enravish

t. [Pref. en, and Eng. ravish (q. v.).] To throw into an ecstasy; to transport; to enrapture. "What wonder, Frail men, whose eyes seek heavenly things to see, At sight thereof, so much enravished be?" Spenser: Hymn of Heavenly Love, 131, 132. en-răv-Ish-Ing, pr . par . , a . & 8. [ENRAVISH.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj (See the verb.) C. As subst: The act of enrapturing or transporting with delight. en-răv-Ish-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. enravishing; -ly.] In an enravishing manner; so as to throw into an ecstasy. "More exquisitely and enravishingly move the nerves." -More: Antidote against Atheism , App., ch. xiii. ěn-răv-Ish-ment, s. [Eng. enravish; -ment.] The state of being enravished; ecstasy, rapture. "They contract a kind of splendor from the seemingly obscuring vail, which adds to the enravishments of her transported admirers."- Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a, ch. xxiv. ěn-rěg-is-tër, v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. register (q. v.).] To register; to enter as in a register or record. ěn-rich', v. t. [O. Fr. enrichir; Fr. enricher; en = in, and riche =rich.] 1. To make rich or wealthy; to give riches to. "Studious with traffic to enrich the land." Dryden: Tarquin and Tullia. IMG:content-1023.png:[blocks in formation] tion. 3. A filling, storing or enriching with abundance of anything. "Not without great and ample additions, and enrich ment thereof." - Bacon: Holy War. 4. Anything which is added as an ornament or decoration.