Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEn·wid"en (?), v. t. To widen. [Obs.] En·wind" (?), v. t. To wind about; to encircle. In the circle of his arms En·wom"an (?), v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel. En·womb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing.] 1. To conceive in the womb. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern. Donne. En·wrap" (?), v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap. En·wrap"ment (?), n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford. En·wreathe" (?), v. t. See Inwreathe. Shelton. En`zo·öt"ic (ĕn`z En"zyme (ĕn"zīm), n. [Pref. en- (Gr. εν in) + Gr. ζυμη leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes. E"o·cene (?), a. [Gr. ? daybreak, dawn + ? new, recent.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n. The Eocene formation. Lyell. E·o"li·an (?), a. [See Æolian.] |