Part 3833

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.</def> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Entrance</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*trance"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entranced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entrancing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>trance</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.</def>

<blockquote>Him, still <b>entranced</b> and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.</def>

<blockquote>And I so ravished with her heavenly note, I stood <b>entranced</b>, and had no room for thought. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entrancement</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*trance"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.</def>

<i>Otway.</i>

<h1>Entrant</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En"trant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Entrance</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who enters; a beginner.</def> "The <i>entrant</i> upon life."

<i>Bp. Terrot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An applicant for admission.</def>

<i>Stormonth.</i>

<h1>Entrap</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*trap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entrapped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entrapping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>trap</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>entraper</ets>.]</ety> <def>To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; <as>as, to be <ex>entrapped</ex> by the devices of evil men</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A golden mesh, to <b>entrap</b> the hearts of men. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.</syn>

<h1>Entreat</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*treat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entreated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entreating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>entreten</ets> to treat, request, OF. <ets>entraiter</ets> to treat of; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>traitier</ets> to treat. See <er>Treat</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fairly let her be <b>entreated</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I will cause the enemy to <b>entreat</b> thee well. <i>Jer. xv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.</def> "<i>Entreat</i> my wife to come." "I do <i>entreat</i> your patience."

<i>Shak.</i>