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en- 1或 em- 或 in-
pref.（前缀）

To put into or onto:
放入或放上：
encapsulate.
用胶囊封装
To go into or onto:
走进或走上：
enplane.
上飞机

To cover or provide with:
以…覆盖或提供：
enrobe.
穿衣
To cause to be:
使成为：
endear.
使受喜欢
Thoroughly. Used often as an intensive:
彻底地。通常用来作为加强语义：
entangle.
使…乱七八糟

语源

Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自古法语
from Latin in- [in] * see en
源自拉丁语 in- [在…里] *参见 en

en- 2或 em-
pref.（前缀）

In; into; within:
在…里；进入；在…之内：
enzootic.
地方性的

语源

Middle English
中古英语
from Latin
源自拉丁语
from Greek * see en
源自希腊语 *参见 en

en-¹ or em-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

(from nouns)

put in or on

⇒ entomb

⇒ enthrone

go on or into

⇒ enplane

surround or cover with

⇒ enmesh

furnish with

⇒ empower

(from adjectives and nouns) cause to be in a certain condition

⇒ enable

⇒ encourage

⇒ enrich

⇒ enslave

Origin

via Old French from Latin in- in-²

en-² or em-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

in; into; inside

⇒ endemic

Origin

from Greek (often via Latin); compare in-¹, in-²

en-¹

Word Origin

a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “to confine in or place on” (enshrine; enthrone; entomb); “to cause to be in” (enslave; entrust; enrich; encourage; endear); “to restrict” in the manner named by the stem, typically with the additional sense “on all sides, completely” (enwind; encircle; enclose; entwine). This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive (enkindle; enliven; enshield; enface).

Also, before labial consonants, em-¹.

Compare be-, in-².

Origin

Middle English < Old French < Latin in- in-²

en-²

a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek:

energy; enthusiasm.

Also, before labial consonants, em-².

Origin

< Greek (often through L); cognate with in-¹, in-²

en-I.

a prefix meaning primarily 'in', 'into', first occurring in words from French, but now used freely as an English formative:

1. with the old concrete force of putting the object into or on something or of bringing the object into the specified condition, often serving to form transitive verbs from nouns or adjectives, as in enable, enact, endear, engulf, enshrine, enslave.

2. prefixed to verbs, to make them transitive, or, if already transitive, to give them the transitive sign, as in enkindle, entwine, engild, engird, engrave, enshield.

Compare in-², im-¹. Also, em-. [French, from Latin in-, representing in (preposition) in, into, on, to]

Usage: This prefix derives from French, whereas the prefix with which it is sometimes in variation, in-, derives directly from Latin. Corpus evidence shows that in Australian English a distinction in meaning has arisen between ensure and insure. In other cases, for example enquire and inquire, the forms are interchangeable. Some organisations, such as newspapers, tend to standardise on the in- form, but there are also those who make a distinction between, for example, an official inquiry and an informal enquiry.

II.

a prefix representing Greek en-, corresponding to en-¹ and occurring chiefly in combinations already formed in Greek, as energy, enthusiasm.

Also, em-.

en-

prefix
also em- \\\\in also en; sometimes only in is shown when en is infrequent\\\\

ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin in-, im-, from in

1. put into or onto
    enthrone
: cover with
    enshroud
: go into or onto
    enplane
— in verbs formed from nouns
2. cause to be
    enslave
— in verbs formed from adjectives or nouns
3. provide with
    empower
— in verbs formed from nouns
4. so as to cover
    enwrap
: thoroughly
    entangle
— in verbs formed from verbs; in all senses usually em- before b, m, or p

prefix
also em-

ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin, from Greek, from en in — more at in

: in : within
enzootic
— usually em- before b, m, or p
empathy

en-²

/en/

（亦作 em-）

prefix

within; inside 在…之内; 内：: empathy

energy

enthusiasm.

词源

from Greek.

en-¹

/en/

（亦作 em-）

prefix

(added to nouns) forming verbs meaning 'put into or on' ［加在名词前构成动词］表示“置于…之中（或之上）”：: engulf

embed.

(added to nouns and adjectives) forming verbs meaning 'bring into the condition of' (as in encrust ) ［加在名词和形容词前构成动词, 如encrust］表示“使处于…状态”。

■ often forming verbs having the suffix -en (as in embolden, enliven ) ［常构成带有后缀- en的动词, 如 embolden, enliven］。

(added to verbs) in; into; on ［加在动词之前］表示“在…之中”, “到…之中”, “在…之上”：: ensnare.

■ as an intensifier ［用以加强语气］：: entangle.

词源

from French, from Latin in-. see IN-², a commonly found by-form.

