enecatet (enekat)

t. [ Some plagues partake of such a pernicious degree of malignity that, in the manner of a most present a neo us poison, they enecate in two or three hours, suddenly corrupting or extinguishing the vital spirits. Harvey, The Plague. 1926 I say unto you, Love your enemies. Mat. v. 44. It [the rhinoceros] is enemie to the Elephant. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 503. Locke. Specifically-2. An opposing military force. See the enemy , below.-3. A foreign state which is in a condition of open hostility to the state in relation to which the former is regarded, or a subject of such a state.-4. That which is inimical; anything that is hurtful or dangerous: as, strong drink is one of man's worst enemies; a bad conscience is an enemy to peace. An enemy to truth and knowledge. I am sure care's an enemy to life. Shak., T. N., 1. 3. Alien enemy, a natural-born subject of a sovereign state which is actually at war with the state in relation to which such person is regarded. - Public enemy, king's enemy, queen's enemy, an enemy with whom the state is at open war, including pirates on the high seas. - The enemy. (a) Milit . , the opposing force: used as a collective noun, and construed with a verb or pronoun either in the singular or plural. The enemy thinks of raising threescore you sand men for the next summer. Add is on , State of the War. We have met the enemy , and they are ours. Com. O. H. Perry (in despatch announcing the battle [of Lake Erie, Sept. 10th, 1813). (6) The adversary of mankind; the devil; Satan. (c) Time: as, how goes the enemy? (=what o'clock is it?); to kill the enemy. [Slang.] "How goes the enemy, Snobb?" asked Sir Mulberry Hawk. "Four minutes gone." Dickens, Nicholas Nickle by, xix. =Syn. Antagonist , Opponent , etc. See adversary. II. a. 11. Inimical; hostile; opposed. They every day grow more enemy to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. In international law, belonging to a public enemy; belonging to a hostile power or to any of its subjects: as, enemy property. Enemy ship does not make enemy goods. Encyc. Brit ., XIII. 195. IMG:content-0478.png:[blocks in formation] To me hath Heaven with bounteous hand a igned Energic Reason and a shaping mind. Cole ridge, On a Friend. 2. In physics , exhibiting energy or force; pro- ducing direct physical effect; acting; operat- ing: as, heat is an energic agent. energical (e-ner'ji-kal), a. [ energic + -al .] Same as energic . The learned and moderate of the reformed churches abhor the foppery of such conceits, and confe our polity to be productive of more energical and powerful preachers than any church in Europe. Water house, Apol. for Learning (1653), p. 85. energico (e-ner'jē-kō), a . [It.: see energic .] In music, energetic: indicating a pa age to be rendered with strong articulation and accentuation. energize (en'er-jiz), v.; pret. and pp. energized, ppr. energizing. [ First comes, of course, the creation of matter, its chaotic or nebulous condition, and the energizing of it by the brooding spirit. Science, III. 600. II. in trans. To act with energy or force; operate with vigor; act in producing an effect. Those nobler ecstasies of energizing love, of which flesh and blood, the animal part of us, can no more partake than it can inherit heaven. Horsley, Works, III. xxv. Also spelled energise . ennemier, in i mic are , make hostile, cus , hostile, an enemy: see enemy1 , n.] To be hostile. Wyclif . enemy2 (en'e-mi), n. A dialectal corruption of anemone. Doon i' the woild' enemies . Tennyson, Northern Farmer (O. S.). enemy3, n. A dialectal (Scotch) corruption of emmet. en échelle (on a-shel'). [F.: en, in; échelle , ladder.] Arranged in horizontal bars, like those of a ladder, as trimmings of any kind upon a garment, or any other ladder-like for enemy-chit (en'e-mi-chit), n. The female of mation.