Enthronize
(En*thron"ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enthronized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enthronizing ] [See Inthronize.]
To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop.
There openly enthronized as the very elected king.
Knolles. Enthuse
(En*thuse") v. t. & i. To make or become enthusiastic. [Slang]
Enthusiasm
(En*thu"si*asm) n. [Gr. , fr. to be inspired or possessed by the god, fr. inspired: cf. enthousiasme.
See Entheal, Theism.]
1. Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and
revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.
Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed
or overweening imagination.
Locke. 2. A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the
wearing duties of hard everyday routine.
Froude.
Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness.
Bancroft. 3. Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent
and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Emerson. 4. Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.
Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm.
Prescott. Enthusiast
(En*thu"si*ast) n. [Gr. : cf. F. enthousiaste.] One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as:
(a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious
madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who
is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
W. Irving. Syn. — Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.
Enthusiastic
(En*thu`si*as"tic En*thu`si*as"tic*al) a. Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as,
an enthusiastic lover of art. "Enthusiastical raptures." Calamy. — En*thu`si*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
A young man . . . of a visionary and enthusiastic character.
W. Irving. Enthusiastic
(En*thu`si*as"tic), n. An enthusiast; a zealot. [Obs.]
Enthymematic
(En`thy*me*mat"ic En`thy*me*mat"ic*al) a. Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.
Enthymeme
(En"thy*meme) n. [Gr. fr. to keep in mind, consider; in + mind, soul.] (Logic) An argument
consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one
premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is
suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent
creatures; therefore we should be humble.
