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To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.

Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Supersti…

One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.

The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

ance. Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott.

Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.

One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive. The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects. Paley.

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

gnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke.

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge. Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.

To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. Shak.