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Show EN B Englith, by not putting things to the hazatd of battle, but wearing them by long fieges of towns and ftrong fortified encampings Bacon 9o Exca'mp. w4, To form an army int a regular camp; to order to encamp ENCHA'NTMENT French. 1. Magica forcery Kings 1. The att of encamping, or pitching tents 2. A camp 7o Encalve. @, a. [from cave. asin a cave To hid Shakefp The wind-fhak'd furge, with high and monftrou main Fell banning hag! exchantrefs, hold thy tongue 2. A woman whofe beauty or excellencie give irrefiftible influence From this enchantrefs all thefe ills are come You are not fafe 'till you pronounce her doom. Dryd Oft with th' enchantrefs of his foul he talks Sometimes in crowds diftrefs'd t hol {fo as to be held faft What fhouldI do! while here I was exchain'd 2 No glimpfe of godlike liberty remain'd To link together Words, - which 7o ENCHANT What fee'ft thou there King Henry's diadem Dryden 3. To adorn by raifed or embofled work Whe was old Sherewood's head more quaintl curl'd Or look'd the earth more green upon the wotld Or nature's cradle more exzchas'd and purl'd And now about the cauldron fing Excuealson. n fi [encheafon French.] Caufe; occafion Skinner ‘That door where no admittance now. is found But where my foul is ever hov'ring round. Granville 2. To fubdue by charms or fpells Felton Enchas'd with all the honours of the world | Shakef They houfes burn, and houfehold gods deface To drink in bowls which glitt'ring gems excha/e of forcery thin look, when tranfpofed 2. To adorn by being fixed upon it 1. To give efficacy to any thing by fong Like elves and fairies in a ring Euchanting all that you put in Shakefpeare Thefe powerful drops thrice on the threfhold pour And bathe with this enchanted juice her doo fituation into notes, as if fet in lead to concatenate . a. [enchanter, French. in their natura like jewels exchafed in gold Dryden The one contracts and enchains his words, fpeaking preflingly and fhort; the other delights in longbreathed accents Houvel but not concealed Like polifh'd iv'ry, beauteous to behold Or Parian marble, when exchas'd in gold. Drydern i to hold in bondage Thomfon To Excualse. w. a. [enchaffer, French. 1. To infix; to enclofe in any other bod @. a. [enchainer, French. Ben Fonfon ol Cowel Ia Bailey Certes, faid he, well mote I fhould to tel The fond excheafor that me hither led, Fairy Queen all hi Nick had not given them fome intoxicating potion Arbuthnot That ftranger gueft the Paphian realm obeys A realm defended with encircling feas Pope Beneath a fculptur'd arch he fits enthron'd wa the charme circle {pirits for ever fhould be exchanted John thinks them all exchanted wher Sidney he enquires i 3. 'To delight in a high degree The lpeers encircling, form an awful round -One whom the mufick of his own vain tongu Doth ravith like enchanting harmony Shakefpeare Beauty unchafte is beauty in difgrace Pope Excr'rever, z /. [from circle. a ring Toodear I priz'd a fair enchanting face ENCHAN'TER. 7. [, [enchantenr, French. A magician; a forcerer; one who ha fpirits or demons at his command; on who has the power of charms and fpells Such phafins, fuch apparitions, are excellencie which men applaud in themfelves, conjured up b the magick of a flrong imagination, and only fee within that circle in which, the ezchanter ftands Gladio by valour and firatagem Da‘qy 0‘/‘ P iety put to deat tyrants, enchanters, montters, and knights Spelt Ardan, that black enchanter, whofe dire art Enflav'd our knights, and broke our virgin hearts Granv Excua/NTINGLY. adv. [from enchant With the force of enchantment It i improperly ufed in a paflive {enfe in th following paflage He's gentle; never fchool'd, and yet learned of noble deviee5 of all forts enchantingly belov'd ful . Shakefpeare Pope A circle In whofe encircless if ye gaze Your eyes may tread a lover's maze Sidney Excri'ricks. n f. [#yzairine.] Particle which throw back the accent upon th foregoing fyllable 7 ENcLO'sE v a [enclos, French. 1. To part from things or grounds common by a fence The protettor caufe a proclamatio to be fe forth againft enclofures, commanding that they wh had enclofed lands, accuftomed to lie open, fhould la them open again Hayward As muc lan as product of, fo muc the common ma tills and ca uf th he by his labour exciofes fro Locke For enclofing of land, the ufual way is with a ban fet with quick Mortimer's Hufbandry 2. T environ to encircle t furround to encompafs; to fhut in betwee things; to include . Th T' enclofe the lock3 now join fourt ro a beryl and an onyx othe and Jafper: they fhall be fet in gold in their enclofings Exy xxviii, 20 it, to divide Pope 3. To hold by an exclufive claim ExcrLo'ser. . /. [from enclyfe. 