▪ I.en-, prefix¹the form assumed in Fr. (as also in Pr., Sp., Pg.) by the L. prepositional prefix in- (see in-). The Eng. words in which it appears are partly adaptations of Fr. (occasionally Sp.) words, either of L. descent or formed in Romanic, and partly original formations upon Eng. words.A. Forms.1. In modern orthography and pronunciation en- becomes em- before b and p, and occasionally before m. This rule was not fully established in spelling before the 17th c.; in ME., as in OF. and OSp., enb-, enp- are more frequent than emb-, emp-, though the latter may perhaps represent what was the actual pronunciation.2. In ME. (as in OF.) en-, em-, freq. became an-, am- (a form which survives in ambush). This an-, am-, like the native prefix an- 1, was often reduced to a-: see appair, aprise. Conversely, the prefix a- of various origin was often changed into en-, as in embraid.3. From 14th c. onwards the prefix in- im-) has been frequently substituted for en- (em-); and, conversely, en- (em-) has been substituted for the prefix in- im-) of words of L. or It. origin, and for the native Eng. in-. Nearly every word, of long standing in the language, which is formed with en- has at some period been written also with in-. Hence it is often impossible to determine whether in a particular word of Eng. formation the prefix en- or in- is due to the analogy of words of Fr., Lat., or purely Eng. origin; in many instances it must have been applied merely as a recognized Eng. formative, without reference to the analogy of any individual word. In 17th c. the form in- (im-) was generally preferred; the now prevailing tendency is to use en- (em-) in Eng. formations, and where the prefix represents Fr. en-; and in mod. reprints of 17th c. books, and in Dicts., the in- (im-) of the original texts is often replaced by en- (em-). In some words, however, as em-, imbed, en-, inclose, the form with in- still occurs, but in most cases less frequently than the en- forms; in a few instances in- has entirely superseded en-, even where the latter is etymologically more correct, as in imbrue, impair, inquest. In a few words (e.g. ensure, insure) the alternative forms have (in very modern times) been appropriated to express different senses. As a general rule the en- and in- forms are in this Dict. treated as belonging to one and the same word. A word still surviving in use is treated in the alphabetical place of its now more frequent form. In the case of obs. words, where there is no decided preponderance in usage, the choice of the typical form has been determined by etymological considerations: thus the adapted words from Fr. or Sp. with en-, and new formations app. on the analogy of these, are by preference placed under E; while words app. formed on Latin analogies, or prob. originating as compounds of the Eng. prep. in, will appear under I.The substitution of in- for en- has in part been due to notions of etymological fitness, the Romanic en- having been regarded as a corrupt and improper form of the L. in-, while the Eng. formations in en- were either referred to L. analogies or treated as compounds of the native preposition. The phenomenon seems, however, to be partly of phonetic origin. The sound of |ɛ| initial and unstressed has in careless speech a tendency to pass into |ɪ|; cf. the colloq. pronunciation of effect, ellipse, essential. Hence such forms as embed, imbed, enclose, inclose are in familiar pronunciation really homophones; many persons use the en- forms in writing, and (unconsciously) the in- forms in speech. From the occurrence of spellings like inbassed for embassade in the fourteenth century, it may be surmised that the tendency to ‘raise’ the initial |ɛ| has existed from an early period.B. Signification and uses.The applications of the prefix in Fr. (Pr., Sp., Pg.), and hence in Eng., are substantially identical with those of the L. in-, which was used to form vbs. (1) from ns., with sense ‘to put (something) into or on what is denoted by the n.’, or ‘to put’ what is denoted by the n. ‘into or on (something)’; (2) from ns. or adjs., with sense ‘to bring or to come into a certain condition or state, to invest with a certain quality’; (3) from other vbs., with added notion of ‘within’, ‘into’, ‘upon’, or ‘against’, or with merely intensive force. Many L. or late L. words of this formation came down into Romanic, and have thence been adapted in Eng. In Romanic the prefix was extensively applied in the formation of new words, in strict accordance with L. analogies, exc. that in formations upon vbs. the notion of ‘against’ rarely or never occurs. In Eng. the analogy of the many words with en- adapted from Romanic gave rise to the extensive application of the prefix in the formation of Eng. words, its functions being the same as in Fr.The compounds of en- which have been in general use, or which require special comment, are given in their alphabetical place. The following are examples of those which are merely nonce-words, or of very rare occurrence. (See also em-).1. Verbs formed by prefixing en- to a n.a. With general sense ‘to put (something) into or on what the latter member indicates’:† enambush, to place in ambush; † enangle, to put into an angle or corner; encell; encentre, to place in the centre of something; enchair; † enchariot; encist, to shut up in or as in a cist or chest; † encoach, to seat in a coach; encoil, to wrap in or as in a coil; † encouch, to lay upon a couch, fig.; encraal, intr. for refl., to lodge in a kraal; encrochet, to enclose in brackets; encup, to place in or as in a cup; encushion, to seat on a cushion; enfeature, to exhibit on the features; † engammon, to put or (intr. for refl.) get into the haunch (of a pig); † engaol (in quots. fig.); engarb, to put into a garb, clothe; engarment, to case as in a garment; englamour, to surround with illusion; † engown, to dress in a gown; † engyve, to put in gyves or fetters; enhusk; † enjourney, (refl.) to start on a journey; † enkennel; enkerchief; † enkernel; † enlabyrinth, to entangle as in a labyrinth; † enlead; enmagazine, fig.; † ennet, to entangle; † enniche, to set up in a niche, as a statue, fig.; enrib, to put within the ribs; † enseat, to install; enshadow; enshawl, to wrap in or cover with a shawl; enshell; † enshelter; † enslumber, to lull to sleep, lit. and fig.; † ensoap (see quot.); † enstage, to put upon the stage (of a theatre); † enstock, to set in the stocks; † entower, to imprison in the Tower; † envapour, to shroud in vapour; enzone, to engirdle.c1611Chapman Iliad xviii. 