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To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.

Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.

omething, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.

Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.

To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]

d fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.

Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates.

to apprehend; to regard. [R.] Keats. From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.

The act of envisaging.