Part 3814

<hw>En*sure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make sure. See <er>Insure</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To betroth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Ensurer</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*sur"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Insurer</er>.</def>

<h1>Enswathe</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*swathe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enswathement</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*swathe"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.</def>

<h1>Ensweep</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*sweep"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Ent-</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>Ent-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A prefix signifying <i>within</i>. See <er>Ento-</er>.</def>

<h1>-ent</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>-ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>-ent</ets>, L. <ets>-ens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>.]</ety> <def>An adjective suffix signifying <i>action</i> or <i>being</i>; <as>as, corrod<ex>ent</ex>, excell<ex>ent</ex>, emerg<ex>ent</ex>, contin<ex>ent</ex>, quiesc<ex>ent</ex></as>. See <er>-ant</er>.</def>

<h1>Entablature</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tab"la*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>entablature</ets>: cf. It <ets>intavolatura</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>intabulare</ets> to construct a basis; L. <ets>in + tabulatum</ets> board work, flooring, fr. <ets>tabula</ets>. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Column</er>, <er>Cornice</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; It is commonly divided into <i>architrave</i>, the part immediately above the column; <i>frieze</i>, the central space; and <i>cornice</i>, the upper projecting moldings.</note>

<i>Parker.</i>

<h1>Entablement</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tab"le*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entablement</ets>, LL. <ets>intabulamentum</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Entablature</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Entackle</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tac"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To supply with tackle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>