475 Within a vale..they..*enambush'd them.Ibid. x. 257 Enambush'd enemies.17..Cawthorn Elegy Capt. Hughes 28 Th' enambushed phalanx.a1400Morte Arth. 3782 His enmye..*enangylles abowte oure excellente knyghttez.1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1673) 623 App., What a deal of sulphur..was *encelled against that day [Nov. 5].1856R. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. xiii. iii. 272 Here dwells chaste coolness, safe encelled.1843E. Jones Sens. & Ev. 111 If when the day was fine..*Encentred in this meadow, one revolved Inquiring gaze.1859Tennyson Last. Tourn. 104 Sir Lancelot, sitting in my place *Enchair'd.1652Benlowes Theoph., Postill for Author, Speculations high, *Enchariot Thee Elijah-like to th' Skie!Ibid. x. lxxv. 188 Elijah-like..To be encharioted in fire.1888Rhys Hibbert Lect. 173 The dragons continued..*encisted in the subterranean lake.a1618J. Davies Wittes' Pilgr. Wks. (1876) 22 (D.) Tamburlaine..*encoacht in burnisht gold.1839Bailey Festus (1848) 32/1 This world, within whose heartstrings I feel myself *encoiled.1596Edward III, ii. i. 14 *Encouch the word..with such sweet laments.1832Blackw. Mag. May 729/1 The lane where gipsy gang had *encraal'd.1806Southey Lett. (1856) I. 397 He will..*encrochet [ ] thus what Hyems has to copy.1881Mrs. H. Hunt Childr. Jerus. 144 The convent..lay..*encupped in hills.1819H. Busk Vestriad iv. 725 Or in gilt equipage *encushion'd sit.1843E. Jones Poems, Sens. & Event 43 The joy..in his face and eye..*enfeatured.1673R. Leigh Transpr. Reh. 23 Ratts *engammon'd in the fat Hanches of the Arcadian Sow.1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 166 Within my mouth you haue *engaol'd my tongue.1844Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Sc., Valentia 200 Engaoled in this unhealthy time.1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 139 The canting philanthropist, *engarbed as a quaker.1859Miss Mulock Romant. T. 101 The form which *engarmented that pure..soul.1864Dicey in Daily Tel. 15 July, The memory of a great past still *englamours them [the Danes].1613G. Fletcher Christ's Bloody Sweat in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 336 Here saw he lawyers soberly *engoun'd.1603Florio Montaigne ii. viii. (1632) 224 We..are *engived and shackled in them [arms].1788Burns Ep. H. Parker 12 A fiery kernel *Enhusked by a fog infernal.1596R. L[inche] Diella (1877) 82 The next day, They would *eniourney them.1603J. Davies Microcosmos 220 That alwaies in a Tub *enkenell'd lies.c1800Kirke White Poems (1837) 47 Sleep, baby mine, *enkerchieft on my bosom.18..M. Arnold Switzerland i. ii. 3 in Sel. Poems (1882) 123, I know that soft enkerchief'd hair.a1843Southey Nondescr. vi. (D.) A happy metamorphosis To be *enkernell'd thus.1652Benlowes Theoph. i. liii, My soul, *enlabyrinth'd in grief.1598Florio, Impiombare, to *enlead or fasten or couer with lead. Impiombatura, an enleading or fastning with lead.1887Harper's Mag. July 268 The incendiary material *enmagazined in their pages.1598Florio, Irretare, to ensnare or take in a net or ginne, to entramell, to *ennet.1761Sterne Tr. Shandy iii. xxxviii, He..deserves to be *en-nich'd as a prototype for all writers.1854S. Dobell Balder iii. 20 The strong *enribbed heart.1602W. Fulbecke Pandectes 65 Whether base artificers are to be *enseated..in places of worth.1636W. Denny in Ann. Dubrensia (1877) 13 Pendant leaves his head *enshadow'd round.1882M. Arnold in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 143 The soft mantle of enshadowing hills.1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 69 With what an air of tenderness he *enshawls each ivory shoulder.1877Blackie Wise Men 302 None In mortal frame *enshelled.1604Shakes. Oth. ii. i. 18 If that the Turkish Fleete Be not *enshelter'd..they are drown'd.c1611Chapman Iliad xxiv. 399 The guards..he *enslumber'd.a1619Donne Biathan. (1644) 155 Content to enslumber themselves in an opinion.1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) When the senses half enslumbered lie.1598Florio, Insaponare, to *ensope, to sope clothes..to lay in suds.1613Chapman Rev. Bussy D'Ambois Plays 1873 II. 114 The splenative Philosopher..were worthy the *enstaging.16..Sylvester Du Bartas (N.), I intend to tye th' Eternal's hands, and his free feet *enstock.a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Answ. Object. Wks. (1711) 214 The *entowering of Henry the VI.1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. Vocation 555 (D.) A black fume, that all *envapoureth.1832J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 859 The groves that *enzone Greenbank.1838Tait's Mag. V. 218 Queens in luxury enzoned.b. With general sense ‘to put what the latter member indicates into or upon’ (a person or thing).enamber, to scent or flavour with ambergris (see amber 1); encap, to put a cap on; encolumn, to ornament (a wall) with columns; encoronall; encoronet; † encowl, to put on (a person) the cowl of a monk; endiadem, to crown, in quots. fig.; enfigure, to adorn with figures; † enfrieze, to ornament as with a frieze; † enfringe, to sew fringes upon; † engall; † engold; † engrape, to cover with grapes; † enhoney, fig.; † enlaurel, to crown with laurels; enleaf, to adorn with leaves, to wrap in leaves; † enmitre; enmoss; enrut; ensaffron, to tinge with yellow; ensand; ensandal, fig.; † enscreen; † ensilver; † enscarf; † enspangle; † ensparkle; enspell, to cast a spell upon; † enspice; † enstomach, to encourage; ensulphur; † entackle, to furnish (a ship) with tackle; † entask; entincture; † entinsel, to cause to glitter; † enturf; enverdure; enwood, to cover with trees.1681in Phil. Collect. XII. 105 Buying..Amber and other requisites, and *Enambering therewith..Sugar.1847Illust. Lond. News 16 Oct. 256/1 His brow *encapt With the gloomy crown of Care.1808R. Porter Trav. Sk. Russ. & Swed. (1813) I. iv. 27 The regal pride of *encolumned walls.1858E. Caswall Poems 170 With..golden pillars *encoronall'd.1881Palgrave Vis. England 47 If an alien King *Encoronet thy brow?1612Drayton Poly-olb. xxiv, King Alfred..Left his Northumbrian crown, and soon became *encoul'd.1818Shelley Misery 439 Lady whose imperial brow Is *endiademed with woe.1819Blackw. Mag. V. 322 Endiadem'd with..fleecy-silver'd cloud.1774Poetry in Ann. Reg. 211 Behold The tissued vestment of *enfigur'd gold.1648Herrick Hesper. I. 233 The Roome is hung with the blew skin Of shifted snake; *enfreez'd throughout With eyes of peacocks trains.1714Orig. Canto Spencer xxxix. 