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[Lat., as subst.=a being or thing; as pr. par.being, existing, from es, the root of e e to be.] I. Metaphysics : 1. In the abstract : Entity, being, existence. "Then Ens is represented as father of the Predicaments, his ten sons." -Milton : College Exercise. 2. In the concrete: (1) Gen .: Any existing being or thing. (2) Spec .: The self-existent One; God in whom life inheres; cf. Exod. iii. 14; John i. 4, v. 26. II. Alchem. & Old Chem .: According to Paracel. sus, the power, virtue, or efficacy which a thing excites in our bodies. *en-sā fe, *in-safe, v . t . [Pref. en, and Eng. safe (q. v.).] To make safe or secure; to insure. *en-săf-frön, v . t . [Pref. en, and Eng. saffron (q. v.).] To color like saffron. 1662 *en-saint', v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. saint (q. v.).] To canonize. *en-sam-ple, s. [O. Fr., from Lat. exemplum = an example (q. v.).] An example, a pattern, a model. ( Phil . iii. 17.) *en-sam-ple, v . t . [ENSAMPLE, 8.] To exemplify; to show by example. ěn-săn-guine, (gu as gw), v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. sanguine (q. v.).] 1. To smear or cover with blood; to make bloody. ensign B. As adv.: Together; all at once; simultaneously. *en-sent, s. [Cf. ASSENT and CONSENT.] A ent consent. "Thoru ensent of hys tue ye sones." Robert of Gloucester , p. 317. *en-sent, v. i. [ENSENT, s.] To consent, to as"Vor ensample of hem, othere ensentede thereto." Robert of Gloucester , p. 446. ěn-sen-ziě, s . [A corruption of Fr. ensemble.] sent. 2. To color like blood; to make of a crimson color. A war-cry or gathering word. ( Scotch .) en-sā-tæ, s . pl . [Fem.pl. of Mod. Lat. ensatus , from Lat. ens is a sword.] Botany : 1. The name given by Linnæus in his Philosophia Botanica (1751), to an order of plants containing the genera Iris, Xyris, Eriocaulon, Aphyllanthes, . 2. The name given in 1805 by Ker to what are now called Iridaceae. This is a more restricted use of the word than that given by Linnæus.