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Manly limbs endured with little ease.

Spenser.

Syn. -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

En*dure"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. endurement.] Endurance. [Obs.] South.

En*dur"er (?), n. One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

En*dur"ing, a. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.

{ End"ways` (?), End"wise (?), } adv. 1. On end; erectly; in an upright position.

2. With the end forward.

||En"dy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a garment.] (Anat.) See Ependyma.

||En"dy*sis (?), n.; pl. Endyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a putting on, fr. &?; to put on.] (Biol.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

En"e*cate (?), v. t. [L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.] To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey.

E*ne"id (?), n. Same as Æneid.

En"e*ma (?), n.; pl. L. Enemata (#). [L. enema, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to send in; &?; in + &?; to send.] (Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn.

En"e*my (?), n.; pl. Enemies (#). [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.] One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

To all good he enemy was still.

Spenser.

I say unto you, Love your enemies.

Matt. v. 44.

The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.

It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

En"e*my, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]

They . . . every day grow more enemy to God.

Jer. Taylor.

En*ep`i*der"mic (?), a. [Pref. en- (Gr. &?;) + epidermic.] (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

{ En`er*get"ic (?), En`er*get"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to work, be active, fr. &?; active. See Energy.] 1. Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.

2. Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.