2 White Robes, *enfring'd with Crimson Red.1611Florio, Affielire..to *engall or enbitter.1382Wyclif Bar. vi. 7 Trees..*engoldid and ensiluered. ― Rev. xvii. 4 And the womman was..engoldid with gold, and with precious stoon.1523Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 656 Vinis *engrapid.1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 289 To *enhonny and allure us to these opinions.1620Davies Past. to W. Browne, Foe-men to faire skils *enlawreld Queene.1789P. Smyth tr. Aldrich's Archit. (1818) 99 The bell of the capital..is *enleaved.1837L. Hunt Bluestocking Revels iii. 39 Fruit..Enleaf'd on the bough.1598Florio, Inmetriare, to *enmitre, to crowne with a mitre.1818Keats Endym. i. 231 Meadows that outskirt the side Of thine *enmossed realms.1882H. Merivale Faucit of B. III. ii. xix. 153 Over which distance these *enrutted tracks made their uneasy way.c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 6 Phœbus in his chair, *Ensaffroning sea and air.1879T. Hardy Ret. Native ii. ii, A stratum of ensaffroned light.1523Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 654 With alys *ensandid about in compas.1853B. Taylor in Blackw. Mag. LXXIII. 744 Belted with beech and *ensandal'd with palm.1641M. Frank Serm. ii. (1672) 530 Heaven might now *enskarfe itself in a scarlet cloud.1665R. B. Comment. 2 Tales 42 Let night's sable Curtain *enskreen these dark actions.1382Wyclif Bar. vi. 7 The trees of hem..also engoldid, and *ensiluered.1648Herrick Hesper., Mistress M. Willand, Sent T' *enspangle this expansive firmament.1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 144 Why *ensparkle they their eyes with spiritualiz'd distillations?1884J. Payne 1001 Nights VII. 285 Her glances *enspelled all who looked on her.1598Florio, Inspeciare, to *enspice.1545T. Raynalde Womans booke 59 The midwife..*enstomakyng her to pacience.c1611Chapman Iliad x. 7 Or opes the gulfy mouth of war with his *ensulphur'd hand.1819Blackw. Mag. IV. 565 From the surge of hell's ensulphered sea.a1529Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 545 Your storme driven shyppe I repared new So well *entakeled.1606Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. (1641) 32/1 The Heav'ns have..*entaskt my layes.1768S. Bentley River Dove 6 Windows so Story-bedight: Entinctur'd, Devotion to aid.1652Benlowes Theoph. xii. li, Spangles..*Entinseling like Stars the dew.1523Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 655 The bankis *enturfid with singular solas.Ibid. 666 *Enverdured with laurel leves continually grene.1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 121 Enverduring the green Of every heavenly palm.1816L. Hunt Rimini iv. 81 The shade Of some *enwooded field.2. Verbs formed by prefixing en- to a n. or adj., with general sense ‘to bring into a certain condition or state’.† enanger, to make angry; enapt, to make fit, qualify; enarbour, to convert into an arbour; † enazure, to render azure; † encalm = becalm; † encanker; encannibal; encharnel (see charnel n.¹), to bury; † encinder, to burn to ashes; † encluster; encommon; † endoubt (refl.), to feel doubt, apprehend; endragon (in example as endragoned ppl. adj.); † endrudge (refl.), to enslave oneself; † endry; † enearnest; enfamous; † enfavour, to take into favour, to get (oneself) into favour, ingratiate; † enfear; † enfertile; † enfierce; † enfort, to convert into a fort, fortify; enfree; enfoul; enfreedom; enfroward; † engallant; † engarboil, to throw into commotion; englad; engloom, to render gloomy, change into gloom; engod; engolden, to make golden, also intr. to become golden; † engrand; engreen; † enlength; enlife; † enlusty, to delight; enmass; † enripe; † enruby; enruin; † ensad; † ensafe, whence ensafer; ensaint; enscroll; enseraph; enserf; † ensober; † ensound, to make sound; † enstable; ensucket (cf. sucket, sweetmeat), to sweeten; entempest; † enthirst; entrough, to hollow out like a trough; envineyard; enwaiter, to turn into a waiter; † enwaste; † enwine, to convert into wine; † enwoman; † enworthy, to make worthy; † enwrack, to bring to wrack, ruin.1491Caxton Vitas Patr. i. xxxviii. (1495) 53 a/1 The lorde..strongly *enangred came to the sayd pytte.1651Jackson Creed xi. xvii. in Wks. X. 346 A diligent servant to a..cruel master..is thereby well *enapted..to be diligent.1883Harper's Mag. Nov. 946/1 Stairs *enarboured by vines.1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewom. 301 That [woman] *enazures her seered veines.1562J. Shute Cambine's Turk. Wars 34 b, Seeinge the ship *encaulmed.1489Skelton Elegy Earl Northumb. (Dyce) 142 With my rude pen *enkankerd all with rust.1854Blackw. Mag. LXXV. 131 If Mr. Parkyns had not *encannibaled himself.1875Myers Poems, Renew. Youth, The rulers came, *Encharnelled in their fatness.1593Nashe Christ's T. 31 b, Many goodly streets..they *encindred.c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Poems 130 What Bands (*enclustred) neare to these abide.1607Sylvester Du Bartas II. iv. ii, Good becomes more Good, the more It is *en-common'd.1661Feltham Resolves ii. lxxxii. 366 Their Mysteries might not..be..encommon'd.c1400Rom. Rose 1664 If I ne hadde *endoutet me To have ben hatid.1876G. M. Hopkins Wr. Deutschland (1918) 20 In wind's burly and beat of *endragonèd seas.a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 29 Such is every one that *endrudgeth himself to any known sin.a1440Sir Degrev. 418 My perkes ar stroyed And reveres *endreyde.1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 550 Vicissitude doth..*en-earnest my minde.1613Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. (1772) II. 39 Padus silver stream..*Enfamoused by rekeles Phaëton.a1650Sir S. D'Ewes Autobiog. (1845) I. 377 Some wit, to enfamous the rare confidence of Mr. Felton [made an anagram on his name.]1639J. Saltmarsh Policy 275 How to *enfavour yourself with those you discourse with.1650Fuller Pisgah ii. i. 62 For to *enfavour themselves with the Emperor.Ibid. v. ii. 144 If any shall enfavor me so far.1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith, A woman's look his hart *enfeares.1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 46 The rivers Dee..and Done..*enfertile the fields.1680Morden Geog. Rect., Africa (1685) 445 Enfertiles all the Countries through which it passes.1596Spenser F.Q. iv. iv. 8 More *enfierced through his currish play.1580Sidney, etc. Psalm cxxv, With her hilly bullwarkes Roundly *enforted.1885D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold I. ii. ii. 201 So is the stream of every human passion *enfouled or filtered by the heart it flows through.1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 170 The Free Cityes..have..