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See Encumber. [Obs.]

Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

A panegyric. B. Jonson.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.…

The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.

Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficult…

One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.

To lay in a cradle.