Part 3748

<syn>Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.</syn>

<h1>Encirclet</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cir"clet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Encircle</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small circle; a ring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Enclasp</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*clasp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>clasp</ets>. Cf. <er>Inclasp</er>.]</ety> <def>To clasp. See <er>Inclasp</er>.</def>

<h1>Enclave</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*clave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>in + clavus</ets> a nail.]</ety> <def>A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See <er>Exclave</er>.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<h1>Enclave</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*clave"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>enclaver</ets>.]</ety> <def>To inclose within an alien territory.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<h1>Enclavement</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*clave"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The state of being an enclave.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

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<h1>Enclitic, Enclitical</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw><hw>En*clit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En*clit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>encliticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to incline; <?/ in + <?/ to bend. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Lean</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.</def>

<h1>Enclitic</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*clit"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun <i>thee</i> in <i>prithee</i> (pray thee).</def>

<h1>Enclitically</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*clit"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.</def>

<i>Walker.</i>

<h1>Enclitics</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*clit"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The art of declining and conjugating words.</def>

<h1>Encloister</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*clois"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Incloister</er>.]</ety> <def>To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.</def>

<h1>Enclose</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*close"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>enclos</ets>, p. p. of <ets>enclore</ets> to enclose; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>clore</ets> to close. See <er>Close</er>, and cf. <er>Inclose</er>, <er>Include</er>.]</ety> <def>To inclose. See <er>Inclose</er>.</def>

<h1>Enclosure</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*clo"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inclosure. See <er>Inclosure</er>.</def>