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2. (Mus.) (a) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A for G. (b) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.

En`har*mon"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

En*heart"en (?), v. t. To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.

The enemy exults and is enheartened.

I. Taylor.

En*hedge" (?), v. t. To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.

En*hort" (?), v. t. [OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort.] To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

En*hun"ger (?), v. t. To make hungry.

Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life.

J. Martineau.

||En*hy"dros (?), n. [NL. See Enhydrous.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

En*hy"drous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; in + &?; water.] Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

E*nig"ma (*ng"m), n.; pl. enigmas (- mz). [L. aenigma, Gr. a'i`nigma, fr. a'ini`ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a'i^nos tale, fable.] 1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals.

Pope.

2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

{ E`nig*mat"ic (?; 277), E`nig*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. énigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

E`nig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. Darkly; obscurely.

E*nig"ma*tist (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.

E*nig"ma*tize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Enigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing (?).] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

{ E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy (?), } n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, an enigma + - graphy, -logy.] The art of making or of solving enigmas.

En*isled" (?), p. a. Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.

En*jail" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjailing.] [Pref. en- + jail. Cf. Engaol.] To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne.

En*join" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.] 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

High matter thou enjoin'st me.

Milton.

I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.

Shak.