Dictionary: E-NOUGH' – EN-RAV'ISH-ING-LY

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E-NOUGH', adv. [enuf'.]

  1. Sufficiently; in a quantity or degree that satisfies, or is equal to the desires or wants. The land, behold, it is large enough for them. Gen. xxxiv. Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount. Deut. i.
  2. Fully; quite; denoting a slight augmentation of the positive degree. He is ready enough to embrace the offer. It is pleasant enough to consider the different notions of different men respecting the same thing.
  3. Sometimes it denotes diminution, delicately expressing rather less than is desired; such a quantity or degree as commands acquiescence, rather than full satisfaction; as, the song or the performance is well enough.
  4. An exclamation denoting sufficiency. Enough, enough, I'll hear no more.

E-NOUGH', n. [enuf'.]

  1. A sufficiency; a quantity of a thing which satisfies desire, or is adequate to the wants. We have enough of this sort of cloth. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. Israel said, it is enough; Joseph is yet alive. Gen. xiv.
  2. That which is equal to the powers or abilities. He had enough to do to take care of himself.

E-NOUNCE', v.t. [enouns'; Fr. enoncer; L. enuncio; e and nuncio, to declare.]

To utter; to pronounce; to declare. [Little used.]

E-NOUN'CED, pp.

Uttered; pronounced.

E-NOUNCE'MENT, n.

Act of enouncing.

E-NOUN'CING, ppr.

Uttering; pronouncing.

E-NOW', a.

The old plural of enough, is nearly obsolete.

EN-PAS-SANT', adv. [on passong'. Fr. En passant.]

In passing; by the way.

EN-QUICK'EN, v.t.

To quicken; to make alive. [Not used.]

EN-QUIRE', v. [More properly Inquire – which see and its derivatives.]

EN-RACE', v.t.

To implant. [Not used.] Spenser.

EN-RAGE', v.t. [Fr. enrager. See Rage.]

To excite rage in; to exasperate; to provoke to fury or madness; to make furious.

EN-RAG'ED, pp.

Made furious; exasperated; provoked to madness.

EN-RAG'ING, ppr.

Exasperating; provoking to madness.

EN-RANGE', v.t.

To put in order; to rove over. [Not in use.] Spenser.

EN-RANK', v.t.

To place in ranks or order. Shak.

EN-RANK'ED, pp.

Placed in a rank or in ranks.

EN-RANK'ING, ppr.

Placing in a rank.

EN-RAP'TURE, v.t. [from rapture.]

To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure. Enrapt, in a like sense, is little used, and is hardly legitimate.

EN-RAP'TUR-ED, pp.

Transported with pleasure; highly delighted.

EN-RAP'TUR-ING, ppr.

Transporting with pleasure; highly delighting.

EN-RAV'ISH, v.t. [from ravish.]

To throw into ecstasy; to transport with delight; to enrapture. Spenser.

EN-RAV'ISH-ED, pp.

Transported with delight or pleasure; enraptured.

EN-RAV'ISH-ING, ppr.

Throwing into ecstasy; highly delighting.

EN-RAV'ISH-ING-LY, adv.

So as to throw into ecstasy.