*enfreed themselves from the Pope.1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. i. 38 To render him, For the enfreed Anthenor, the faire Cressid.1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 181 Enfreed by God.1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 125 *Enfreedoming thy person.1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 248 God's..enfreedoming, ennobling grace.1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 195 The only prickles that so *enfroward mens affections.1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. iv. i, If you could but endear yourself to her affection, you were eternally *engallanted.a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 67 To *engarboyle the Church upon high termes of Heresie.Ibid. 242 To engarboile disputes with needlesse assertions.1523Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 530 The larke..Of the soneshyne *engladid with the lyght.1604Supplic. Masse-priests §1 [These things] doe..exceedingly possesse and englad our hearts.1610G. Fletcher Christ's Tri. over Death ii. Th' engladded Spring.1795–9Southey & R. Lovell Poems 89 Night's *englooming sway Steals on the fiercer glories of the day.1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 108 We might have been as God, yea..*engodded.1825L. Hunt Redi's Bacchus in Tuscany Poet. Wks. (1860) 386 That Vaiano Which *engoldens and empurples in the grounds there of my Redi.1849Tait's Mag. XVI. 348 Yon wreath'd bower Engoldened with the westering sun.1860Pusey Min. Proph. 521 The whole world was *engoldened with evangelical preachings.1655Fuller Hist. Camb. (1840) 186 This duke..by all means endeavoured to *engrand his posterity.15..F. Davison in Farr. S.P., Eliz. II. 327 *Engreening..those pleasant mountagnets.1877Blackie Wise Men Greece 74 Engreen the hills.c1530More Answ. Frith Wks. 1037/1 He hath somewhat *enlengthed it of late.1603Daniel Panegyr. King xvii, A new season..Begins to enlength the days.1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes Ded., A..little flame..to *enlife for aye the same.18..Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 403 With wise lips enlife it.1483Caxton G. de la Tour A j, This swete songe *enlustyed me.1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. I. xv. 392 The heroes of the great raid are *enmassed in view.1503Sheph. Kalender ii, For I *enripe..Fruits of the earth.a1520Skelton Bowge of Courte 2 The sonne..enryped hath our corne.1611Florio, Arrobinare, to *enruby, to make ruddy.1876J. Ellis Cæsar in Egypt 344 That dread shock..Left here *enruin'd..A city.1634Sir S. D'Ewes Jrnl. (1783) 55 A particular newes which much *ensadded my heart.1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 564 To rescue and *ensafe us.Ibid. 111 *Ensafers of God's onely begotten Son.1599Nashe Lent. Stuffe 58 Saint Gildarde..the Pope so *ensainted.1864Spectator 538 Like Charlemagne a high ensainted king.1880Argosy XXIX. 469 The aspect of some ensainted phantom.1842Gentl. Mag. May XVII. 479 note, Three ostrich feathers *enscrolled.1858E. Caswall Poems 144 The Seraphs..Amidst their songs *enseraph'd me.1882W. B. Weeden Soc. Law Labor 86 The *enserfed free⁓holders bought their freedom.1651Jer. Taylor Course Serm. i. xiii. 170 God sent him sharpnesses..to *ensober his spirits.1562W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes & Chir. 23 a, This decoction..doeth *ensounde..the member.1534Whittinton Tullyes Offices ii. (1540) 89 Whan..iustyce..*enstableth and encreaseth the ryches of theues.1594Zepheria xxiii, So did that sug'ry touch my lips *ensucket.1800Coleridge Poet. Wks. II. 155 Zeal unresisted *entempests your breast.1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. (Repr.) 14/1 Wine; whereby he is inflamed and *enthirsted the more.1876R. Burton Gorilla L. II. 129 The breadth of the *entroughed bed varies.1848Clough Amours de Voy. iii. 293 Farewell..ye *envineyarded ruins.1865Athenæum No. 1959. 650/1 The *enwaitered greengrocer.1494Fabyan vi. clxxvi. 172 But durynge this siege, the Danys eft *-enwasted y⊇ lande of Fraunce.1548Geste Pr. Masse 86 Christes..bloud [is] *enwyned.1595Daniel Sonn. 42 That grace..doth more than *enwoman thee.1626T. H. Caussin's Holy Crt. 64 You desire.. to *enworthy, and distinguish your nobility.1686W. de Britaine Hum. Prud. xix. 84 You must study to enworthy your self.1625Lisle Du Bartas, Noe 4 O world *enwrackt and over flown.b. Verbs formed (with sense as above) on adjs. or ns. with the prefix en- and the suffix -en⁵, as enliven, enlighten. Most of these verbs were formed by prefixing en- to an already existing verb in -en; but a considerable number seem to be directly f. the adj. or n. on the analogy of those of the former class. For examples see 3.3. Verbs, mostly transitive, formed by prefixing en- to a verb, with additional sense of in, or simply intensive (in poetry often merely to give an additional syllable); also vbs. f. en- + adj. or n. + -en (see 2 b).† enaid, to aid, assist; † encarve; † encheck, to represent in mingled hues; † enchequer, to arrange in a chequered pattern; † enclaim; † encleanse; † enclog; † encolden; † encurb; † encurse; † endamnify, to damnify, cause loss to; † endart; † endazzle; endiaper, to dapple, variegate; † enditch; endizen, to set forth; † endrench; † endye; † eneich (see eche v.), to improve; enfasten; † enfester; enfoil; † enforge, to invent; † enfreeze; enfuddle; engarble, to mutilate; engaze, to comprehend in one's gaze; engerminate; engladden; † englaze, to represent on glass; enguard; enhamper; † enhang; † enhedge; † enjangle, intr.; † enjudge; † enlanguish, to render languid; † enlap, to wrap in (something); † enlengthen; † enlessen; † enmilden; † enmingle; † enmix; † enorder; † enquicken; † enrive; † enscale, to climb; † enscore, to count; enseem, intr. = seem; † ensoak; † enstuff; ensweep; † entame; enthunder, intr.; † entoast, intr. to drink a health; † entwist, also fig.; † enwallow, intr.; † enweaken; † enwed; enwiden; enwisen, to make wise; enwrite; † enwrong, to deprive wrongfully of; † enyoke.1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.) iv. vi. (1506) 178 Yf we haue poorenes of entencyon hym it shal *enayde.1596C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 22 *Encarving characters of memorie.1611Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Schisme (1641) 228/1 Th' artful shuttle did *encheck the cangeant colour of a mallard's neck.1648Herrick Hesper., Oberon's Pal. 56 Squirrels' and children's teeth late shed Are neatly here *enchequered.1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 1 The ordinaries *enclaiminge such offenders by the liberties of the churche.1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 88 She was *enclensed with the clensynge of the holy ghoost.1604Shakes. Oth. ii. i. 70 Traitors ensteep'd, to *enclogge [Qq. clog] the guiltlesse Keele.1627Feltham Resolves i. xlvii. (1631) 174 The hands and feet..are by degrees *encoldned to a fashionable clay.1555Fardle Facions Pref. 10 The golden graueled springes, thei *encurbed with Marble.a1450Knt. de la Tour 12, Y durst never telle it..for drede of *encursinge.1615Sandys Travels 276 Those who hired the fishing..were *endamnified much by the violent breaking in of the seas.1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. iii. 98 More deepe will I *endart mine eye.1644Milton Areop., An eagle..kindling her *endazzled eyes.1607Tragedie Cl. Tiberius G 2 (N.) The troubled bosome of the maine *Endiapred with cole-black porpesses.1598Florio, Affossare, to ditch..about, to *endich.1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxviii, What so else Occurrants..may interrupt..Our Penne shall not *endizen.1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 44 My soule..will..*endrench mee in..dolour.c1500Elegy Hen. V in Percy Reliq. 117 Grounde..Whiche wert *endyed with rede blode.1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. App. 21 A thing.. used to *eneich their health.1848Clough Amours de Voy. v. 66 To *enfasten the roots of my floating existence In the rich earth.1686Chardin Travels 370 Rivulets, that..*enfertilized the neighbouring parts on every side.1609J. Davies Holy Roode (1876) 16 (D) Whiche His *enfestered sores exulcerates.1773J. Ross Fratricide iv. 347 Resolved In this next cope to foil or be *enfoiled.c1440Partonope 2512 Such vntrouth wolde not he *Enforged..haue.1596Spenser Hymn to Love xxi, Thou hast *enfrosen her disdainefull brest.1822J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XII. 113 Punch our powers insidiously *enfuddles.1609Bp. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 73 The *engarbled Anatomie of a damned wretch.1877Blackie Wise Men 212 If a man could..soaring sun-ward..*Engaze the radiant round.1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 305 Unless..grace *engerminate in what is spoken.Ibid. 246 Thee..Who didst..*engladden..me.1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 75 In those windows doth his arms *englaze.1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 349 He may *enguard his dotage with their powres, And hold our lives in mercy.1855–9Singleton Virgil II. 163 Throughout many a year with awe Enguarded.1881Palgrave Vis. England 279 The swordhilt in the wound *enhamper'd caught.c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 677 Thow schalt *enhangid ben, fader, certayn.1632Vicars Virgil (N.), Matrons..In heaps *enhedg'd it.1580North Plutarch (1676) 44 And touch the Harp without *enjangling jar.c1380Sir Ferumb. 1959 Wharfor to ȝow y make my mone; *eniugieþ ȝe my foos.1603Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 613 It is pitty a man should bee so..*enlanguished.1654Cokaine Dianea iv. 329 Her eyes, enlanguished by griefe.1601Holland Pliny xxxvii. vii. 617 By reason of the clay wherein they [rubies] be *enlapped.1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 80 A smaller thred and more *enlengthened filament.1548Geste Pr. Masse 127 To *enlessen theyr paynes in [purgatory].1603Florio Montaigne iii. xii. (1632) 599 That *enmildens mee.1781Burgoyne Lord of Manor i. i. (D.), Sweets bloom *enmingled around.1526Skelton Magnyf. 2540 Fallyble flatery *enmyxed with bytternesse.1669Evelyn Three late Impostors 70 It seemeth right to these your just debts to *enorder you to make satisfaction.1647H. More Song of Soul Notes 145/2 He hath not yet *enquickened Men..with this Deiform life.Ibid. 162/2 The lower man is our enquickned body.1596Spenser Dolef. Lay Clorinda i, That my *enriven heart may find relief.1613W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i, Then with soft steps *enscaled the meeknid vallies.c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 640 Other iiii *enscore her place into.1818Lamb Vis. Repent. Poems 596 *Enseem'd it now, he stood on holy ground.1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 23 *Ensokyt with sylt of the myry mose.a1547Earl of Surrey Aeneid ii. 27 Did *enstuff..The hollow womb with armed soldiers.1730Thomson Autumn 1109 *Ensweeping first The lower skies.1855Singleton Virgil I. 157 The seas Ensweeping in its flight.1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. v. 48 'Tis not..your cheeke of creame That can *entame my spirits.1855–9Singleton Virgil II. 524 æneas..terribly *enthunders in his arms.1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 138 Shall I not to her health *entoast.1590Shakes. Mids. N. iv. i. 48 So doth the woodbine, the sweet Honisuckle Gently *entwist.1800T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 320 He will..entwist himself with the Envoys.1596Spenser F.Q. v. xi. 14 One sencelesse lumpe..*Enwallow'd in his own blacke bloudy gore.1672W. de Britaine Dutch Usurp. 23 They are sufficiently *enweakened.1490Caxton Eneydos xvi. 62 Parys *enwedded the fayr heleyne.1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 18, I have..*enwidened Hell mouth to swallow thee.1623Cockeram, Expatiate, to enwiden, to enlarge.1646S. Bolton Arraignm. Err. 355 We had..need rather..seek to lessen than to enwiden our differences.1965D. J. Millen in Earth & Sky (Cath. Poetry Circle) 20 Man applauding man, enwidens And unfolds the praiser's joy.1860Pusey Min. Proph. 427 *Enwisening, rejoicing, enlightening the soul.a1849Poe To Helen Poems (1859) 64 Heart-histories seemed to lie *enwritten Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres.c1485Plumpton Corr. 65 Ye *enwrong her of certayne lands.1879Farrar St. Paul II. 154 Be not again *enyoked with the yoke of slavery.▪ II.en-, prefix²The form taken by the Gr. ἐν, etymologically cogn. with the prec. Chiefly in combinations already formed in Greek, as enallage, endemic, energy, enthusiasm; occas. in mod. formations as enderon. (Before b, m, p, ph, it takes the form em-; and before l, r it becomes el, er- respectively.)

