tendothel1um

[Gr. end on within, and thele a nipple.] Anat.: The name given by some German anatomists to what Quain believes is better called, as it heretofore has been, the Epithelium (q. v.). *en-doubt ( b silent), *en-doute, v . t . & i . [Pref. en, and Eng. doubt (q. v).] A. Trans.: To frighten, to alarm, to put in fear. "If I ne had end outed me." Romaunt of the Rose, 1,664. B. In trans.: To fear, to be afraid; to be in fear or doubt. en-dow, v . t . [Fr.en=in, and douer =to endow; Lat. do to , from dos (gen it. dot is )=a dowry, a gift, a share; do to give.] [DOWER, DOWRY, ENDUE.] 1. To invest or enrich with a dower or portion of goods or estate; to dower; to settle a dower on. 2. To settle property or money upon for permanent provision and support. " Endowing hospitals and almshouses for the impotent." -Stilling fleet : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 3. 3. To enrich, furnish, or endue with any gift, quality, or excellence. "Endowed with many amiable and attractive qualities." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xv. *4. To be the fortune or lot of; to fall to the lot of. "I do not think So fair an outward, and such stuff within Endows a man but him." IMG:content-0982.png:[blocks in formation] *en-dow-er, v . t . [O. Fr. endoer ; Fr. endouer .] To dower, to furnish with a dower; to endow. "This once renowned church was gloriously decked with the jewels of her espousals, richly clad in the ti ues of learning, and frankly endowered ." -Water house: Apology for Learning (1653), p. 142. en-dow-ment,s [Eng.endow; -ment.] 1. The act of endowing or settling a dower or portion upon a woman; the settling, appropriating, or setting aside a fund or property or permanent provision for the support, maintenance or encouragement of any person or object. "Neither in those days of feudal rigor was the husband allowed to endow her ad ostium ecclesie with more than the third part of the lands whereof he then was seized, though he might endow her with le : lest by such liberal endowments the lord should be defrauded."- Black stone : Comm., bk. ii., ch. 8. 2. The fund or property settled on or appropriated as permanent provision for any person or object. *ěn-drůd ge, v. t . [Pref. en, and Eng. drudge (q. v.).] To make a drudge or slave of. en-du'e, *en-dew, v. t. [O. Fr. endoer; Fr. endouer: en=in, and douer =to endow; Lat. dolo.] [ENDOW.] *1. To endow, to dower, to portion. "God hath endued me with a good dowry."-Genesis xxx. 20. 2. To endow morally or mentally; to invest with any gift or quality. "And, save the future (which is viewed Not quite as men are base or good, But as their nerves may be endued) With nought perhaps to grieve." Byron: Mazeppa, xvii. *ěn-dū e-ment, s. [Eng. endue; -ment.] The same as ENDOWMENT (q. v.). *en-dun-geon, v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. dungeon (q. v.).] To imprison, to confine, to shut up. en-dür-a-ble, a. [Eng.endur(e); -able .] That may or can be endured, borne, or suffered. "There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable ." Words worth: Michael.