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To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.

To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

To make hungry. Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life. J. Martineau.

A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. Pope.

Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Darkly; obscurely.

One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.

To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

The art of making or of solving enigmas.

laced alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.

To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne.

to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. Shak.

One who enjoins.

Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

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.

Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.

One who enjoys.

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.