en-

word-forming element meaning "in; into," from French and Old French en-, from Latin in- "in, into" (see in-(2)). Typically assimilated before -p-, -b-, -m-, -l-, and -r-. Latin in- became en- in French, Spanish, Portuguese, but remained in- in Italian.

Also used with native and imported elements to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, with a sense "put in or on" (encircle), also "cause to be, make into" (endear), and used as an intensive (enclose). Spelling variants in French that were brought over into Middle English account for parallels such as ensure/insure, and most en- words in English had at one time or another a variant in in-, and vice versa.

word-forming element meaning "near, at, in, on, within," from Greek en "in," cognate with Latin in (see in), and thus with en-(1). Typically assimilated to em- before -p-, -b-, -m-, -l-, and -r-.

☞ en-, em-

1. prefix¹ | 2. prefix²

1
en- /ɪn, ɛn/ prefix¹.

ORIGIN: Repr. Old French & Modern French en- from Latin in-². See also em-¹.

Used in words adopted from French and in English words modelled on these as a freely productive prefix, forming verbs (a) from nouns, with the sense ‘put into or on’, as enamour, encurtain, engulf, enshroud, entrust;(b) from nouns or adjectives, with the sense ‘bring into the condition or state denoted’, as enrapture, enslave, sometimes combined with suffix -en⁵, as enlighten, enliven;(c) from verbs, with the sense ‘in, into, on’, as enfold, or intensive, as entangle. Often with parallel forms in in-².

