Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EN-CLOSE', v. [See INCLOSE.]

EN-CLOUD'ED, a. [from cloud.]

Covered with clouds. Spenser.

EN-COACH', v.t.

To carry in a coach. Davies.

EN-COACH'ED, pp.

Conveyed in a coach.

EN-COACH'ING, ppr.

Carried in a coach.

EN-COF'FIN, v.t.

To put in a coffin.

EN-COF'FIN-ED, pp.

Inclosed in a coffin. Spenser.

EN-COM'BER, v. [See ENCUMBER.]

EN-COM'BER-MENT, n.

Molestation. [Not used.] Spenser.

EN-CO-MI-AS'IC, n.

A panegyric.

EN-CO'MI-AST, n. [Gr. εγκωμιαστης.]

One who praises another; a panegyrist; one who utters or writes commendations.

EN-CO-MI-AS'TIC, or EN-CO-MI-AS'TIC-AL, a.

Bestowing praise; praising; commending; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.

EN-CO-MI-AS'TIC-AL-LY, adv.

In an encomiastic manner.

EN-CO'MI-UM, n. [plu. Encomiums. L. from Gr. εγκωμιον.]

Praise; panegyric; commendation. Men are quite as willing to receive as to bestow encomiums.

EN-COM'PASS, v.t. [from compass.]

1. To encircle; to surround; as, a ring encompasses the finger.
2. To environ; to inclose; to surround; to shut in. A besieging army encompassed the city of Jerusalem.
3. To go or sail round; as, Drake encompassed the globe.

EN-COM'PASS-ED, pp.

Encircled; surrounded; inclosed; shut in.

EN-COM'PASS-ING, ppr.

Encircling; surrounding; confining.

EN-COM'PASS-MENT, n.

1. A surrounding.
2. A going round; circumlocution in speaking. Shak.

EN'CORE, adv.

A French word, pronounced nearly ongkore, and signifying, again, once more; used by the auditors and spectators of plays and other sports, when they call for a repetition of a particular part.

EN'CORE, v.t.

To call for a repetition of a particular part of an entertainment.

EN'COR-ED, pp.

Called upon to repeat a performance, as a song, &c.

EN'COR-ING, ppr.

Calling upon for a repetition.

EN-COUNT'ER, n. [Fr. encontre, en and contre, L. contra, against, or rather rencontre; Sp. encuentro; Port. encontro; It. incontro.]

1. A meeting, particularly a sudden or accidental meeting of two or more persons. To shun th' encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.
2. A meeting in contest; a single combat, on a sudden meeting of parties; sometimes less properly, a duel.
3. A fight; a conflict; a skirmish; a battle; but more generally, a fight between a small number of men, or an accidental meeting and fighting of detachments, rather than a set battle or general engagement.
4. Eager and warm conversation, either in love or anger. Shak.
5. A sudden or unexpected address or accosting. Shak.
6. Occasion; casual incident. [Unusual.] Pope.

EN-COUNT'ER, v.i.

1. To meet face to face; to meet unexpectedly. [Little used.]
2. To rush together in combat; to fight; to conflict. Three armies encountered at Waterloo. When applied to one party, it is sometimes followed by with; as, the Christian army encountered with the Saracens.
3. To meet in opposition or debate.

EN-COUNT'ER, v.t. [Sp. and Port. encontrar; It. incontrare; Fr. rencontrer.]

1. To meet face to face; particularly, to meet suddenly or unexpectedly. [This sense is now uncommon, but still in use.]
2. To meet in opposition, or in a hostile manner; to rush against in conflict; to engage with in battle; as, two armies encounter each other.
3. To meet and strive to remove or surmount; as, to encounter obstacles, impediments or difficulties.
4. To meet and oppose; to resist; to attack and attempt to confute; as, to encounter the arguments of opponents. Acts xvii. 18.
5. To meet as an obstacle. Which ever way the infidel turns, he encounters clear evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
6. To oppose; to oppugn. Hale.
7. To meet in mutual kindness. [Little used.] Shak.