Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
EMPTE, _v._ empty, make empty, G 741; Empten, G 1404; Empted, _pp. as adj._
exhausted, B 1. p 1. 6; worn out, shrunken (Lat. _effeto_), B 1. m 1. 12.
EMPTY, _adj._ L. 888.
ENAMOURED, _pp._ enamoured, L. 1143, 1610.
ENBASSHINGE, _s._ bewilderment, amazement, B 4. p 1. 28.
ENBATAILLED, _adj._ embattled, R. 139.
ENBIBING, _s._ imbibition, absorption, G 814.
ENBRACE, _v._ embrace, hold firmly, 21. 11; Enbraceth, _pr. s._ 4. 90;
Enbraced, _pp._ surrounded, T. v. 1816. See EMBRACE.
ENBROUDEN, _v._ embroider, L. 2351; Enbrouded, _v._ L. 119, 227, 1199;
Enbrowded, _pp._ embroidered, HF. 1327. See EMBROUDED.
ENCENS, _s._ incense, T. v. 1466; A 2429.
ENCENSE, _v._ to offer incense, G 395, 413; Encensed, _pp._ censed, I 407.
ENCHANTOURS, _pl._ wizards, I 603.
ENCHARGED, _pp._ laid upon, imposed, B 5. p 6. 219.
ENCHAUFEN, _ger._ to grow hot (_or_ to burn), B 3. p 4. 47 _n_; Enchaufeth,
_pr. s._ burns, B 5. m 3. 12. See _Enchafe_ in the New E. Dict.
ENCHAUNTEMENT, _s._ enchantment, witchcraft, 3. 648; Enchantement, L. 1650;
Enchauntements, _pl._ B 4. m 3. 5.
ENCHAUNTEN, _v._ enchant, T. iv. 1395; Enchanted, _pp._ D 575.
ENCHAUNTERESSE, _s._ enchantress, B 4. m 3. 24.
ENCHESOUN, _s._ occasion, reason, T. i. 348; B 2783; cause, T. i. 681, v.
632 _n_; I 374; Encheson, F 456, I 458. O.F. _encheson_; see _Encheason_ in
the New E. Dict.
ENCLOSEN, _v._ enclose, R. 607; Enclos, _pp._ enclosed, R. 138, 1652;
Enclosed, _pp._ R. 480; B 4037.
ENCLYNE, _v._ induce to do, 5. 325; Enclyned, _pp._ inclined, 3. 991; 5.
414; Enclyninge, _pres. pt._ directing, B 3. m 11. 4.
ENCLYNING, _s._ inclination, HF. 734.
ENCOMBEROUS, _adj._ cumbersome, oppressive, burdensome, 18. 42; Encumbrous,
HF. 862.
ENCOMBRAUNCE, _s._ encumbrance, E 1960.
ENCOMBRE, _v._ encumber, L. 2006; Encombred, _pp._ endangered, stuck fast,
helpless, A 508; hampered, R. 889; hindered, I 687; embarrassed, weary, R.
1389; A 718.
ENCORPORING, _s._ incorporation, G 815.
ENCREES, _s._ increase, B 1. p 4. 202; A 2184, B 237, G 18; assistance, L.
1087.
ENCRESE, _v._ increase, 2. 103; Encrece, _v._ C 59; Encresse, B 1068;
Encresen, B 1654; Encressen, B 2776; Encreesseth, _pr. s._ increases, A
2744; Encresseth, A. i. 21. 46; E 50; Encreseth, 2. 29; T. ii. 1334;
Encresen, _pr. pl._ A 1338; Encressen, T. iv. 579; Encresed, _pt. s._ 5.
143; Encressed, _pp._ E 408; enriched, B 1271.
ENDAMAGEN, _v._ harm, B 1. p 4. 60; Endamaged, _pp._ imperilled,
compromised, B 1. p 1. 46.
ENDE, _s._ end, A 15, 197; purpose, B 481; point, R. 973; boundary, B 2. m
8. 7; Endes, _pl._ results, B 5. p 4. 29, 74.
ENDED, _pp._ finite, B 2. p 7. 69.
ENDELEES, _adj._ endless, I 153; infinite, H 322; Endeles, endless, T. ii.
1083; B 951; infinite, B 2. p 7. 73.
ENDELONG, _adv._ all along, HF. 1458; A 2678; lengthways, A 1991; Endlang,
A. ii. 40. 24, 47.
ENDELONG, _prep._ all along, L. 144 _a_; F 992; along, L. 1498; down along,
F 416.
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