Part 3816

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

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Entangle</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tan"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entangled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entangling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; <as>as, to <ex>entangle</ex> yarn or the hair</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; <as>as, to <ex>entangle</ex> the feet in a net, or in briers</as>.</def> "<i>Entangling</i> alliances."

<i>Washington.</i>

<blockquote>The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and <b>entangle</b> their understandings. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Allowing her to <b>entangle</b> herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entanglement</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tan"gle*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.</def>

<h1>Entangler</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tan"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that entangles.</def>

<h1>Entasia</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*ta"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Entasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.</def>

<h1>Entasis</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a stretching; fr. <?/; <?/ in + <?/ to extend.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Entasia</er>.</def>

<h1>Entassment</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tass"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entassement</ets>, fr. <ets>entasser</ets> to heap up.]</ety> <def>A heap; accumulation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Entastic</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. <?/. See <er>Entasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.</def>

<h1>Entelechy</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tel"e*chy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>entelechia</ets>, Gr. <?/, prob. fr. <?/ <?/ <?/ to be complete; <?/ + <?/ completion, end + <?/ to have or hold.]</ety> <fld>(Peripatetic Philos.)</fld> <def>An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.</def>

<h1>Entellus</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tel"lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. <?/ to command.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus entellus</spn>) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also <altname>hoonoomaun</altname> and <altname>hungoor</altname>.</def>

<h1>Entend</h1> <Xpage=496>