Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: EN-CLOSE' – EN-COUNT'ER
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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.]
- To encircle; to surround; as, a ring encompasses the finger.
- To environ; to inclose; to surround; to shut in. A besieging army encompassed the city of Jerusalem.
- 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.
- A surrounding.
- 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.]
- A meeting, particularly a sudden or accidental meeting of two or more persons. To shun th' encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.
- A meeting in contest; a single combat, on a sudden meeting of parties; sometimes less properly, a duel.
- 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.
- Eager and warm conversation, either in love or anger. Shak.
- A sudden or unexpected address or accosting. Shak.
- Occasion; casual incident. [Unusual.] Pope.
EN-COUNT'ER, v.i.
- To meet face to face; to meet unexpectedly. [Little used.]
- 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.
- To meet in opposition or debate.
EN-COUNT'ER, v.t. [Sp. and Port. encontrar; It. incontrare; Fr. rencontrer.]
- To meet face to face; particularly, to meet suddenly or unexpectedly. [This sense is now uncommon, but still in use.]
- 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.
- To meet and strive to remove or surmount; as, to encounter obstacles, impediments or difficulties.
- To meet and oppose; to resist; to attack and attempt to confute; as, to encounter the arguments of opponents. Acts xvii. 18.
- To meet as an obstacle. Which ever way the infidel turns, he encounters clear evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
- To oppose; to oppugn. Hale.
- To meet in mutual kindness. [Little used.] Shak.