The senate were authors of all counsels in the state; and what was by them consulted and agreed, was proposed to the people, by whom it was enacted or commanded. Temple.

3. To represent by action.

I did exact Hector.

Shakspeare. ENACT. n. 3. [from the verb.] Purpose; determination.

ESACTOR. .. [from enact.]

1. One that forms decrees, or establishes laws.

The great author of our nature, and enactor of this law of good and evil, is highly dishonoured. Atterbury.

2. One that practises or performs any thing. Not used.

The violence of either grief or joy, Their own enactors with themselves destroy. Shakspeare. ENA'LLAGE. n. s. [ivaλayn.] A figure in grammar, whereby some change is made in the common modes of speech, as when one mood or tense of a verb is put for another.

TENA MBUSH. v. a. [from ambush.] To hide in ambush; to hide with hostile intention.

Down from her eyes welled the pearles

round,

They went within a vale, close to a flood; whose stream

enambusb'd them.

Us'd to give all their cattle drink, they there To ENAMEL. v. a. [from amel. Chapman's Iliad.

See

AMEL.] 1. To inlay; to variegate with colours, properly with colours fixed by fire.

Must I, alas!

Frame and enamel plate, and drink in glass?

Donne.

See Pan with flocks, with fruits Pomona crown'd;

Here blushing Flora paints th' enamell'd ground. Pope.

I bequeath to the Earl of Orrery the enamelled silver plates, to distinguish bottles of wine by. 2. To lay upon another body so as to Swift's Last Will. vary it.

Affliction is enamour'd of thy parts,

And thou art wedded to calainity. Shakspeare.
My Oberon! what visions have I seen!
I thought I was enamour'd of an ass. Shaksp.
You are very near my brother in his love:
he is enamoured on Hero.
Shakspeare.

Or should she, confident,
As sitting queen ador'd on beauty's throne,
Descend with all her winning charms begirt,
T'enamour, as the zone of Venus once
Brought that effect on Jove, so fables tell. Milt.
He, on his side,

Leaning half-rais'd, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd. Milton's Par. Lost. Your uncle cardinal

Is not so far enamour'd of a cloyster, But he will thank you for the crown. Dryden. "Tis hard to discern whether is in the greatest errour, he who is enamour'd of all he does, or he whom nothing of his own can please. Dryden. ENARRATION. 2. S. [enarro, Lat.] Explanation; exposition. ENARTHROSIS. n. s. [, and agdgov.]

Higher than that wall, a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms, and fruits at once of golden hue, Appear'd with gay enamell'd colours mix'd. Milton.

TO ENAMEL. v. h. To practise the use

of enamel.

Dict.

The insertion of one bone into another to form a joint.

Enarthrosis is where a good round head enters into a cavity, whether it be a cotyla, or profound cavity, as that of os coxæ, receiving the head of the os femoris; or glene, which is more shallow, as in the scapula, where it receives the humerus. Wiseman's Surgery. ENATATION. n. s. [enato, Latin.] The act of swimming out; escape by swimming. Dict. ENA UNTER. adv. An obselete word explained by Spenser himself to mean lest that.

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Anger would not let him speak to the tree, Enaunter his rage might cooled be,

But to the root bent his sturdy stroke. Spenser. To ENCA GE. v. a. [from cage.] To shut up as in a cage; to coop up; to confine.

He suffer'd his kinsman March, Who is, if every owner were right plac'd, Indeed, his king, to be encag'd in Wales, There without ransom to lie forfeited. Shaksp. Like Bajazet encag'd, the shepherd's scoff, Or like slack-sinew'd Samson, his hair off. Donne.

To ENCAMP. V. n. [from camp.] To pitch tents; to sit down for a time in a march; to settle a temporary habitation. He encamped at the mount of God. Exodus. The French knew how to make war with the English, by not putting things to the hazard of a battle, but wearing them by long sieges of towns, and strong fortified encampings Bacon. To ENCAMP. v. a. To form an army

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And bathe with this enchanted juice her door; That door where no admittance now is found, But where my soul is ever hov'ring round.

Granville.

2. To subdue by charms or spells.

Arcadia was the charmed circle, where all his spirits for ever should be enchanted. Sidney.

John thinks them all enchanted: he enquires if Nick had not given them some intoxicating potion. Arbuthnot, 3. To delight in a high degree.

One whom the musick of his own vain tongue Doth ravish like enchanting harmony. Shaksp. Too dear I priz'd a fair enchanting face; Beauty unchaste, is beauty in disgrace. Pope. ENCHANTER. n. s. [enchanteur, French.] A magician; a sorcerer; one who has spirits or demons at his command; one who has the power of charms and spells.

Such phasms, such apparitions, are excellencies which men applaud in themselves, conjured up by the magic of a strong imagination, and only seen within that circle in which the enchanter stands. Decay of Piety.

Gladio, by valour and stratagem, put to death tyrants, enchanters, monsters, and knights.

Spectator. Ardan, that black enchanter, whose dire arts Enslav'd our knights, and broke our virgin hearts. Granville.

ENCHANTINGLY. adv. [from enchant.] With the force of enchantment. It is improperly used in a passive sense in the following passage.

He's gentle; never school'd, and yet learned; full of noble device; of all sorts enchantingly belov'd. Shakspeare. ENCHANTMENT. n. s. [enchantement, Fr.] 1. Magical charms; spells; incantation;

sorcery.

The Turks thought that tempest was brought upon them by the charms and enchantments of the Persian magicians. Knolles.

2. Irresistible influence; overpowering delight.

Warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applause, which holds the heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment. Pope. ENCHANTRESS. n. s. [enchanteresse, Fr.] 1. A sorceress; a woman versed in magical arts.

