Part 3775

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give in vassalage; to make subservient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>[The king] <ex>enfeoffed</ex> himself to popularity. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enfeoffment</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*feoff"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of enfeoffing.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.</def>

<h1>Enfester</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fes"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fester.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Enfestered</i> sores."

<i>Davies (Holy Roode).</i>

<h1>Enfetter</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fet"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bind in fetters; to enchain.</def> "<i>Enfettered</i> to her love."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enfever</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fe"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>fever</ets>: cf. F. <ets>enfi\'82vrer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To excite fever in.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>A. Seward.</i>

<h1>Enfierce</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fierce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enfierced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enfiercing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enfilade</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En`fi*lade"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>enfiler</ets> to thread, go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>fil</ets> thread. See <er>File</er> a row.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.</def>

<h1>Enfilade</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En`fi*lade"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enfiladed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enfilading</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.</def>

<i>Campbell.</i>

<h1>Enfiled</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*filed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>enfiler</ets> to pierce, thread.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; <as>as, a sword which is said to be "<ex>enfiled</ex> of" the thing which it pierces</as>.</def>

<h1>Enfire</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To set on fire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>