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A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.

line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.

p. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. I will encounter with Andronicus. Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. Tatham.

ds. Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.

inking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate. I will no longer endure it. Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

Having energy or great power; energetic. The energic faculty that we call will. Blackw. Mag.

To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See under King.

To set at large or set free. [Archaic] It will enlarge us from all restraints. Barrow. Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. Knight. -- To enlarge an order or rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. Abbott. -- To enlarge one's self, to give f…

as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.

ence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory. We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.

A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. Is. v. 26.

eir freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.

ak. St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. Hakewill.

eat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.] Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11.

Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

om circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.

oment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately.