ENCINDERED
ENCIN'DERED, adjective Burnt to cinders.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ENCIRCLE
ENCIR'CLE, verb transitive ensur'cl. [from circle.]1. To inclose or surround with a circle or ring, or with any thing in a circular form.2. To encompass; to surround; to environ...
ENCIRCLED
ENCIR'CLED, participle present tense Surrounded with a circle; encompassed; environed; embraced.
ENCIRCLET
ENCIR'CLET, noun A circle; a ring.
ENCIRCLING
ENCIR'CLING, participle present tense Surrounding with a circle or ring; encompassing; embracing.
ENCLITIC
ENCLIT'IC, adjective [Gr. inclined; to incline.]1. Leaning; inclining, or inclined. In grammar, an enclitic particle or word, is one which is so closely united to another as to ...
ENCLITICALLY
ENCLIT'ICALLY, adverb In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.
ENCLITICS
ENCLIT'ICS, adjective In grammar, the art of declining and conjugating words.
ENCLOSE
ENCLOSE. [See Inclose.]
ENCLOUDED
ENCLOUD'ED, adjective [from cloud.] Covered with clouds.
ENCOACH
ENCOACH, verb transitive To carry in a coach..
ENCOFFIN
ENCOF'FIN, verb transitive To put in a coffin.
ENCOFFINED
ENCOF'FINED, participle passive Inclosed in a coffin.
ENCOMBER
ENCOM'BER, [See Encumber.]
ENCOMBERMENT
ENCOM'BERMENT, noun Molestation. [Not used.]
ENCOMIAST
ENCO'MIAST, noun One who praises another; a panegyrist; one who utters or writes commendations.
ENCOMIASTIC
ENCOMIAS'TICENCOMIAS'TICAL, adjective Bestowing praise; praising; commending; laudatory; as an encomiastic address or discourse.ENCOMIAS'TIC, noun A panegyric.
ENCOMIASTICAL
ENCOMIAS'TICAL, a. Bestowing praise; praising; commending; laudatory; as an encomiastic address or discourse.
ENCOMIUM
ENCO'MIUM, nounplural encomiums. Praise; panegyric; commendation. Men are quite as willing to receive as to bestow encomiums.
ENCOMPASS
ENCOM'PASS, verb transitive [from compass.] To encircle; to surround; as, a ring encompasses the finger.1. To environ; to inclose; to surround; to shut in. A besieging army enco...
ENCOMPASSED
ENCOM'PASSED, participle passive Encircled; surrounded; inclosed; shut in.
ENCOMPASSING
ENCOM'PASSING, participle present tense Encircling; surrounding; confining.
ENCOMPASSMENT
ENCOM'PASSMENT, noun A surrounding.1. A going round; circumlocution in speaking.
ENCORE
ENCO'RE, adjective French word, pronounced nearly ongkore, and signifying, again, once more; used by the auditors and spectators of plays and other sports, when they call for a ...
ENCOUNTER
ENCOUNT'ER, noun [Latin contra, against, or rather rencontre.]1. A meeting, particularly a sudden or accidental meeting of two or more persons.To shun th' encounter of the vulga...
ENCOUNTERED
ENCOUNT'ERED, participle passive Met face to face; met in opposition or hostility; opposed.
ENCOUNTERER
ENCOUNT'ERER, noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.