enlighten (enlitn)

t. [Formerly also in lighten; His lightnings enlightened the world. Ps. xcvii. 4. Syene, seated under the Tropick of Cancer, in which was a well of marvellous depth, enlight ned throughout by the Sun. Sandys , Travailes, p. 86. 2. To give intellectual or spiritual light to; illuminate by increase of knowledge and wisdom; instruct; impart knowledge to: as, to en lighten an ignorant community; she was soon enlightened as to his motives. For it is impo ible for those who were once enlightened,... if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance. Heb. vi. 4-6. 'Tis he who enlightens our understandings. Rogers . The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God. Abp . Trench. =Syn. 1. To illume, illumine, irradiate.-2. To teach. enlightened (en-li'tnd), p. a. [Pp. of enlighten, v.] 14. Illuminated; supplied with light; light giving. Mr. Bradley, F. R. S., supposes the Will with the Wisp to be no more than a Group of small enlightened Insects. Bourne's Pop. Antiq . (1777), p. 372. 2. Po e ing or manifesting enlightenment; having or showing much knowledge or acquired wisdom; specifically, freed from blinding ignorance, prejudice, superstition, etc.: used to note the highest stage of general human advancement, as in the series savage, barbarous, half civilized, civilized, and enlightened. It pleases me sometimes to think of the very great number of important subjects which have been discu ed in the Edinburgh Review in so enlightened a manner. Sydney Smith , in Lady Holland, iv. enlightener (en-li'tn-ér), n. One who illuminates; one who or that which communicates light to the eye or clear views to the mind. O sent from Heaven, Enlightener of my darkne , gracious things Thou hast reveal'd. Milton, P. L., xii. 271. enlink (en-link'), v. t. [ What is it then to me, if impious war, Array'd in flames, like to the prince of fiends, Do, with his smirch'd complexion, all fell feats Enlink'd to waste and desolation? There, warm'd alike by Sol's enlivening power, The weed, aspiring, emulates the flower. Shenstone. enlivening (en-li'vn-ing), n. [Verbal n. of en- liven , v.] That which enlivens or makes gay. The good man is full of joyful enliven ings . enlivenment (en-li'vn-ment), n. [ enliven + -ment.] 1. The act of enlivening or of making or becoming live, vigorous, or active. The rappings, the trance mediums, the visions of hands without bodies,. the enlivenment of furniture we have invented none of them, they are all heirlooms. 2. The act of making or becoming gay, ani- mated, or vivacious. His talk was full of little unexpected turns in the midst of sober discu ion, a flash of enlivenment, Quoted in Merriam's Life of Bowles, II. 408. enlockt (en-lok'), v. t. [ lock1 .] Το lock up; inclose. That sacred Saint my soveraigne Queene, In whose chast brest all bountie naturall And treasures of true love enlocked beene. or state of being hostile; a feeling or condition of antagonism; ill will; variance; discord. I will put enmity between thee and the woman. The friendship of the world is enmity with God. Jas. iv. 4. There is now profe ed actual Enmity betwixt France and Spain. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 18. Such an opportunity could not but be welcome to a nature which was implacable in enmity . Macaulay , Add is on. =Syn. Animosity , Ill will, Malice , etc. See animosity and odium. in lum in are , illuminare , light up: see illu- mine, and cf. enlimn.] To illumine; enlighten; give light to. That same great glorions lampe of light That doth enlumine all these le er fyres. Even so doe those rough and harsh termes enlumine , and make more clearly to appeare, the brightne e of brave and glorious words. Spenser , Shep. Cal., Ded. enluringt (en-lur'ing), n. [Verbal n. of * enlure , v., en -1 + lure .] Luring; enticement. Davies . They know not the detractions of slander,.. provo- cations, heats, enlurings of lusts. But I have noted in her, from her birth, A strange ennated kind of courtesy. Webster ( and Dekker ?), Weakest Goeth to the Wall, ii. 2. Ennea (en'e-ä), n. [NL., ἐννέα = Ε. nine.] A genus of pulmonate gastropods, or snails, of the family Helicida . Adams , 1858. Of the pot and gla es enluting [var. englut ing , Туг- whitt]. Chaucer , Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 213. enmanché (F. pron. on-mon-sha'), a. [Heral- dic F., en , = E. en -1, + manche , a sleeve.] In her ., as if resembling or covered with a sleeve. enmarblet (en-mär'bl), v . t . Same as emmarble . en ma e (on mas). [F.: en , in; ma e , ma : see in and ma 2 .] In ma ; all together: as, the audience rose en ma e . enmesh (en-mesh'), v. t. [ immesh , q. v.] To inclose in or as if in meshes; immesh; entangle; snare. So will I turn her virtue into pitch; And out of her own goodne make the net That shall enmesh them all. Shak ., Othello, ii. 3. Fly thither? But I cannot fly; My doubts enmesh me if I try. enneagon (en'e-a-gon), n. nine, + γωνία , an angle.] In geom ., a polygon or plane figure with nine angles. enneagonal (en-e-ag'ō-nal), a. [ geom ., having nine angles; pertain- ing to an enneagon. - Enneagonal number, a num- ber of the formn (7-5). Such are 1, 9, 24, 46, etc. enneagynous (en-ē-aj'i-nus), a. [ ἐννέα , = Ε. nine, + γυνή , a woman (in mod. bot. a pis- til), + -ous.] In bot . , having nine pistils or M. N. Murfree, Prophet of Great Smoky Mts., p. 120. enmewt (en-mū'), v . t . Same as emmew . enmiddest, prep. A Middle English variant of styles: said of a flower or plant. amidst . Enmyddes the medew founde where he stode, Thys cruell geaunt which that he had slain. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3097. enminglet (en-ming'gl), v. t. [ =Syn. 2. To exhilarate, cheer, inspirit, gladden, in vigor ate, rouse, wake up. enlivener (en-li'vn-ér), n. One who or that which enlivens, animates, vivifies, or in vigor- Fire, th' enlivener of the general frame. Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 427. Love embittered with tears Suits but ill with my years Burgoyne , Lord of the Manor, I. i. enmioust (en'mi-us), a. [ enmy , obs. form of enemy, + -ous. Cf. OF. enemieux .] Full of en- mity; inimical. Fox . enmity (en'mi-ti), n.; pl. enmities (-tiz). [Early mod. E. also enmitie , enimitie ; enemistie , older enamistiet , mod. restored inimitié = Pr. enemistat = Sp. enemistad = Pg. inimizade = It. nemistà , nemistade, nemistate , in i mic it a (t-)s for L. in i mic it i a , en- mity, inimicus , an enemy, > OF. enemi , > E. enemy : see enemy1. Cf. amity , the same word as enmity , without the negative.] The quality ennealogyt (en-e-al'ō-ji), n. [ ἐννέα , = E. nine, + -λογία, λέγειν , speak: see -ology .] A speaking or treating of nine points; also, an oration or a treatise divided into nine points or chapters. Bailey , 1727. enneander (en-e-an'der), n. [ enneandrus : see en- neandrous .] In bot . , a plant having nine stamens. Enneandria (en-e-an'dri-ä), n. pl. [NL., enneandrus : see enneandrous .] The ninth cla of the Linnean system of plants, comprising such as have perfect flowers with umbel lat us, belonging nine stamens. ates. Flower of Butomus to the cla Enneandria. enneandrian