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En*seal" (n*sl"), v. t. To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.]
This deed I do enseal.
Piers Plowman.
En*seam" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. Inseam.] To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
En*seam", v. t. [Pref. en- + seam grease.] To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.]
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed.
Shak.
En*sear" (?), v. t. To sear; to dry up. [Obs.]
Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
Shak.
En*search" (?), v. i. [OF. encerchier. See Search.] To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t. To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
En*seel" (n*sl"), v. t. To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]
En*seint" (n*snt"), a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]
||En`sem"ble (?), n. [F.] The whole; all the parts taken together.
||En`sem"ble, adv. [F.] All at once; together.
En*shel"ter (?), v. t. To shelter. [Obs.]
En*shield" (?), v. t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.
En*shield", a. Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.
En*shrine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.] To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
We will enshrine it as holy relic.
Massinger.
En*shroud" (?), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
En*sif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère.] Bearing a sword.
En"si*form (?), a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.] Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
Ensiform cartilage, ∧ Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.
En"sign (?), n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.] 1. A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.
Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
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