Encomber
En‐com″ber (?), v. t. See Encumber.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Encomberment
En‐com″ber‐ment (?), n. [See Encumberment.] Hindrance; molestation. Spenser.
Encomiast
En‐co″mi‐ast (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to praise, fr. � encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium.] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.
Encomiastic
{ En‐co′mi‐as″tic (?), En‐co′mi‐as″tic‐al (?), } a. Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. — En‐co′mi‐as″tic‐al‐ly, adv.
Encomiastic (2)
En‐co′mi‐as″tic, n. A panegyric. B. Jonson.
Encomion
En‐co″mi‐on (?), n. Encomium; panegyric. B. Jonson.
Encomium
En‐co″mi‐um (?), n.; pl.Encomiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; � in + � a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.] Warm or high...
Encompass
En‐com″pass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Encompassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Encompassing.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as...
Encompassment
En‐com″pass‐ment (?), n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.
Encore
En′core″ (?), adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.] Once more; again; — used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other...
Encore (2)
En′core″, n. A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
Encore (3)
En′core″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Encored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Encoring.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.insisted upon encoring one of t...
Encorporing
En‐cor″po‐ring (?), n. [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.] Incorporation. Chaucer.
Encoubert
‖En′cou′bert″ (?), n. [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on...
Encounter
En‐coun″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Encountered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Encountering.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv.] To come agai...
Encounter (2)
En‐coun″ter, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.I will encounter wi...
Encounter (3)
En‐coun″ter, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.] 1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.To shun the encoun...
Encounterer
En‐coun″ter‐er (?), n. One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
Encourage
En‐cour″age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n.Encouraging (?).] [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.] To give courage t...
Encouragement
En‐cour″age‐ment (?), n. [Cf. F. encouragement.] 1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.All generous encour...
Encourager
En‐cour″a‐ger (?), n. One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.The pope is... a great encourager of arts. Addison.
Encouraging
En‐cour″a‐ging (?), a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. — En‐cour″a‐ging‐ly, adv.
Encowl
En‐cowl″ (?), v. t. To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. Drayton.
Encradle
En‐cra″dle (?), v. t. To lay in a cradle.
Encratite
En″cra‐tite (?), n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. � self-disciplined; � in + � strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and ani...
Encrease
En‐crease″ (?), v. t. & i. See Increase.
Encrimson
En‐crim″son (?), v. t. To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak.