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Show E- " Endu'd with royal virtues as thou art "Might'ft thou expel this monfter from his throne Milton Whatfoever other knowledge a man may be en- ‘dowed withal, heis but an ignorant perfon who dot not know God, the author of his being Zi//otfon Every Chriftian is exdwed with a power, whereb he is enabled to refit and conquer temptations Tillotforn ‘2. In the following paflage it feems incor re@ly printed for endsw Lea hath erdwed m Go faid dowry with a goo Gen 7. /. [from éndure. Expu'RaNCE 1. Continuance laftingnefs Some of them are of very great antiquity and con tinuance, others more late and of lefs endurance Spenfer's Ireland 2, Patience {ufferance Great things of fmal ‘.g Milton fence and endurance of all evils, of pain, and o death Temple 3. State of fuffering T would fain know whether that man takes a rational courfe to preferve himfelf, who refufes th endurance-of thefe higher troubles, to fecure himfel from a condition infinitely more miferable 4. Delay; procraftination South Obfolete I fhould have ta'en fome pains to bring togethe Yourfelfand your accufers, and have heard you . Without endurance further Shakef. Henry VIII T7o ENDU'RE rare, Latin. 1. To bear broken v. a [endurer, ¥rench; dy to fuftain to fupport un fragile, and lefs enduring of preflure Bacon Both were of thining fteel, and wroughtfo pure As might the ftrokes of two fuch armsendure. Dryd 2. To bear with patience So dearI love him, that with him all death 1 could endure; without him, live no life. Milton The gout haunts ufually the eafy and the rich the nice and the lazy, who grow to ezdure much, becaufe they can exdure little Temple By thine own tongue thou art condemn'd, and muf Endure our law Shakefpeare's Cymbeline "Taking into the city all fuch things as they though needful for the enduring of the fiege, they deftroye .all the reft Knolles's Hif? 3. To undergo to fuftain I wifh to die, yet dare not death exdure ‘4. To continue in Not ufed Dryd. The deer endureth the womb but eight months and iscomplete at fix years T A i ; 70 ENDU'RE. . 7 ¥, To laft; to remain Brown's Vulgar Err to continue Doth the crown endure to every generation Proverbs By being able to repeat meafures of time, or idea of ftated length of duration inour minds, we ca imagine duration, where nothing does really endur or exift Locke A charm that fhall to age endur The mind benevolent and pure 2. To brook; to bear to admit Anon. can 1 endure to fee the evil that fhal come unto my people Or how can I endure t fee the deftruction of my kindred? - E/b. viii. 6 _Our great Englifh lords could not ezdure that an kings fhould reign in Ireland but themfclves; nay they could hardly exdure that the crown of Englan fhould have any power over them Davies ENDU'RER. 7 /. [from endure. 1. One that can bear or endure; fuftdiner Tufferer uprightly; on end America A rude and unpolifhe wit people Tlothful and naked Indians, living in pitiful huts an cabbins, made of poles fet endwife. Ray on the Cr_('.;t To kill To E'NECATE, @, a. [eneco, Lat. to deftroy Some plagues partake of fuch a pernicious degre of malignity, that, in the manner of a moft prefentaneous poifon, they ezecate in two or three hours fuddenly corrupting or extinguifhing the vital {pirits Harvey on the Plague E'Nnemy inimicus [ennemiy ¥rench #. f Latin. 1. A publick foe as if the Irifh had never been in conditio of fubjects, but always out of the protection of th Dawies on Ireland law The enemy thinks of raifing threefcore thoufan men for the next fummer Addifon on the War 2. A private opponent an antagonift I fay unto you, love your exemics 3. Any one who regards another wit levolence Matt ma not a friend Kent in difguife Follow'd his enemy king, and did him fervic Improper for a flave Shakefpeare's King Lear 4. One that diflikes He that defignedly ufes ambiguities, ought to b looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge. Lacke Thefe heroes were no friends to love And bolder he who dares aver That they were enemies to war 5. [In theology. Prior 'The fiend; the devil Defend us from the danger of the ezemy E~NERGE'TICK 1. Forcible effe& adj Commion Prayer [s'vsgyn'rmog. afive; vigorous; powerful i efficacious Thefe miafms entering the body, are not fo exergetick as to venenate the entire mafs of blood in a inftant Harvey 2. Operative; aftive; working; not at reft If then we will conceive of God truly, and, a far as we can, adequately, we muft look upon hi not only as an eternal Being, but alfo as a Bein eternally energetick Grew E'NERGY. 2. /. [#9egysia. 