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The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.

a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.

Hernia of the brain.

Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.

The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.

Heating; burning. [Obs.] The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.

To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

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.