nonne, aliusve.
2. Throwing back the accent upon the foregoing syllable. Harris.

EN-CLIT'IC, n.

1. A word which is joined to the end of another, as que, in virumque, which may vary the accent.
2. A particle or word that throws the accent or emphasis back upon the former syllable. Harris.

EN-CLIT'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

EN-CLIT'ICS, n.

In grammar, the art of declining and conjugating words.