Fell banning hag! enchantress, hold thy tongue.
Shakspeare.

I have it by certain tradition, that it was given to the first who wore it by an enchantress. Tatler.

2. A woman whose beauty or excellencies give irresistible influence.

From this enchantress all these ills are come; You are not safe 'till you pronounce her doom. Dryden.

Oft with th' enchantress of his soul he talks, Sometimes in crowds distress'd. Thomson.

To ENCHASE. v. a. [enchasser, French.] 1. To infix; to enclose in any other body so as to be held fast, but not concealed.

Like polish'd iv'ry, beauteous to behold; Or Parian marble, when enchas'd in gold. Dryd. Words which, in their natural situation, shine like jewels enchased in gold, look, when transposed into notes, as if set in lead. 2. To adorn by being fixed upon it.

Felton.

What see'st thou there? King Henry's

diadem,

Enchas'd with all the honours of the world!
Shakspeare.

They houses burn, and household gods deface,
To drink in bowls which glitt'ring gems enchase.
Dryden.

3. To adorn by raised or embossed work. When was old Sherewood's head more quaintly curl'd,

Or look'd the earth' more green upon the world,

Or nature's cradle more enchas'd and purl'd? Ben Jonson ENCHE ASON. 2. s. [encheason, old law French.] Cause; occasion.

Skinner. Cowell. Bailey. Certes, said he, well mote I should to tell The fond encheason that me hither led. Fairy Q To ENCIRCLE. v. a. [from circle.] To surround; to environ; to enclose in a ring of circle; to enring,

That stranger guest the Paphian realm obeys, A realm defended with encircling seas. Pope. Beneath a sculptur'd arch he sits enthron'd; The peers encircling, form an awful round. Pope.

•stant of our encounter, after we had spoke the prologue of our comedy. Shakspeare. 4. Accidental congress; sudden meeting. Propitious Pallas, to secure her care, Around him spread a veil of thicken'd air, To shun th' encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope's Odyssey. 5. Accosting, transient or unexpected address.

But in what habit will you go along? -Not like a woman; for I would prevent the loose encounters of lascivious men. Shakspeare. Three parts of Brutus

Is ours already; and the man entire, Upon the next encounter yields him ours. Shals. 6. Casual incident; occasion. This sense is scarcely English.

An equality is not sufficient for the unity of character: 'tis further necessary, that the same spirit appear in all sort of encounters. Pope. To ENCOUNTER. v. a. [from the noun.] 1. To meet face to face; to front.

If I must die,

I will encounter darkness as a bride,
And hug it in mine arms.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and

you encounter it.

Shakspeare.

Shakspeare.

Thou stronger may'st endure the flood of light;

And, while in shades I chear my fainting sight, Encounter the descending excellence.

Dryden.

2. To meet in a hostile manner; to rush against in conflict.

Putting themselves in order of battle, they encountered their enemies. Knolles' Hist. Turks. 3. To meet with reciprocal kindness.

See, they encounter thee with their hearts thanks;

Both sides are even.

Shakspeare's Macbeth.

4. To attack; to meet in the front.

Which way soever we turn, we are encountered with clear evidences and sensible demonstrations of a Deity. Tillotson.

5. To oppose; to oppugn.

Jurors are not bound to believe two witnesses, if the probability of the fact does reasonably encounter them. Hale.

6. To meet by accident.

I am most fortunate thus to encounter you: You have ended my business, and I will merrily Accompany you home. Shaksp. Coriolanus. To ENCOUNTER. V. n.

1. To rush together in a hostile manner; to conflict.

Encounter so,

As doth the fury of two desperate men,
Which, in the very meeting, fall and die. Shaks.
Five times, Marcius,

Have I fought with thee; so often hast thou

beat me:

And wouldst do so, I think, should we encounter As often as we eat. Shakspeare's Coriolanus. 2. To engage; to fight: it has with before the thing.

Our wars

sport,

Will turn into a peaceful comick
When ladies crave to be encounter d'with. Shaks.
Both the wings of his fleet had begun to
encounter with the christians.

Knolles.

Those who have the most dread of death, must be content to encounter with it, whether they will or no.

3. To meet face to face.

4. To come together by chance.

Wake.

The lion will not kick with his feet, but he will strike such a stroke with his tail, that he will break the back of his encounterer with it. More. The doctrines of the reformation have kept the field against all encounterers.

Atterbury. 2. One that loves to accost others. An old term.

Oh, these encounterers! so gilt of tongue, They give a coasting welcome ere it comes; And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts To every ticklish reader. Shakspeare.

To ENCOURAGE. v. a. [encourager, Fr.] 1. To animate'; to incite to any thing. They encourage themselves in an evil matter. Psalms. To give courage to, to support the spirit; to inspirit; to embolden.

Thy conduct and example gives; nor small Encouragement Godolphin, wise and just. Philips. 3. Favour; countenance; support.

For when he dies, farewel all honour, bounty,

All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. The reproach of immorality will lie heaviest against an established religion, because those who have no religion will profess themselves of that which has the encouragement of the law. Rogers. ENCOURAGER. n. s. [from encourage.] One that supplies incitements to any thing; a favourer.

Live then, thou great encourager of arts, Live ever in our thankful hearts.

Dryden.

As the pope is a master of polite learning, and a great encourager of arts; so at Rome those arts immediately thrive, under the encourage ment of the prince. Addison.

To ENCROACH. v. a. [accrocher, from croc, a hook, French.]

1. To make invasions upon the right of another; to put a hook into another man's possessions to draw them away. Those Irish captains of counties have en croached upon the queen's freeholders and Spenser on Ireland. 2. To advance gradually and by stealth upon that to which one has no right: with on before the subject. This hour is mine; if for the next I care, I grow too wide,