Part 3750

<h1>Encomiastic, Encomiastical</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw><hw>En*co`mi*as"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En*co`mi*as"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; <as>as, an <ex>encomiastic</ex> address or discourse</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Encomiastic</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*co`mi*as"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A panegyric.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Encomion</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*co"mi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Encomium; panegyric.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Encomium</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*co"mi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Encomiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; <?/ in + <?/ a jovial festivity, revel. See <er>Comedy</er>.]</ety> <def>Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>encomiums</b> awakened all my ardor. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Eulogy</er>.</syn>

<h1>Encompass</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*com"pass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Encompassed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Encompassing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; <as>as, a ring <ex>encompasses</ex> the finger; an army <ex>encompasses</ex> a city; a voyage <ex>encompassing</ex> the world.</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>A question may be <b>encompassed</b> with difficulty. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The love of all thy sons <b>encompass</b> thee. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.</syn>

<h1>Encompassment</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*com"pass*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.</def>

<blockquote>By this <b>encompassment</b> and drift of question. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Encore</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En`core"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. &or; interj.</tt> <ety>[F. The last part of the word is fr. L. <ets>hora</ets> hour. See <er>Hour</er>.]</ety> Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.</def>

<h1>Encore</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En`core"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; <as>as, the <ex>encores</ex> were numerous</as>.</def>

<h1>Encore</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En`core"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Encored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Encoring</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To call for a repetition or reappearance of; <as>as, to <ex>encore</ex> a song or a singer</as>.</def>

<blockquote>[Rebecca] insisted upon <b>encoring</b> one of the duets. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>