Part 3845

<hw>En*wind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To wind about; to encircle.</def>

<blockquote>In the circle of his arms <b>Enwound</b> us both. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enwoman</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*wom"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To endow with the qualities of a woman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Daniel.</i>

<h1>Enwomb</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*womb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enwombed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enwombing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To conceive in the womb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern.</def>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Enwrap</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*wrap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To envelop. See <er>Inwrap</er>.</def>

<h1>Enwrapment</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*wrap"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope.</def>

<i>Shuckford.</i>

<h1>Enwreathe</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*wreathe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Inwreathe</er>.</def>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Enzo\'94tic</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En`zo*\'94t"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ in + <?/ an animal: cf. F. <ets>enzo\'94tique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an <i>endemic</i> disease among men.</def>

<h1>Enzyme</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En"zyme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> (Gr. <?/ in) + Gr. <?/ leaven.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.</def>

<h1>Eocene</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E"o*cene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ daybreak, dawn + <?/ new, recent.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; <as>as, <ex>Eocene</ex> deposits</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The Eocene formation.</def></def2>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Eolian</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*o"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>\'92olian</er>.]</ety>