Part 3772

<h1>Enemy</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"e*my</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hostile; inimical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They . . . every day grow more <b>enemy</b> to God. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enepidermic</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*ep`i*der"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> (Gr. <?/) + <ets>epidermic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.</def>

<h1>Energetic, Energetical</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw><hw>En`er*get"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En`er*get"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to work, be active, fr. <?/ active. See <er>Energy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.</def> "A Being eternally <i>energetic</i>."

<i>Grew.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; <as>as, <ex>energetic</ex> measures; <ex>energetic</ex> laws.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; efficacious; potent; vigorous; effective; strenuous.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>En`er*get"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>En`er*get"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Energetics</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`er*get"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Energic, Energical</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw><hw>En*er"gic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En*er"gic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82nergique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In a state of action; acting; operating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having energy or great power; energetic.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>energic</b> faculty that we call will. <i>Blackw. Mag.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Energize</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"er*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Energized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Energizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Energy</er>.]</ety> <def>To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.</def>

<blockquote>Of all men it is true that they feel and <b>energize</b> first, they reflect and judge afterwards. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Energize</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"er*gize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; <as>as, to <ex>energize</ex> the will</as>.</def>

<h1>Energizer</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"er*gi`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.</def>

<h1>Energizing</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"er*gi`zing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of imparting or exercising energy.</def>