Part 718

En*coach" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incoach.] To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

En*cof"fin (?), v. t. To put in a coffin. [R.]

En*cold"en (?), v. t. To render cold. [Obs.]

En*col"lar (?), v. t. To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

En*col"or (?), v. t. To color. [R.]

||En`co`lure" (?), n. [F.] The neck of horse. R. Browning.

En*com"ber (?), v. t. See Encumber. [Obs.]

En*com"ber*ment (?), n. [See Encumberment.] Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

En*co"mi*ast (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to praise, fr. &?; encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium.] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

{ En*co`mi*as"tic (?), En*co`mi*as"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

En*co`mi*as"tic, n. A panegyric. B. Jonson.

En*co"mi*on (?), n. [NL.] Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

En*co"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Encomiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; &?; in + &?; a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

His encomiums awakened all my ardor.

W. Irving.

Syn. -- See Eulogy.

En*com"pass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak.

A question may be encompassed with difficulty.

C. J. Smith.

The love of all thy sons encompass thee.

Tennyson.

Syn. -- To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.

En*com"pass*ment (?), n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

By this encompassment and drift of question.

Shak.

En`core" (?), adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.] Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

En`core", n. A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

En`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.