DERIVATIVE enˈcentre verb trans. place in the centre E17.
^†endart verb trans. (rare, Shakes.) direct swiftly, dart, (one's eye): only in L16.
^†enfierce verb trans. (rare, Spenser) make fierce: only in L16.
^†enfree verb trans. set free L16–E17.
enˈfreedom verb trans. give freedom to L16.
enˈguard verb trans. guard (carefully) E17.
enˈqueue verb trans. Computing add (an item of data awaiting processing) to a queue of such items L20.
enˈsaffron verb trans. tinge with saffron-yellow colour M17.
enˈsulphur verb trans. make sulphurous E17.
enˈverdure verb trans. make verdurous, cover with verdure L15.
^†enwallow verb intrans. (rare, Spenser) wallow: only in L16.
enˈwood verb trans. cover with trees E17.

2
en- /ɪn, ɛn/ prefix² (not productive).Repr. Greek en- in, inside, as in energy, enthusiasm. See also em-².

☞ en

en-
I. prefix
also em-
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, im-, from in — more at in
1. : put into
< encradle >
: put on to
< enthrone >
: cover or surround with
< enverdure >
: go into or on to
< embus >
— in verbs formed from nouns
2. : cause to be
< englad >
< enslave >
— sometimes in verbs that also have the suffix -en
< embolden >
— in verbs formed from adjectives or nouns
3. : provide with
< encollar >
< empower >
— in verbs formed from nouns
4. : so as to cover or surround
< enwrap >
: thoroughly
< entangle >
— often in verbs differing little or not at all in meaning from the corresponding verb without prefix
< entame >
— in verbs formed from verbs; in all senses usually em- before b, m, or p and en- in other circumstances
II. prefix
also em-
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek, from en in — more at in
: in : within : inside
< endermic >
< engram >
< enzootic >
— usually em- before b, m, or p
< embatholithic >
and en- in other circumstances
III.
— see oen-
IV. combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from -ene
: chemically unsaturated; especially : having one double bond
< enamine >

en-
em-

Prefix

in, into, on, onto
covered
caused
as an intensifier

Etymology

From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”).
Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”); but also from an alteration of Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”). Both Latin and Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in, into”). Intensive use of Old French en-, an- due to confluence with Old Frankish *an- (intensive prefix), related to Old English on- (intensive prefix). More at in-, on-.

Usage notes

Before labial consonants (b, m and p), the form em- is used instead, to show the assimilation of place of articulation (but note the exception enmesh).

Derived terms

English words prefixed with en-

terms derived using en- as intensifier

encage

enchain

engird

engirdle

entangle

terms derived us en- in other senses

enable

enact

enamor / enamour

encamp

encapsulate

encase

encaustic

enchant

encipher

encircle

enclasp

enclave

enclose

encode

encompass

encounter

encourage

encroach

encrust

encrypt

encumber

endanger

endear

endure

enfeeble

enfold

engage

engender

engorge

engraft

engrain

engrave

engross

engulf

enhance

enjoin

enjoy

enkindle

enlace

enlarge

enlighten

enlist

enliven

enmesh

ennoble

enplane

enrage

enrapture

enrich

enrobe

enroll

enroot

ensconce

enshrine

enshroud

ensign

enslave

ensnare

ensnarl

ensoul

entail

enthral, enthrall

enthrone

enthuse

entice

entitle

entomb

entrain

entrap

entreat

entrench

entrust

entwine

entwist

enumerate

envelop / envelope

envenom

envisage

envision

enwomb

enwrap

enwreath

panendeism

panentheism

前缀：en-

1、表示“置于…之中”、“登上…”、“使上…”

encage 关入笼中

entrain 上火车

encase 装入箱中

enplane 上飞机

encave 藏于洞中

enthrone 使登上王位

enroll 记入名册中

enshrine 藏于神龛中

2、表示“用…来做某事”、“饰以…”、“配以…”

entrap 用陷阱诱捕

enwreathe 饰以花环

enchain 用链锁住

enlace 用带缚，捆扎

encloud 阴云遮蔽

3、表示“使成某种状态”、“致使…”、“使之如…”、“作成…”

enlarge 使扩大，广大

endanger 使遭危险

ensphere 使成球形

encrimson 使成深红色

enrage 激怒

encircle 作成一圈，包围

endear 使受喜爱

ennoble 使成贵族，使高贵

encipher 译成密码

enfeeble 使衰弱

encamp 使扎营

ensky 使耸入天际，把…捧上天

encash 使兑成现金

enslave 使成奴隶，奴役

enable 使能够

encourage 使有勇气

4、加在动词之前、表示“in”，或只作加强意义

enclose 围入，关进

entrust 信托，委托

enfold 包入

enkindle 点火

enwrap 包入，卷入

enlighten 启发，开导

enwind 缠绕

enlink 把…连结起来

entangle 缠住，套住

engird 卷，缠

endamage 损坏，损害

engorge 大吃，吞吃

enclothe 给…穿衣服

前缀：en-

【词根含义】：入,向内;不,无;饰以…,配以;使…;动词前加强意义

【同源单词】：enable, enact, enamour, encircle, enclose

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en-1 or em-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

Origin

en-2 or em-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

Origin

en-1

en-2

en-em-

Prefix

Etymology

Usage notes

Derived terms

See also

前缀：en-

前缀：en-

en-¹ or em-

en-² or em-

en-¹

en-²

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