Part 3776

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enflesh</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*flesh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clothe with flesh.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Vices which are . . . <b>enfleshed</b> in him. <i>Florio.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enflower</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*flow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enflowered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enflowering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover or deck with flowers.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>These odorous and <b>enflowered</b> fields. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enfold</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fold"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To infold. See <er>Infold</er>.</def>

<h1>Enfoldment</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fold"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of infolding. See <er>Infoldment</er>.</def>

<h1>Enforce</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*force"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enforced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enforcing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>enforcier</ets> to strengthen, force, F. <ets>enforcir</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. <ets>force</ets>. See <er>Force</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; <as>as, to <ex>enforce</ex> obedience to commands</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Inward joy <b>enforced</b> my heart to smile. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; <as>as, to <ex>enforce</ex> a passage</as>.</def> "<i>Enforcing</i> furious way."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.</def>

<blockquote>As swift as stones <b>Enforced</b> from the old Assyrian slings. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; <as>as, to <ex>enforce</ex> arguments or requests</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Enforcing</b> sentiment of the thrust humanity. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; <as>as, to <ex>enforce</ex> the laws</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.</def>

<blockquote><b>Enforce</b> him with his envy to the people. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enforce</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*force</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To attempt by force.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prove; to evince.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>