enjoyment

[Eng.enjoy; -ment.] 1. The state or condition of enjoying; the state of po e ing or having anything advantageous or desirable; fruition. "Who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the en joyment of an hour."- Rambler , No. 178. 2. That which is enjoyed or affords pleasure or satisfaction. "To despise the little things of present sense, for the hope of everlasting enjoyments."- Glanvill , ser. 1. Crabb thus discriminates between enjoyment, fruition , and gratification : " Fruition , from fruor to enjoy , is employed only for the act of enjoying ; we speak either of the enjoyment of any pleasure, or of the enjoyment as a pleasure: we speak of those pleasures which are received from the fruition , in distinction from those which are had in expectation. The enjoyment is either corporeal or spiritual, as the enjoyment of music, or the enjoyment of study, but the fruition of eating, or any other sensible, or at least external object; hope intervenes between the desire and the fruition . Gratification , from the verb to gratify , make grateful or pleasant, signifies either the act of giving pleasure, or the pleasure received. Enjoyment springs from every object which is capable of yielding pleasure; by dist i net i on, however, and in the latter sense, from moral and rational objects: but the gratification , which is a species of enjoyment , is obtained through the medium of the senses. The enjoyment is not so vivid as the gratification : the gratification is not so permanent as the enjoyment. Domestic life has its peculiar enjoyments ; brilliant spectacles afford gratification. Our capacity for enjoyment depends upon our intellectual endowments; our gratification depends upon the tone of our feelings, and the nature of our desires." (Crabb: Eng. Synon . ) ěn-kěn-nel, v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. kennel (q.v.).] To shut up in a kennel. *ěn-ker-nel, v. t. [Eng., ., en, and kernel.] 1. To form into a kernel. 2. To inclose in a kernel. IMG:content-1013.png:[blocks in formation] fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wet, here, camel, her, there; or, wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn; müte, cub, cüre, unite, cur. rûle, füll: try, Syrian. 8 qu = kw. IMG:content-1014.png:[blocks in formation] .; of extending the boundaries of an empire. We say the hole or cavity enlarges , the head or bulk enlarges, the number increases , the swelling, inflam mation, and the like, increase ; so likewise in the figurative sense, the views, the prospects, the powers, the ideas, and the mind, are enlarged ; pain, pleasure, hope, fear, anger, or kindne , is increased; views, prospects, connections, and the like, are extended . ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) ěn-larged, pa . par . & a. [ENLARGE.] 3. To extend in limits or dimensions. "Glory is like a circle in the water Which never ceases to enlarge itself." 8. To set free from confinement; to set at liberty. "A guilty soul enlarged , And by a Savior's death discharged." IMG:content-1015.png:[blocks in formation] "The crowded roots demand enlargement now." Cowper: Task , iii. 533. ment of their power by mere set quarrels of one entire a embly against another."- Swift . 3. The state or condition of being enlarged; in- crease or augmentation in size or importance. *4. Something added on; an addition. "And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too." Pope : Temple of Fame , 470, 471. 5. Extension or expansior of the intellectual pow- ers; increase of knowledge; extended or enlarged comprehension or capacity. 6. Release from confinement, restraint, or con- straint. 7. Diffusene of speech or writing; an expat i at- ing or dilating upon any particular point or sub- ject. "While I restrain my pen from all enlargements ." Mallet: To the Duke of Marl borough. en-larger, s. [Eng. enlarg (e); -er.] One who enlarges, increases, or expatiates upon anything. "We shall not contentiously rejoin, but confer what is in us unto his name and honor, ready to be swallowed in any worthy enlarger."-Browne: Vulgar Errors . (To the Reader.) ěn-larg-Ing, pr . par ., a . & s. [ENLARGE.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making larger; the state of becoming larger; enlargement. *ěn-lâur-ěl, en-lawr-el, v. t . [Pref. en, and Eng. laurel (q. v.).] To crown with laurel. ěn-lāy', v . t . [INLAY.] *en-league, v. i. [Pref. en, and Eng. league (q. v.).] To be in league with. *en-le-geance, s. [O. Fr. en =in, and legeaunce , ligance homage.] Allegiance. IMG:content-1016.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1017.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1018.png:[blocks in formation] "See, see! the darts by which we burned Are bright Löysa's pencils turned: With which she now enliveth more Beauties than they destroyed before." en-liv-en, v.t. [Pref.en; Eng. live , and suff.-en.1 1. To quicken; to make to live; to give life to. "Lo! of themselves the enlivened che men move." Cowley: Pindaric Odes; Destiny , iii. NEAHEDRAL.] en-ně-a-he-dron, en-ně-a-he-dri-a, s. [EN- Geom.: A solid figure having nine sides; a nona- hedron. *en'-ně-a-logue, s . [Formed from Gr. ennea= nine, on analogy of Decalogue (q. v.).] A collec- tion of nine sayings or rules. ( Fuller : Church Hist ., II. iv. 42.) The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia And out of her own goodne make the nat That shall enmesh them all." ěn-ně-ăn-dri-a, s. pl . [Gr. ennea=nine, and aner (gen it. andros )=a man.] Botany : 1. The name given by Linnæus to the ninth cla of plants, those having nine stamens. He divided it into three orders-Monogynia, including Laurus, .; Trygynia, having under it Rheum; and Hexa- gynia, having Butomus. 2. The name given by Linnæus to one of the orders of his cla Mon a delph i a. He placed under it only the genus Brownæa, which has nine stamens. ěn-ně-ăn-dri-an, a. [Mod. Lat. enneandri(a) (q. v.). and Eng., ., suff. -an.] The same as En- neandrous (q. v.). ěn-ně-ăn-droŭs, a . [Mod. Lat. enneandr(ia), and Eng., ., suff. -ous .] Bot .: Having nine stamens, belonging to the Linnæan cla Enneandria (q. v.). en-ně-a-pět-a-lous, a. [Gr. ennea=nine; pet- alon =a leaf, and Eng., ., suff.- ous .] sepal (q. v.), and suff. -ous .] Bot .: Having nine sepals. IMG:content-1020.png:[blocks in formation] "Many fair promotions Are given daily to ennoble those, That scarce some two days since were worth a noble." Shakesp.: Richard III ., i. 8. 2. To give an appearance of dignity to. "The expre ion which ennobled and softened the harsh features of William." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 3. To elevate or raise morally; to raise in char- acter. "Zenyma likewise, 72 miles from Samosatæ, is en- nobled for the pa age over Euphrates."-P. Holland: Plinie , bk. v., ch. xxiv. ěn-nō-ble-ment, s. [Eng. ennoble; -ment .] 1. The act of ennobling or advancing to nobility; the state of being ennobled. "He added, during parliament, to his former creations the ennoblement or advancement in nobility of a few others."- Bacon : Henry VII . , p. 15. 1. Deviating from rule; irregular. 2. Deviating from right; wicked. enormous 2. That which exceeds measure or right; an atrocious crime or act, an atrocity. "Atheism hath not rested in the judgement, but pro ceeded to all enormities and debauches."- Glanvill : ser. iii 3. A deviation from rule in any way. "Pyramids, arches, obelisks, were but the irregularities of vain-glory and wild enormities of ancient magnanimity."-Sir T. Browne: Hydro tap hi a .