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difficult and dangerous exploits. I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in en…

eech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

nfluence or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.

A cincture. [Poetic] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.

A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

The art of declining and conjugating words.

To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

r to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the words "Payable in Calcutta" upon the face of a draft.

Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts.

a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.

To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. Southey.

cts of fear and dissimulation. Milton. Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. T. L. K. Oliphant.

o instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding. The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God. Trench.