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Coleridge.

2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

E*nun"ci*ate, v. i. To utter words or syllables articulately.

E*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.] 1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

By way of interpretation and enunciation.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false.

A. Clarke.

E*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. enuntiativus, -ciativus.] Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe. -- E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.

E*nun"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L. enuntiator, enunciator.] One who enunciates or proclaims.

E*nun"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.

En*ure" (?), v. t. See Inure.

||En`u*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to urinate in; &?; + &?; urine.] (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

En*vas"sal (?), v. t. To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

En*vault" (?), v. t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [R.] Swift.

En*vei"gle (?), v. t. To entice. See Inveigle.

En*vel"op (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enveloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enveloping.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.] To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.

Nocturnal shades this world envelop.

J. Philips.

{ En"vel*ope (?; 277), En*vel"op (?; 277), } n. [F. enveloppe.] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.

3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it. Wilhelm.

4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.

En*vel"op*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.] 1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.

En*ven"ime (?), v. t. To envenom. [Obs.]