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<h1>Ensanguine</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*san"guine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; <as>as, an <ex>ensanguined</ex> hue</as>.</def> "The <i>ensanguined</i> field."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Ensate</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>ensatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ensis</ets> sword.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.</def>

<h1>Enscale</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*scale"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cover with scales.</def>

<h1>Enshedule</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*shed"ule</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To insert in a schedule. See <er>Schedule</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ensconce</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*sconce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ensconced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ensconcing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.</def>

<blockquote>She shall not see me: I will <b>ensconce</b> me behind the arras. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enseal</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*seal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This deed I do <b>enseal</b>. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enseam</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*seam"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>seam</ets> suture. Cf. <er>Inseam</er>.]</ety> <def>To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

<h1>Enseam</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*seam"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>seam</ets> grease.]</ety> <def>To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the rank sweat of an <b>enseamed</b> bed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ensear</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*sear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sear; to dry up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Ensear</b> thy fertile and conceptious womb. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ensearch</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*search"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>encerchier</ets>. See <er>Search</er>.]</ety> <def>To make search; to try to find something.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <def2><tt>v. t. </tt> <def>To search for.</def></def2> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i>

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