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En*slav"er (?), n. One who enslaves. Swift.

En*snare" (?), v. t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

En*snarl" (?), v. t. To entangle. [Obs.] Spenser.

En*so"ber (?), v. t. To make sober. [Obs.]

Sad accidents to ensober his spirits.

Jer. Taylor.

En*soul" (?), v. t. To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.

En*sphere" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + sphere. Cf. Insphere.] 1. To place in a sphere; to envelop.

His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered.

Chapman.

2. To form into a sphere.

En*stamp" (?), v. t. To stamp; to mark as with a stamp; to impress deeply.

It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character.

Gogan.

En*state" (?), v. t. See Instate.

En"sta*tite (?), n. [Named fr. Gr. &?; an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.] (Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

En`sta*tit"ic (?), a. Relating to enstatite.

En*store" (?), v. t. [See Instaurate.] To restore. [Obs.] Wyclif.

En*style" (?), v. t. To style; to name. [Obs.]

En*su"a*ble (?), a. Ensuing; following.

En*sue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11.

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.

Golding.

En*sue", v. i. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.

So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued.

Pope.

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