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To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience cal…

To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.

To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.] All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.

e of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak.

e; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

den falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.

life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.

one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.

ent; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I. Taylor.

e ours. It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.

To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.

To clothe with flesh. [Obs.] Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio.

To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

n over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

te to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. "Enough is as good as a feast." And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. 9.

To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. Shak.

To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.] Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person. En…