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ENS n. 2 definitions
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]
ENSAFE v.
To make safe. [Obs.] Hall.
ENSAMPLE n. 2 definitions
An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale. Being ensamples to the flock.
ENSANGUINE v.
To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. "The ensanguined field." Milton.
ENSATE a.
Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
ENSCALE v.
To cover with scales.
ENSCHEDULE v.
To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. [R.] Shak.
ENSCONCE v.
ith a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.
ENSEAL v.
To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.] This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.
ENSEAM v. 2 definitions
To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.] In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.
ENSEAR v.
To sear; to dry up. [Obs.] Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak.
ENSEARCH v. 2 definitions
To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t.
ENSEEL v.
To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]
ENSEINT a.
With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]
ENSEMBLE n. 2 definitions
The whole; all the parts taken together.
ENSHELTER v.
To shelter. [Obs.]
ENSHIELD a. 2 definitions
Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.
ENSHRINE v.
o inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory. We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.
ENSHROUD v.
To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
ENSIFEROUS a.
Bearing a sword.
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