ENTACKLE
ENTACK'LE, verb transitive To supply with tackle. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ENTAIL
ENTA'IL, noun1. An estate or fee entailed, or limited indescent to a particular heir or heirs. Estates-tail are general, as when lands and tenements are given to one and the hei...
ENTAILED
ENTA'ILED, participle passive Settled on a man and certain heirs specified.1. Settled on a person and his descendants.
ENTAILING
ENTA'ILING, participle present tense Settling the descent of an estate; giving, as lands and tenements, and prescribing the mode of descent; settling unalienably on a person or ...
ENTAILMENT
ENTA'ILMENT, noun The act of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent, or of limiting the descent to a particular heir or heirs.1. The act of settling unalienable...
ENTAME
ENTA'ME, verb transitive [from tame.] To tame; to subdue.
ENTANGLE
ENTAN'GLE, verb transitive [from tangle.] To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused or disordered; as, thread, yarn or ropes may be...
ENTANGLED
ENTAN'GLED, participle passive or adjective Twisted together; interwoven in a confused manner; intricate; perplexed; involved; embarrassed; insnared.
ENTANGLEMENT
ENTAN'GLEMENT, noun Involution; a confused or disordered state; intricacy; perplexity.
ENTANGLER
ENTAN'GLER, noun One who entangles.
ENTANGLING
ENTAN'GLING, participle present tense Involving; interweaving or interlocking in confusion; perplexing; insnaring.
ENTENDER
ENTEN'DER, verb transitive To treat with tenderness or kindness.
ENTER
EN'TER, verb transitive [Latin inter, intra, whence intro, to enter The Latin inter seems to be in, with the termination ter, as in subter, from sub.]1. To move or pass into pla...
ENTERDEAL
EN'TERDEAL, noun Mutual dealing. [Not in use.]
ENTERED
EN'TERED, participle passive Moved in; come in; pierced; penetrated; admitted; introduced; set down in writing.
ENTERING
EN'TERING, participle present tense Coming or going in; flowing in; piercing; penetrating; setting down in writing; enlisting; engaging.EN'TERING, noun Entrance; a passing in. L...
ENTERLACE
ENTERLACE, [See Interlace.]
ENTEROCELE
EN'TEROCELE, noun [Gr. intestine, and tumor.] In surgery, intestinal hernia; a rupture of the intestines.
ENTEROLOGY
ENTEROL'OGY, noun [Gr. intestine, and discourse.] A treatise or discourse on the bowels or internal parts of the body, usually including the contents of the head, breast and belly.
ENTEROMPHALOS
ENTEROM'PHALOS, noun [Gr. intestine, and navel.] Navel rupture; umbilical rupture.
ENTERPARLANCE
ENTERP'ARLANCE, noun Parley; mutual talk or conversation; conference.
ENTERPLEAD
ENTERPLEAD, [See Interplead.]
ENTERPRISE
EN'TERPRISE, noun s as z. That which is undertaken, or attempted to be performed; an attempt; a project attempted; particularly, a bold, arduous or hazardous undertaking, either...
ENTERPRISED
EN'TERPRISED, participle passive Undertaken; attempted; essayed.
ENTERPRISER
EN'TERPRISER, noun An adventurer; one who undertakes any projected scheme, especially a bold or hazardous one; a person who engages in important or dangerous designs.
ENTERPRISING
EN'TERPRISING, participle present tense Undertaking, especially a bold design.1. Bold or forward to undertake; resolute, active, or prompt to attempt great or untried schemes. e...
ENTERTAIN
ENTERTA'IN, verb transitive [Latin tenco.]1. To receive into the house and treat with hospitality, either at the table only, or with lodging also.Be not forgetful to entertain s...