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The state of being enamored. [R.]

or temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.

The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

sed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.

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

pon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.

That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation. Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor.

Encumbrance. [R.]

A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.

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

Hazard; peril. Milton.

endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Indictment.

Same as Indorsement.