1. Power not exerted in action They are not effetive of any thing, nor leave n wor behin them but ar ezergies merely their working upon mirrours, and place doth not alter any thing in thofe bodies fo of echo Bacon 2. Yorce; vigour; efficacy; influence Whether with particles of heav'nly fir Labour not for the meat which. perifheth, but fo that meat which exdureth unto everlattinglife. ok For ho ~ Ereétly Bold is the critick, who dares prov The hardnefs of bodies is caufed chiefly by th jejunenefs of the {pirits, and their imparity with th tangible parts, which make them not only hard, bu 2. Continuer; lafter BE'Npwise. adv. [end and wife. enemies Their fortitude was moft admirable in their pre They are very valiant and hardy; for the mof part great exdurers of cold, labour, hunger, and p:ll Spenfer hardinefs All thefe ftatutes fpeak of Englith rebels and Trif One can create; and in what place foe'e Thrive under evil, and work eafe out of pain Through labour and endurance ENT The God of nature did his foul infpire Or earth; butnew divided from the fky Dryd And pliant ftill, retain'd th' ethereal ezergy Go thinketh with operatio infinitely perfect with an omnipotent as well as an eternal energ y Greaw Beg the blefled Jefus to give an erergy to you imperfect prayers, by his moft powerful interceffion Smalridge What but God Infpiring God! who, boundlefs fpirit all And unremitting energ y, pervades 3. Faculty Matter move and agitates the whole fuftains Adjuflts Thom/on operation thoug {wiftly divide into the fubtileft parts 1s fenfelefs an ftupid an make no approach to vital exzerg y Ray How can concuffion of atoms beget felf-confcionfnefs, and powers and erergies that we feel in ou minds Bentley 4. Strength of expreffion; force of fignification; fpirit; life Who did ever, in French authors, fe The comprehenfive Englifh encrgy Rofeommon Swift and ready, and familiar communication i made by fpeech; and, when animated by elocution it acquires a, greater life and energy, ravifhing an Holder captivating the hearers Many words deferve to be thrown out of our language, and not a few antiquated to be reftored, o Swift account of their energy and found To ENe/'RVATE. w. a. [enerve, Lat.] 'T weaken; te deprive of fofce; to emafculate Great empires, while they ftand, do erervate an deftroy the forces of the natives which they hav fubdued, refting upon their own protecting forces Bacorn Sheepifh foftnefs often enervates thofe who are bre Locke. like fondlings at home On each enervate ftring they taught the note, To pant, ortremble through an eunuch's throat. Pope Footmen exercife themfelves, whilft their encr vated lords are foftly lolling in their chariots Arbuthnot and Pcpe Exerva/TioN. #. f. [from ezerve. 1. The a& of weakening; emafculation 2. 'The ftate of being weakened; effeminacy 7o ENE'RVE. w. a. [enervo, Lat.] To weak en; to break the force of to crafh We thall be able to folve and exerve their force Dighy Such objet hath the pow'r to foft'n and tam Severeft temper, fmooth the rugged'ft brow Enerve, and with voluptuous hope diffolve. Milion To Exva'MisH. v. a. [from famjh.] T ftarve; to famifh; to kill with hunger Dict 7o ENFEE'BLE. w. a. [from feeble.] 'T weaken to enervate; to deprive o ftrength I've belied a lady The princefs of this country and the air on' Revengingly erfeebles me. ~Shakefpeare's Cymbelire My people are with ficknefs much enfeebled. Skak Much hath hell debas'd, and pai Milton Enfeebl'd me, to what I was in heay'n Some employ their time in affairs below the dig nity of their perfons; and being called by God, o the republick to bea grea burdens d enfeebl their underftandings by fordid and brutith bufinefs Taylor's Rule of living holy Sure, nature form'd me of her fofteft mold Enfeebled all my foul with tender paffions And funk me even below my own weak fex. Addif 70 ENFE'OFF « a [ feoffamentum lo To inveft with any dignities o Latin. pofleflions. A law term If the eldeit fon enfesff the fecond, referving ho mage, and that homage paid, and then the fecon fon dies without iffue, it will defcend to the eldeft a heir, and the feignory is extinct Hale ExrFrlOFFMENT, 7 /. [from enfeoff. 1. The aét of enfeoffing 2. 'The inftrument or deed by which one i invefted with poffeffions To Exve'TTER. w. @. [from ferter.] 'T bind in fetters; to enchain Not in ufe His foul is fo enfetter'd to her love That fhe may make, unmake, do what the lift Shakefpeare ENFILA'DE. n. /. [Fr.] A ftrait paflage any thing through which a right line ma be drawn. Military term 7o ENFILA'DE, @, a. [from the noun.] T pierce in aright line The avenues, being cut through the wood in righ lities, were enfiladed by the Spanith cannon ZLxpedition 1o Carthagend To ENxFr'RE. @. 2. [from fire. To fire to {et on fire; to kindle Obfolete 8o hatd thofe heavenly beauties be enfir'd As things divipe, lealt paffions do imprefs, Spenfer 1l |