Envelopment
En‐vel″op‐ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.] 1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Envenime
En‐ven″ime (?), v. t. To envenom.
Envenom
En‐ven″om (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Envenomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Envenoming.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. venin poison. See Venom.] 1. To taint or impreg...
Envermeil
En‐ver″meil (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil.] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. Milton.
Enviable
En″vi‐a‐ble (?), a. [From Envy.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay.— En″vi‐a‐b...
Envie
En‐vie″ (?), v. i. [See Vie.] To vie; to emulate; to strive. Spenser.
Envier
En″vi‐er (?), n. One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.
Envigor
En‐vig″or (?), v. t. To invigorate.
Envious
En″vi‐ous (?), a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.Each envious brier his weary le...
Environ
En‐vi″ron (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Environed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Environing.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF...
Environ (2)
En‐vi″ron, adv. About; around.Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.
Environment
En‐vi″ron‐ment (?), n. [Cf. F. environnement.] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed.2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces,...
Environs
En‐vi″rons (?; 277), n. pl. The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.
Envisage
En‐vis″age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Envisaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n.Envisaging (?).] [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.] To look in the fac...
Envisagement
En‐vis″age‐ment (?), n. The act of envisaging.
Envolume
En‐vol″ume (?), v. t. To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.
Envolup
En‐vol″up (?), v. t. [See Envelop.] To wrap up; to envelop. Chaucer.
Envoy
En″voy (?), n. [F. envoyé envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage, and cf. Invoice.] 1. One dispatched u...
Envoyship
En″voy‐ship, n. The office or position of an envoy.
Envy
En″vy (?), n.; pl.Envies (#). [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.] 1. Malice; ill wi...
Envy (2)
En″vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Envied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Envying.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in ...
Envy (3)
En″vy (?), v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; — used especially with at.Who would envy at the prosperity of the wick...
Envyned
En‐vyned″ (?), a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.] Stored or furnished with wine. Chaucer.
Enwall
En‐wall″ (?), v. t. See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.
Enwallow
En‐wal″low (?), v. t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.So now all three one senseless lump remain,Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.
Enwheel
En‐wheel″ (?), v. t. To encircle. Shak.
Enwiden
En‐wid″en (?), v. t. To widen.