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Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.

A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

Divination by the use of a mirror.

Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser.

ity of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey.

Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.

In an enormous degree.

The state of being enormous.

hich confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17.

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton.

Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.

A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak.

To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.

To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.

To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

See Inquire.