Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: EN-CAMP'ED – EN-CHANT'ING
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EN-CAMP'ED, pp.
Settled in tents or huts for lodging or temporary habitation.
EN-CAMP'ING, ppr.
Pitching tents or forming huts, for a temporary lodging or rest.
EN-CAMP'MENT, n.
- The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
- The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp: a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.
EN-CANK'ER, v.t.
To corrode; to canker. Shelton.
EN-CANK'ER-ED, pp.
Corroded.
EN-CANK'ER-ING, ppr.
Corroding.
EN-CASE, v. [See INCASE.]
EN-CAUS'TIC, a. [Gr. εν and καυστικος, caustic, from καιω, to burn.]
Pertaining to the art of enameling, and to painting in burnt wax. Encaustic painting, is a method in which wax is employed to give a gloss to colors. Encyc.
EN-CAUS'TIC, n.
- Enamel or enameling.
- The method of painting in burnt wax. Encyc.
EN-CAVE', v.t. [from cave.]
To hide in a cave or recess. Shak.
EN-CAV'ED, pp.
Hid in a cave.
EN-CAV'ING, ppr.
Hiding in a cave.
EN-CEINT', a.
In law, pregnant; with child. Blackstone.
EN-CEINT', n. [änsaint'; Fr. from enceindre; en and ceindre, L. cingo, to gird.]
In fortification, inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains. It is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall. Encyc.
EN-CEPH'A-LON, n.
The cerebrum, and sometimes the whole contents of the cranium.
EN-CHAFE', v.t. [en and chafe, Fr. chauffer.]
To chafe or fret; to provoke; to enrage; to irritate. [See Chafe.] Shak.
EN-CHAF'ED, pp.
Chafed; irritated; enraged.
EN-CHAF'ING, ppr.
Chafing; fretting; enraging.
EN-CHAIN, v.t. [Fr. enchaîner. See Chain.]
- To fasten with a chain; to bind or hold in chains; to hold in bondage.
- To hold fast; to restrain; to confine. Dryden.
- To link together; to connect. Howell.
EN-CHAIN'ED, pp.
Fastened with a chain; held in bondage; held fast; restrained; confined.
EN-CHAIN'ING, ppr.
Making fast with a chain; binding; holding in chains; confining.
EN-CHANT', v.t. [Fr. enchanter; en and chanter, to sing; L. incanto; in and canto, to sing. See Chant and Cant.]
- To practice sorcery or witchcraft on any thing; to give efficacy to any thing by songs of sorcery, or fascination. And now about the caldron sing, / Like elves and fairies in a ring, / Enchanting all that you put in. Shak.
- To subdue by charms or spells. Sidney.
- To delight to the highest degree; to charm; to ravish with pleasure; as, the description enchants me; we were enchanted with the music.
EN-CHANT'ED, pp.
- Affected by sorcery; fascinated; subdued by charms; delighted beyond measure.
- Inhabited or possessed by elves, witches, or other imaginary mischievous spirits; as, an enchanted castle.
EN-CHANT'ER, n.
- One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; one who has spirits or demons at his command; one who practices enchantment, or pretends to perform surprising things by the agency of demons.
- One who charms or delights. Enchanter's nightshade, the popular name of the Ciræa Lutetiana.
EN-CHANT'ING, ppr.
- Affecting with sorcery, charms, or spells.
- Delighting highly; ravishing with delight; charming.
- adj. Charming; delighting; ravishing; as, an enchanting voice; an enchanting face. Simplicity in manners has an enchanting effect. Kames.