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<h1>Enrapt</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rapt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>rapt</ets>. Cf. <er>Enravish</er>.]</ety> <def>Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enrapture</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rap"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enraptured</er> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enrapturing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>Enravish</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rav"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enravishingly</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rav"ish*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to throw into ecstasy.</def>

<h1>Enravishment</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rav"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Enregister</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*reg"is*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>register</ets>: cf. F. <ets>enregistrer</ets>. Cf. <er>Inregister</er>.]</ety> <def>To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.</def>

<blockquote>To read <b>enregistered</b> in every nook His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enrheum</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rheum"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>rheum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>s'enrhumer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To contract a rheum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Enrich</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*rich"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enriched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enriching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>enrichir</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>riche</ets> rich. See <er>Rich</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; <as>as, to <ex>enrich</ex> the understanding with knowledge</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath <b>enriched</b> so openly. <i>Chaucer's Dream.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To supply with ornament; to adorn; <as>as, to <ex>enrich</ex> a ceiling by frescoes</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; <as>as, to <ex>enrich</ex> land by irrigation</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

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