Webster's Dictionary 1913

2458

Entrap

En‐trap″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entrapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Entrapping.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.] To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, ...

2459

Entreat

En‐treat″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n.Entreating.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See T...

2460

Entreat (2)

En‐treat″, v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill.Alexander... was first ...

2461

Entreat (3)

En‐treat″, n. Entreaty. Ford.

2462

Entreatable

En‐treat″a‐ble (?), a. That may be entreated.

2463

Entreatance

En‐treat″ance (?), n. Entreaty. Fairfax.

2464

Entreater

En‐treat″er (?), n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.

2465

Entreatful

En‐treat″ful (?), a. Full of entreaty. See Intreatful.

2466

Entreatingly

En‐treat″ing‐ly, adv. In an entreating manner.

2467

Entreative

En‐treat″ive (?), a. Used in entreaty; pleading. “Entreative phrase.” A. Brewer.

2468

Entreatment

En‐treat″ment (?), n. Entreaty; invitation. Shak.

2469

Entreaty

En‐treat″y, n.; pl.Entreaties (�). 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson.2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitati...

2470

Entrée

‖En′trée″ (?), n. [F. See Entry.] 1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.2. (Cookery) In French u...

2471

Entremets

‖En′tre‐mets″ (?), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.] 1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal d...

2472

Entrench

En‐trench″ (?), v. t. See Intrench.

2473

Entrepôt

‖En′tre‐pôt″ (?), n. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.

2474

Entrepreneur

‖En′tre‐pre‐neur″ (?), n. [F. See Enterprise.] (Polit. Econ.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in whi...

2475

Entresol

‖En′tre‐sol″ (?), n.(Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.

2476

Entrick

En‐trick″ (?), v. t. [Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer. Cf. Trick, Intrigue.] To trick, to perplex. Rom. of R.

2477

Entrochal

En″tro‐chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; — used of a kind of stone or marble.

2478

Entrochite

En″tro‐chite (?), n. [Pref. en- + Gr. � wheel.] (Paleon.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

2479

Entropion

‖En‐tro″pi‐on (?), n.(Med.) Same as Entropium.

2480

Entropium

‖En‐tro″pi‐um (?), n. [NL. See Entropy.] (Med.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

2481

Entropy

En″tro‐py (?), n.(Thermodynamics) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constan...

2482

Entrust

En‐trust″ (?), v. t. See Intrust.

2483

Entry

En″try (?), n.; pl.Entries (#). [OE. entree, entre, F. entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entrée.] 1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress...

2484

Entryng

En″tryng (?), n. Am entrance.So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer.