Part 3774

<hw>E*ner"va*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Enerve</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>E*nerve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82nerver</ets>. See <er>Enervate</er>.]</ety> <def>To weaken; to enervate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Enervous</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>E*nerv"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enervis</ets>, <ets>enervus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lacking nerve or force; enervated.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Enfamish</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fam"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To famish; to starve.</def>

<h1>Enfect</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Infect</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Contaminated with illegality.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Enfeeble</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fee"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enfeebled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enfeebling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>enfeblir</ets>, <ets>enfeiblir</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>feble</ets>, F. <ets>faible</ets>, feeble. See <er>Feeble</er>.]</ety> <def>To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Enfeebled</b> by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To weaken; debilitate; enervate.</syn>

<h1>Enfeeblement</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fee"ble*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.</def>

<h1>Enfeebler</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fee"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.</def>

<h1>Enfeeblish</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fee"blish</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To enfeeble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Enfeloned</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fel"oned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>felon</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>enfelonner</ets>.]</ety> <def>Rendered fierce or frantic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Like one <i>enfeloned</i> or distraught."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enfeoff</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*feoff"</hw> <tt>(?; see <er>Feoff</er>, 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enfeoffed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enfeoffing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>feoff</ets>, <ets>fief</ets>: cf. LL. <ets>infeofare</ets>, OF. <ets>enfeffer</ets>, <ets>enfeofer</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.</def>