ENACT
ENACT', verb transitive [en and act.] To make, as a law; to pass, as a bill into a law; to perform the last act of a legislature to a bill, giving it validity as a law; to give ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ENACTED
ENACT'ED, participle passive Passed into a law; sanctioned as a law, by legislative authority.
ENACTING
ENACT'ING, participle present tense Passing into a law; giving legislative sanction to a bill, and establishing it as a law.1. Giving legislative forms and sanction; as the enac...
ENACTMENT
ENACT'MENT, noun The passing of a bill into a law; the act of voting, decreeing and giving validity to a law.
ENACTOR
ENACT'OR, noun One who enacts or passes a law; one who decrees or establishes, as a law.1. One who performs any thing. [Not used.]
ENACTURE
ENAC'TURE, noun Purpose. [Not in use.]
ENALLAGE
ENAL'LAGE, noun enal'lajy. [Gr. change.]A figure, in grammar, by which some change is made in the common mode of speech, or when one word is substituted for another; as exercitu...
ENAMBUSH
ENAM'BUSH, verb transitive [en and ambush.] To hide in ambush.1. To ambush.
ENAMBUSHED
ENAM'BUSHED, participle passive Concealed in ambush, or with hostile intention; ambushed.
ENAMEL
ENAM'EL, noun1. In mineralogy, a substance imperfectly vitrified, or matter in which the granular appearance is destroyed, and having a vitreous gloss.In the arts, a substance o...
ENAMELAR
ENAM'ELAR, adjective Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.
ENAMELED
ENAM'ELED, participle passive Overlaid with enamel; adorned with any thing resembling enamel.
ENAMELER
ENAM'ELER, noun One who enamels; one whose occupation is to lay enamels, or inlay colors.
ENAMELING
ENAM'ELING, participle present tense Laying enamel.ENAM'ELING, noun The act or art of laying enamels.
ENAMOR
ENAM'OR, verb transitive [Latin amor, love.] To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; with of before the person or thing; as, to be enamored of a lady; to be enamored of bo...
ENAMORADO
ENAMORA'DO, noun One deeply in love.
ENAMORED
ENAM'ORED, participle passive Inflamed with love; charmed; delighted.
ENAMORING
ENAM'ORING, participle present tense Inflaming with love; charming; captivating.
ENARMED
EN'ARMED, adjective In heraldry, having arms, that is, horns, hoofs, etc. of a different color from that of the body.
ENARRATION
ENARRA'TION, noun [Latin enarro, narro, to relate.] Recital; relation; account; exposition. [Little used.]
ENARTHROSIS
ENARTHRO'SIS, noun [Gr. a joint.] In anatomy, that species of articulation which consists in the insertion of the round end of a bone in the cup-like cavity of another, forming ...
ENATE
ENA'TE, adjective [Latin enatus.] Growing out.
ENAUNTER
ENAUN'TER, adverb Lest that.
ENCAGE
ENCA'GE, verb transitive [from cage.] To shut up or confine in a cage; to coop.
ENCAGED
ENCA'GED, participle passive Shut up or confined in a cage.
ENCAGING
ENCA'GING, participle present tense Cooping; confining in a cage.
ENCAMP
ENCAMP', verb intransitive [from camp.] To pitch tents or form huts, as an army; to halt on a march, spread tents and remain for a night or for a longer time, as an army or comp...