Part 759

Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed.

I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.

En*sure" (?), v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure.

2. To betroth. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

En*sur"er (?), n. See Insurer.

En*swathe" (?), v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak.

En*swathe"ment (?), n. The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.

En*sweep" (?), v. t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [R.] Thomson.

Ent- (?). A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.

-ent (?). [F. -ent, L. -ens, - entis.] An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See - ant.

En*tab"la*ture (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.

En*tab"le*ment (?), n. [F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.] See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.

En*tac"kle (?), v. t. To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.

En"tad (?), adv. [Ent- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.

En*tail" (?), n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.] 1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed.

A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.

Hume.

2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.

En*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.] 1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.

Allowing them to entail their estates.

Hume.

I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.

Shak.

2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]

To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.

Shak.