ENDING
END'ING, participle present tense [from end.] Terminating; closing; concluding.END'ING, noun Termination; conclusion.1. In grammar, the terminating syllable or letter of a word.
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ENDITE
ENDITE. [See Indite.]
ENDIVE
EN'DIVE, noun [Latin intybum.] A species of plant, of the genus Cichorium or succory; used as a salad.
ENDLESS
END'LESS, adjective [See End.] Without end; having no end or conclusion; applied to length, and to duration; as an endless line; endless progression; endless duration; endless b...
ENDLESSLY
END'LESSLY, adverb Without end or termination; as, to extend a line endlessly1. Incessantly; perpetually; continually.
ENDLESSNESS
END'LESSNESS, noun Extension without end or limit.1. Perpetuity; endless duration.
ENDLONG
END'LONG, adverb In a line; with the end forward. [Little used.]
ENDOCTRINE
ENDOC'TRINE, verb transitive To teach; to indoctrinate. [See the latter word.]
ENDORSE
ENDORSE, ENDORSEMENT. [See Indorse, Indorsement.]
ENDORSEMENT
ENDORSE, ENDORSEMENT [See Indorse, Indorsement.]
ENDOSS
ENDOSS', verb transitive To engrave or carve.
ENDOW
ENDOW', verb transitive [Latin dos, doto, or a different Celtic root.]1. To furnish with a portion of goods or estate, called dower; to settle a dower on, as on a married woman ...
ENDOWED
ENDOW'ED, participle passive Furnished with a portion of estate; having dower settled on; supplied with a permanent fund; indued.
ENDOWING
ENDOW'ING, participle present tense Settling a dower on; furnishing with a permanent fund; inducing.
ENDOWMENT
ENDOW'MENT, noun The act of settling dower on a woman, or of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of a parson or vicar, or of a professor, etc.1. That which is...
ENDRUDGE
ENDRUDGE, verb transitive endruj'. To make a drudge or slave. [Not used.]
ENDUE
ENDU'E, verb transitive [Latin induo.] To indue, which see.
ENDURABLE
ENDU'RABLE, adjective That can be borne or suffered.
ENDURANCE
ENDU'RANCE, noun [See Endure.] Continuance; a state of lasting or duration; lastingness.1. A bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or wit...
ENDURE
ENDU'RE, verb transitive [Latin durus, duro.]1. To last; to continue in the same state without perishing; to remain; to abide.The Lord shall endure forever. Psalms 9:7.He shall ...
ENDURED
ENDU'RED, participle passive Borne; suffered; sustained.
ENDURER
ENDU'RER, noun One who bears, suffers or sustains.1. He or that which continues long.
ENDURING
ENDU'RING, participle present tense Lasting; continuing without perishing; bearing; sustaining; supporting with patience, or without opposition or yielding.1. Lasting long; perm...
ENDWISE
END'WISE, adverb On the end; erectly; in an upright position.1. With the end forward.
ENECATE
EN'ECATE, verb transitive [Latin eneco.] To kill. [Not in use.]
ENEID
E'NEID, noun [Latin Eneis.] A heroic poem, written by Virgil, in which Eneas is the hero.
ENEMY
EN'EMY, noun [Latin inimicus.]1. A foe; an adversary. A private enemy is one who hates another and wishes him injury, or attempts to do him injury to gratify his own malice or i...