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||En`chon*dro"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; in + &?; cartilage + -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

{ En*cho"ri*al (?), En*chor"ic (?), } a. [Gr. &?; domestic, native; &?; in + &?; place, country.] Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

||En`chy*lem"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to pour in + &?; anything received.] (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

||En"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`gchyma an infusion; 'en in + chei^n to pour.] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

En*cinc"ture (?), n. A cincture. [Poetic]

The vast encincture of that gloomy sea.

Wordsworth.

En*cin"dered (?), a. Burnt to cinders. [R.]

En*cir"cle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling (?).] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

Her brows encircled with his serpent rod.

Parnell.

Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

En*cir"clet (?), n. [Encircle + -let.] A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

En*clasp" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.] To clasp. See Inclasp.

En*clave" (?), n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

En*clave", v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.] To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]

En*clave"ment (?), n. [F.] The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

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{ En*clit"ic (n*klt"k), En*clit"ic*al (-*kal), } a. [L. encliticus, Gr. 'egkli`tikos, fr. 'egkli`nein to incline; 'en in + kli`nein to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

En*clit"ic*al*ly, adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

En*clit"ics (?), n. (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

En*clois"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloister.] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

En*close" (?), v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.] To inclose. See Inclose.

En*clo"sure (?; 135), n. Inclosure. See Inclosure.

The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

En*clothe" (?), v. t. To clothe.

En*cloud" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloud.] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.