1. One that enclofes or feparates commo fields in feveral diftiné& properties 1 Ma Go Ma God had laid all common, certainl would have been th' exnc/gfer; but fince no hath impal'd us, on the contrary breaks the fence Herbert 2. Any thing in which another is enclofed Encro'sure. 7 /i [from enclofe. 1. The act of enclofing or environing an thing membrane ar for th comprehenfion o erclofure of all thefe together Wilkins 2, 'Thefeparation of common grounds int diftinét pofleflions Enclofures began to be frequent, whereby arabl land was turned into patture Bacon's Henry VI Touching enclofieres, a company of lands inclofe are thereby improved in worth two or three parts a the leaft Hayward 3. 'The appropriation of things common Let no man appropriate what God hath mad common; that is againft juftice and charity, an by miraculous accidents God hath declared his dif pleafure againtt fuch enclofure Taylor 4. State of being thut up in any place compafled, or environed en This exprefles particularly the enclsfure of th waters within the earth Burnet's Theory For the young, during its enclyfure in the womb there are formed membranes inveloping it, calle fecundines Ray 5. The fpace enclofed; the fpace comprehended within certain limits And all, that elfe this world's enclofure baf Hath great or glorious in mortal eye Adorns the perfon of her Majefty Fairy Queen They are to live all in a body, and "generall within the fame enc/ofure; to marry among themfelves, and to cat no meats that are not prepared their own way 70 EnciI'RCLE. @, a. [from circle.] 'T furround; to environ; to enclofe in ring or circle; to enring Arcadi The peer now fpreads the glitt'sing forfex wide Th arts - Seems to caft water on the burning bear 1 never did like moleftation vie On the enchafed food Shakefpeare's Othello chains; to bind de I have it by certain tradition, that it was give to the firft who wore it by an exchantrefs Tatler ENCEINTE. m f. [French.] Inclofure ground inclofed with a fortification, _military term not yet naturalifed 7o ENCHA'FE. v a. [efchauffer, French. To enrage; to irritate; to provoke a chain overpowerin Shakefpeare _That dwell in ev'ry region of his face ForI will make him tell the tale anew faften wit incantation Excua'NTRESS, 72,/. [enchantereffe, French. 1. A forcerefs; a woman verfed in magica And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable {corns 1. T f{pells univerfal applaufe, ‘which holds the heart ofa reade under the ttrongeft exchantment Pope' Do but encave yourfelf 7o Excua'is [enchantement Warmth of fancy will carry the loudeft and mof Grew When a gen'ral bids the martial trai Spread their encampment o'er the fpacious plain Thick rifing tents a canvas city build Gay's Trivia f influence light in thei encampments, weapons, or fomething elfe charms 2. Irrefiftibl tents pitched in order Their enemies ferved to improve the B N The Turks thought that tempeft was brough upon them by the charms and exchantments of th Perfian magicians Knolles The people were encamped againft Gibbethon Exca'MpMENT. 2 /. [from excamp. 6. Several parate Ea Addifon's Spetiator ground enclofed groun from the common is not the common him rich Exco'miast but the enc/ofure muft mak = / {fe South [fvropminsns. A pa negyrift; a proclaimer of praife; apraifer The Jefuits are the great excomiaffs of the Chinefe Locke Excomria'sticaL. | adj EncoMmialsTick [iyrommdsin®-. Panegyrical; laudato ty; containing praife ; beftowing praife ENCOMIUM. 7. /. [éyxapsr.] Panegyrick ; praife; elogy How eagerly do fome men propagate every littl encomium their parafites make of them Gov. Ton A vile encomium doubly ridicules There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools Pope 7o Exco'mpass 1. 'Toenclofe v. a. [from compaf. t encircle Look how my ring encompa/feth thy finger Ev'n fo thy breaft encldfeth my poor heart. Shake/ Two ftrong ligaments ezcampafs the whole head o the femur Wifeman's Surgery Poetick fields encompafs me around And ftill I feem to tread on claffick ground. Addifor 2. To fhut in; to furround to environ He, having fearce fix thoufand in his troop By three and twenty thoufand of the Frenc Was round encaompaffed, and {et upon Shakef 3. To go round any place; as, Drake encompafled he awvorld Exco'mMpassmeNT. . / [from encompafs. Circumlocution oblique tendency o talk Findin By this encompaffinent and drift of queftion That they do know my fon, come you more near £ .S';'}a/«_';'pc\;r ENCU'RE |