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Shak.

2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.

He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.

Is. v. 26.

3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.

The ensigns of our power about we bear.

Waller.

4. (a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. (b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the color sergeant.

Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.

En"sign, v. t. 1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]

Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families.

B. Jonson.

2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

En"sign*cy (?; 277), n.; pl. Ensigncies (&?;). The rank or office of an ensign.

En"sign*ship, n. The state or rank of an ensign.

En"si*lage (?), n. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.] 1. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder.

2. The fodder preserved in a silo.

En"si*lage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging (?).] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.

En*sky" (?), v. t. To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.

En*slave" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enslaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.] To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.

The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.

Milton.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will.

Cowper.

En*slav"ed*ness (?), n. State of being enslaved.

En*slave"ment (?), n. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.

A fresh enslavement to their enemies.