<i>South.</i>
<h1>Endurer</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En*dur"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.</def>
<h1>Enduring</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En*dur"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lasting; durable; long-suffering; <as>as, an <ex>enduring</ex> disposition</as>.</def> "A better and <i>enduring</i> substance." <i>Heb. x. 34</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>En*dur"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <i>T. Arnold</i>. -- <wf>En*dur"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Endways, Endwise</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw><hw>End"ways`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>End"wise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>On end; erectly; in an upright position.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>With the end forward.</def>
<h1>Endyma</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En"dy*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a garment.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ependyma</er>.</def>
<h1>Endysis</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En"dy*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Endyses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a putting on, fr. <?/ to put on.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to <i>ecdysis</i>.</def>
<h1>Enecate</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En"e*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enecatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>enecare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out, utterly + <ets>necare</ets> to kill.]</ety> <def>To kill off; to destroy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Harvey.</i>
<h1>Eneid</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>E*ne"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>\'92neid</er>.</def>
<h1>Enema</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En"e*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Enemata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>enema</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to send in; <?/ in + <?/ to send.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.</def>
<i>Hoblyn.</i>
<h1>Enemy</h1> <Xpage=491>
<hw>En"e*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Enemies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OF. <ets>enemi</ets>, F. <ets>ennemi</ets>, from L. <ets>inimicus</ets>; <ets>in-</ets> (negative) + <ets>amicus</ets> friend. See <er>Amicable</er>.]</ety> <def>One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; <as>as, an <ex>enemy</ex> of or to a person; an <ex>enemy</ex> to truth, or to falsehood.</as></def>
<blockquote>To all good he <b>enemy</b> was still. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>I say unto you, Love your <b>enemies</b>. <i>Matt. v. 44.</i></blockquote>
<cs><col>The enemy</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met <i>the enemy<i> and <i>he is<i> ours or <i>they are<i> ours.</cd></cs>
<blockquote>It was difficult in such a country to track <b>the enemy</b>. It was impossible to drive him to bay. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
<syn>Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See <er>Adversary</er>.</syn>
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