Enlight

a. To enlighten. (R.) Enlighten, v. a. [A.S. enlihtan, onlihtan-en, or on, and lihtan, to light, q.v.] To make light or clear; to shed light on; to supply with light; to illuminate; to make clear or bright; to enable to see more clearly; to give clearer views or perceptions to; to instruct; to enable to see or comprehend truth; to illuminate with divine knowledge. IMG:content-0052.png:[blocks in formation] Ennean'drian, or ENNEANDROUs, a. ( Bot .) Having nine stamens. Enneapetalous, a. [Gr. ennea , and petal on , a leaf.) ( Bot .) Having nine petals. Enneasperm'ous, a . [Gr. ennea , and sperm a , a seed.; ( Bot .) Applied to a fruit which has nine seeds. En'nemoser, JOSEPH, a medical and philosophical writer, B. in Hinter see, Tyrol, 1787. He attended the gymnasiums in Meran and in Trient, and in 1806 the University at Innsbruck. At the breaking out of the war in 1809, he followed Andreas Hofer as his private secretary, and at the closing thereof he went to finish his studies at Erlangen and to Vienna. For want of means he gave up his studies and became travelling agent for a merchant in Altona for a time, until a coun- tryman of his, whom he met in Berlin, furnished him the nece ary funds to renew his studies again. During the French war of 1812 against Ru ia, he was with other Tyrolese sent to England to procure a istance for the Tyrolese in a projected revolution. On the news of the French campaign against Ru ia, he started over Sweden to Pru ia, and on the way was shipwrecked on the Bal- tic, and miraculously rescued, after 14 days' suffering, by some pilots. On the call for troops by King Frederick William III., he joined the Lützow volunteers, and com- manded a company of Tyrolese riflemen during the cam- paign of 1813-14. He was particularly mentioned for bravery at Lauenburg, at Möllen, and at Ratzeburg against the corps of Marshal Davoust. During the at- tack at Jülichs, in March, 1814, he earned the Iron Cro at the head of his company. On the declaration of peace at Paris, he went to Berlin to finish his studies, and graduated there 1816 as Doctor of Medicine. He settled there to practise, and travelled to England, Holland, and the different German baths. Under the tuition of Prof. Wolfart he devoted himself to the study of electro- magnetic therapeutics. In 1819 he was elected Prof. of Medicine at the University of Bonn, where he lectured on Anthropology, Psychical Medicine and Pathology. From a feeling of nostalgia he resigned his profe or- ship in 1837, and settled in Innsbruck to practise; from which place he removed to Munich in 1841, where he became renowned as an electro-magnetic physician. He D. Sept. 19, 1854, in Ergern on Lake Tegern, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. His prin- cipal work is: Der Magnetism us in semer geschicht lichen Entwickelung. Of his other works are to be named: Histor . psychol. Untersuchungen über den Urr sprung und das Wesen der mensch lichen Seele; Anthropol. Ansichten zur be ern Kenntni der Menschen; Der Mag- netismus im Verhältni zur Natur und Religion; Anleitung zur Mesmer's chen Prazis. En'nis, the chief town of the county of Clare, Ireland, on the river Fergus, 20 m. from Limerick. It is of considerable size, but irregularly built, and has a courthouse, jail, barracks, town-hall, college, hospital, and two convents. Pop . 8,000. En'niscor'thy, a market-town and borough of co. Wexford, Leinster. It is memorable as the scene of many terrible outrages during the rebellion of 1798. Pop . about 7,000. Enniskil'len, the chief town of the co. of Fermanagh, Ireland, on an island in Lough Erne, 34 m. from Sligo. Its principal buildings are a court-house, town-hall, barracks, linen-hall, infirmary, and the royal school of Poltera, founded by Charles I., and one of the best endowed in the kingdom. Manuf . Leather, cutlery, and sewed muslins. There is also a considerable trade in corn, timber, coals, and slate. Pop . 6,000. - This place gives the title of earl, in the peerage of Ireland, to the family of Cole. In 1595 it made an obstinate defence against Queen Elizabeth's army, and was unsucce fully besieged by James II.'s troops in 1689. Ennis Point, in Mi ouri, a village of Jasper co., about 180 m. S. W. of Jefferson City. Ennistrehul, ( en - nis'trawl , ) a small island of Ireland, off the coast of co. Donegal, Ülster, about 7 m. E.N.E. of Malin-Head. Ennisty'mon, a town of Ireland, co. Clare, Munster, on a river of the same name, near Liscanor Bay, and abt. 14 m. W.N.W. of Ennis; pop . about 2,000. En'nisville, a village of Lower Canada, co. of Lanark, about 9 m. S. of Car let on Place. Ennisville, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Hunting don co., about 80 m. W.N.W. of Harris burg.