Webster's Dictionary 1913

2296

Entablature

En‐tab″la‐ture (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch...

2297

Entablement

En‐tab″le‐ment (?), n. [F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.] See Entablature. Evelyn.

2298

Entackle

En‐tac″kle (?), v. t. To supply with tackle. Skelton.

2299

Entad

En″tad (?), adv. [Ent- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; — opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.

2300

Entail

En‐tail″ (?), n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i.e., c...

2301

Entail (2)

En‐tail″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n.Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.] 1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or...

2302

Entailment

En‐tail″ment, n. 1. The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.2. The condition of being entailed.3. A thing entailed.Brutality as an her...

2303

Ental

En″tal (?), a. [See Ent-.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; — opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.

2304

Entame

En‐tame″ (?), v. t. To tame. Shak.

2305

Entangle

En‐tan″gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Entangling (?).] 1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, conf...

2306

Entanglement

En‐tan″gle‐ment (?), n. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

2307

Entanglement (2)

En‐tan″gle‐ment, n. 1. (Mil.) An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like.2. (Naut.) An obstruction of cables and spa...

2308

Entangler

En‐tan″gler (?), n. One that entangles.

2309

Entasia

‖En‐ta″si‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �. See Entasis.] (Med.) Tonic spasm; — applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

2310

Entasis

‖En″ta‐sis (?), n. 1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.2. (Med.) Same as Entasia.

2311

Entassment

En‐tass″ment (?), n. [F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up.] A heap; accumulation.

2312

Entastic

En‐tas″tic (?), a. [Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. �. See Entasis.] (Med.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.

2313

Entelechy

En‐tel″e‐chy (?), n. [L. entelechia, Gr. �, prob. fr. � � � to be complete; � + � completion, end + � to have or hold.] (Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception complete...

2314

Entellus

‖En‐tel″lus (?), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of ...

2315

Entend

En‐tend″ (?), v. i. [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.] To attend to; to apply one's self to. Chaucer.

2316

Entender

En‐ten″der (?), v. t. 1. To make tender. Jer. Taylor.2. To treat with tenderness. Young.

2317

Ententive

En‐ten″tive (?), a. [OF. ententif.] Attentive; zealous. Chaucer.

2318

Enter

En″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Entering.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter ...

2319

Enter (2)

En″ter, v. i. 1. To go or come in; — often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. “The year entering.” Evelyn.No evil thing approach nor enter in....

2320

Enter-

En″ter– (?). [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-] A prefix signifying between, among, part.

2321

Enteradenography

En′ter‐ad′e‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ἔντερον an intestine + � a gland + -graphy.] A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

2322

Enteradenology

En′ter‐ad′e‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ἔντερον an intestine + � a gland + -logy.] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.