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t. [Pref. en, and Eng. hals, halse = the neck.] To clasp round the neck, to embrace. ěn-hā-lŭs, 8 [Gr. enalos , the same as enalios = in or of the sea: en =in, and hals (gen it. halos ) =the sea. So named because the plant grows in estu aries.) Bot.: A genus of Hydrocharidaceae. According to Agardh the fruit is eatable and the fibers can be woven. Habitat Ceylon and other Indian islands. en-hăn'çe, *en-hans-en, *en-haunce, *enhaunse, v. t. & i . [O. Prov. enansar =to further advance, from_enans before, rather, from Lat. in ante. ( Skeat .)] A. Transitive : *1. To lift or raise on high; to raise up. "Thei han ben so filled aghen, and the ground en. пачисел."-Maundeville, p. 95. 2. To raise in rank or position; to elevate or exalt socially. "The god of my fader, and hym y shal enhaunce."-Wycliffe: Exodus, xv. 2. 3. To raise, advance, or heighten in price; to increase in price. "The desire of money is every where the same: its vent varies very little, but as its greater scarcity enhances its price, and increases the scramble."- Locke . 4. To increase, to make greater or stronger; to heighten. "A crystal draught Pure from the lees, which often more enhanced The thirst." Cowper: Task , ii. 507-9. B. In trans.: To be raised, to increase, to grow greater; to swell up. IMG:content-1009.png:[blocks in formation] up in the field.