Enhearten
(En*heart"en) v. t. To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.

The enemy exults and is enheartened.
I. Taylor.

Enhedge
(En*hedge") v. t. To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.

Enhort
(En*hort") v. t. [OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort.] To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

Enhunger
(En*hun"ger) v. t. To make hungry.

Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life.
J. Martineau.

Enhydros
(||En*hy"dros) n. [NL. See Enhydrous.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Enhydrous
(En*hy"drous) a. [Gr. in + water.] Having water within; containing fluid drops; — said of certain crystals.

Enigma
(E*nig"ma) n.; pl. enigmas (- maz). [L. aenigma, Gr. a'i`nigma, fr. a'ini`ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a'i^nos tale, fable.]

1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals.
Pope.

2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.


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