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To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.

A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

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

The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.

The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

ade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

k. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. Tatham.

Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.

Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.

To place in a niche. Sterne.

To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak.

To cover or shelter, 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.

To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.

To place in a sphere; to envelop. His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. Chapman.

To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill.

To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles.

A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.