Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-NU'BI-LOUS, a.

Clear from fog, mist or clouds.

E-NU'CLE-ATE, v.t. [L. enucleo; e and nucleus, a kernel. Properly, to take out the kernel. Hence,]

1. To clear from knots or lumps; to clear from intricacy; to disentangle. Tooke.
2. To open as a nucleus; hence, to explain; to clear from obscurity; to make manifest. Good.

E-NU'CLE-A-TED, pp.

Cleared from knots; disclosed; explained.

E-NU'CLE-A-TING, ppr.

Clearing from knots; explaining.

E-NU'CLE-A-TION, n.

1. The act of clearing from knots; a disentangling. Neither air, nor water, nor food seem directly to contribute any thing to the enucleation of this disease, [the plica Polonica.] Tooke.
2. Explanation; full exposition.

E-NU'MER-ATE, v.t. [L. enumero; e and numero, numerus, number.]

To count or tell, number by number; to reckon or mention a number of things, each separately; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation; to enumerate particular acts of kindness; we can not enumerate our daily mercies.

E-NU'MER-A-TED, pp.

Counted or told, number by number; reckoned or mentioned by distinct particulars.

E-NU'MER-A-TING, ppr.

Counting or reckoning any number, by the particulars which compose it.

E-NU-MER-A'TION, n. [L. enumeratio.]

1. The act of counting or telling a number, by naming each particular.
2. An account of a number of things, in which mention is made of every particular article.
3. In rhetoric, a part of a peroration, in which the orator recapitulates the principal points or heads of the discourse or argument.

E-NU'MER-A-TIVE, a.

Counting; reckoning up. Bp. Taylor.

E-NUN'CIATE, v.t. [L. enuncio; e and nuncio, to tell.]

To utter; to declare; to proclaim; to relate. Bp. Barlow.

E-NUN'CIA-TED, pp.

Uttered; declared; pronounced; proclaimed.

E-NUN'CIA-TING, ppr.

Uttering; declaring; pronouncing.

E-NUN-CI-A'TION, n.

1. The act of uttering or pronouncing; expression; manner of utterance. In a public discourse, it is important that the enunciation should be clear and distinct.
2. Declaration; open proclamation; public attestation. Taylor.
3. Intelligence; information. Hale.

E-NUN'CIA-TIVE, a.

Declarative; expressive. Ayliffe.

E-NUN'CIA-TIVE-LY, adv.

Declaratively.

E-NUN'CIA-TO-RY, a.

Containing utterance or sound. Wilson's Heb. Gram.

EN-VAS'SAL, v.t. [from vassal.]

1. To reduce to vassalage.
2. To make over to another as a slave. More.

EN-VAS'SAL-ED, pp.

Enslaved.

EN-VAS'SAL-ING, ppr.

Reducing to slavery.

EN-VEL'OP, n.

1. A wrapper; an inclosing cover; an integument; as, the envelop of a letter, or of the heart.
2. In fortification, a work of earth, in form of a parapet or of a small rampart with a parapet. Encyc.
3. In botany, a floral envelop is one of the parts of fructification surrounding the stamens and pistils. The envelops are formed of one or more whorls of abnormally developed leaves. Lindley.

EN-VEL'OP, v.t. [Fr. envelopper; It. inviluppare, avviluppare, to wrap; viluppo, a bundle, intricacy.]

1. To cover by wrapping or folding; to inwrap; to invest with a covering. Animal bodies are usually enveloped with skin; the merchant envelops goods with canvas; a letter is enveloped with paper.
2. To surround entirely; to cover on all sides; to hide. A ship was enveloped in fog; the troops were enveloped in dust.
3. To line; to cover on the inside. His iron coat – enveloped with gold. Spenser.

EN-VEL'OP-ED, pp.

Inwrapped; covered on all sides; surrounded on all sides; inclosed.

EN-VEL'OP-ING, ppr.

lnwrapping; folding around; recovering or surrounding on all sides, as a case or integument.

EN-VEL'OP-MENT, n.

A wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.