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<hw>En*tend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entendre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>intendere</ets>. See <er>Intend</er>.]</ety> <def>To attend to; to apply one's self to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make tender.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with tenderness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Young.</i>

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<hw>En*ten"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ententif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Attentive; zealous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>En"ter-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>entre</ets> between, fr. L. <ets>inter</ets>. See <er>Inter-</er>]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <i>between</i>, <i>among</i>, <i>part</i>.</def>

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<hw>En"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>entren</ets>, <ets>enteren</ets>, F. <ets>entrer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>intrare</ets>, fr. <ets>intro</ets> inward, contr. fr. <ets>intero</ets> (sc. <ets>loco</ets>), fr. <ets>inter</ets> in between, between. See <er>Inter-</er>, <er>In</er>, and cf. <er>Interior</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river <ex>enters</ex> the sea.</as></def>

<blockquote>That darksome cave they <b>enter</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall <b>enter</b> heaven, long absent. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> an association, a college, an army</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To engage in; to become occupied with; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> the legal profession, the book trade, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to <ex>enter</ex> a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To inscribe; to enroll; to record; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to <ex>enter</ex> the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; <as>as, to <ex>enter</ex> a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment</as>.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See <er>Entry</er>, <p><b>4.</b></def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf pre\'89mption.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<i>Abbott.</i>