enervation (enervashon)

[= F. énerva tion = Sp. enervacion = Pg. enerração = It. enervazione, enfeeble (en-fē'bl), v. t.; pret. and pp. enfee bled, ppr. enfeebling. [Formerly also in feeble; We by synne enfeblen our feith. Wyclif , Select Works (ed. Arnold), I. 94. So much hath hell debased, and pain Enfeebled me, to what I was in heaven. Milton , P. L., ix. 488. Some... enfeeble their understandings by sordid and brutish busine . Jer. Taylor, Holy Living. Syn. Sce list under enervate , enfeeblement (en-fe'bl-ment), n. [ enfeeble + -ment .] The act of enfeebling, or the state of being enfeebled; enervation; weakne . IMG:content-0480.png:[blocks in formation] Bane of every manly art, Sweet enfeebler of the heart! O, too pleasing is thy strain, Hence, to southern climes again. thread, string, rake (a trench), rake (a ve el), = Sp. enfilar = Pg. enfiar = It. in fil are , in fil are , put on a thread, thread, string, in , on, + filum , a thread: see file3 , n. and r.] To put on a thread; thread; string. Thei taughten hym a lace to braied And weue a purs, and to enfile A perle. The common people of India make holes through them, and so wear them enfiled as carkans and collars about their neckes. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxvii, 6. enfiled (en-fild'), p . a. [Pp. of enfile , v.] In her ., transfixing and carrying any object, as the head of a man or beast: said of a sword the blade of which transfixes the object. IMG:content-0481.png:[blocks in formation] With that, like one enfelon'd or distraught, She forth did rome whether her rage her bore. It glads him now to note how th' Orb of Flame Which girts this Globe doth not enfire the Frame. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. enflamet, v. An obsolete variant of inflame . enflesh (en-flesh'), v . t. [ force .] Force; strength; power. incorporate as with the flesh; embody; incar- nate. Vices which are habituated, inbred, and enfleshed in him. Florio, tr. of Montaigne's E ays, p. 173. enfeoff (en-fef'), v . t . [Formerly also infeoff ; the spelling, as also in the simple feoff , q. v., is artificial, after the ML. (Law L.) form infeof- fare, in feof are , feoff are ; prop. spelled enfeff , enfeffen , enfeffer , enfeofer (ML. reflex infeoff are, in feof are ), en- (L. in-) + feffer , in- vest with a fief: see feoff , v.] 1. In law , to give a feud to; hence, to invest with a fee; give any corporeal hereditament to in fee sim-en-, fleur , flos ( flor- ), flower; cf. ple or fee tail. IMG:content-0482.png:[blocks in formation] For thee y ordeyned paradijs; Ful riche was thin enfeffement . Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 163. A Middle English variant of [ fertile .] To fertilize. The rivers Dee and Done make way for themselves and enfertile the fields. Holland, tr. of Camden's Britain, ii. 46. enfetter (en-fet'er), v. t. [ fetter .] To fetter; bind in fetters. His soul is so enfetter'd to her love, That she may make, unmake, do what she list. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. enfever (en-fe'ver), v. t. [ fever , after F. enfiévrer .] To excite fever in. [Rare.] In vain the purer stream To blend the enfevering draught with its pellucid waves. Anna Seward , Sonnets. 2. To clothe with flesh. [Rare.] What though the skeletons have been articulated and enfleshed? G. D. Boardman , Creative Week, p. 57. enfleurage (F. pron. on-flé-räzh'), n. [F., inflorescence.] The proce of extracting deli- cate perfumes from flowers by the agency of inodorous fats. enflowert (en-flou'er), v. t. [Early mod. E. enflore; flower .] To cover or bedeck with flowers. Are none of thine; no, here's Elysium. B. Jonson, Case is Altered, v. 1. enfold (en-fold'), v. t. See infold . enfoliatet (en-fo'li-āt), v . t . See in foliate. enforce (en-förs'), v .; pret. and pp. enforced, ppr. enforcing . [Formerly also inforce ; enforcier (F. enforcir), in- + fort i are , strengthen, fortia (OF. force), strength, force: see forcel , and cf. afforce , de- force, efforce. Cf. effort.] I. trans. 11. To in- crease the force or strength of; make strong; strengthen; fortify. Hur seemely cities too sorowen hem all, Enforced were the entres with egre men fele, That hee ne might in that marc he no maner wende. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 908. And what there is of vengeance in a lion Chaf'd among dogs or robb'd of his dear young, The same, enforc'd more terrible, more mighty, Expect from me. Beau, and Fl . , Phil aster, v. 3. These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, Though by his blindne maim'd for high attempts, Who now defies thee thrice to single fight, As a petty enterprise of small enforce . IMG:content-0483.png:[blocks in formation] make forcible, clear, or intelligible: as, to en- force remarks or arguments. This fable contains and enforces many just and serious considerations. Bacon , Physical Fables, ii., Expl. 3. To gain or extort by force or compulsion; compel: as, to enforce obedience. Sometimes with lunatic bans, sometimes with prayers, Enforce their charity. Shak ., Lear, ii. 3. My busine , urging on a present haste, Enforceth short reply. Ford , Lady's Trial, i. 1. But more enfierced through his currish play, Him sternly grypt, and, hailing to and fro, To overthrow him strongly did a ay. to; cause to be executed or performed: as, to enforce laws or rules. Law confines itself nece arily to such duties as can be H. N. Oxenham , Short Studies, p. 31. IMG:content-0484.png:[blocks in formation] after the nullification of the tariff act of 1832 by South Carolina. enforcer (en-for'sėr), n . One who or that which compels, constrains, or urges; one who effects by violence; one who carries into effect. With my soveraignes leave I'll wed thee to this man, will he, nill he. Phil. Pardon me, sir, I'll be no love enforcer: I use no power of mine unto those ends. Fletcher (and Rowley ), Maid in the Mill, v. 2. That is even now an ineffective speaking to which grimace and gesture ("action," as Demosthenes called them) are not added as enforcers. Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVII. 767. enforcible, a . See enforceable . enforcivet (en-for's iv), a. [ -ive .] Serving or tending to enforce or constrain; compulsory. Me . Not po ible. Cæs. Now, when I come to inforce , as I will do, Your cares, your watch ings, and your many prayers, Your more than many gifts. B. Jonson, Volpone, 1. 1. 8t. To prove; evince. enforest Henry the VIIIth enforrested the grounds thereabouts, though they never attained the full reputation of a for rest in common discourse. Fuller, Worthies, Middle sex. enformt (en-form'), v. t. An obsolete variant of inform1 . enforsootht, v. t. [ME. enforsothen; Y enforsothe me othir whilis, And thinke y wolde lyue a trewe lijf. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 183. enfortt (en-fort'), v. t . [ enfortir = Pr. enfortir = It. in for tire , strengthen, fortis , strong: see fort , and cf. enforce.] To strengthen; fortify. As Salem braveth with her hilly bull warks, Roundly enforted , soe the greate Jehova Closeth his servantes, as a hilly bullwark Ever abiding. Sir P. Sidney , Ps. cxxv. enfortunet (en-fôrtūn), v. t. [ME. enfortunen, fortune , fortune: see en-1 and fortune .] To endow with a fortune. He that wroght it enfortuned it so That every wight that had it shulde have wo. Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 259. enfoulderedt, p. a. [Pp. of * enfoulder , en- + fouldre , F. foudre , fulgur , lightening, flashing, fulgere , flash: see fulgent .] Mingled with lightning. Hart cannot thinke what outrage and what cries, With fowle enfouldred smoake and flashing fire, The hell-bred beast threw forth unto the skies. Spenser, F. Q., I. xi. 40. enTo enframe (en-frām'), v. t.; pret. and pp. framed, ppr. enframing. [ All the powers of the house of Godwin Are not enframed in thee. Tennyson , Harold, i. 1. Out of keeping with the style of the relief upon the gates which it (the frieze] enframes. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 115. enfranchise (en-fran'chiz), v. t.; pret. and pp. enfranchised, ppr. enfranchising. [Formerly also in franchise ; OF.enfranchis- , stem of certain parts of enfranchir, enfraunchir, enfranchier, set free, ree, enfranchise, franchir , set free: see franchise.] 1. To set free; liberate, as from slavery; hence, to free or release from custody, bad habits, or any restraint. If a man have the fortitude and resolution to enfranchise himself (from drinking] at once, that is the best. Bacon , Nature in Men (ed. 1887). This is that which hath enfranchis'd , enlarg'd and lifted up our apprehensions degrees above themselves. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 50. Our great preserver! You have enfranchis'd us from wretched bondage. Fletcher, Double Marriage, v. 3. into freeholds. 1929 a manor to the tenants, so as to convert such tenements enfranchiser (en-fran'chi-zer), n. One who enfranchises.