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
ENTENCIOUN, _s._ intent, HF. 93; C 408; attention, T. i. 52; purpose, E
703; design, T. i. 211, v. 767.
ENTENDE, _v._ attend, T. iii. 414, iv. 893; give attention to, D 1478;
dispose oneself, F 689; _ger._ to apply oneself, B 3498; to aim (after),
incline (to), T. ii. 853; Entende, _1 pr. s._ perceive, T. iv. 1649;
attend, R. 597; Entendeth, _pr. s._ attends, E 1900; wishes, T. iii. 27;
intends, D 1114; hopes (for), D 275; gives attention, F 1097; Entenden,
_pr. pl._ purpose, R. 82; Entended, _pt. s._ designed, T. v. 469;
Entendinge. _pres. part._ looking intently, B 1. p 2. 2.
ENTENDEMENT, _s._ perception, T. iv. 1696; HF. 983.
ENTENTE, _s._ intention, intent, 1. 11; L. 308, 471; A 958, 1000, B 40,
867, C 88, D 192, 1389, E 735, 874, G 998; design, T. i. 61; B 3835, C 432,
D 1389, F 521; wish, 18. 68; E 189; meaning, F 400, 959; L. 1149;
attention, D 1374; endeavour, G 6, H 164; feeling, 5. 532, 580; occupation,
B 4. p 4. 193; will, B 824; mind, B 1740; plan, B 147, 206; Entent,
intention, L. 85 _a_; _in good e._, with good will, B 1902; _do thyn e._,
give heed, 3. 752; _as to comun e._, in plain language, F 107; Ententes,
_pl._ endeavours, HF. 1267; purposes, designs, B 1. p 1. 46; intended
spells, HF. 1267. O.F. _entente_.
ENTENTE, _v._; Ententeden, _pl. pt._ gave their attention, L. 1155.
ENTENTIF, ENTENTYF, _adj._ attentive, B 2. p 1. 4; HF. 1120; B 2205; eager,
R. 685, 1156, B 1. p 3. 53; diligent, R. 436; devoted, R. 339; careful, E
1288.
ENTENTIFLY, _adv._ attentively, B 3. p 12. 62; HF. 616; Ententiflich, T. i.
332.
ENTERE; see ENTRE.
ENTERMEDLED, _pp._ intermixed, R. 906. See ENTREMEDLED.
ENTIERLY, _adv._ wholly, I 675.
ENTITLED, _pp._ named, 5. 30.
ENTRAILLE, _s._ entrails, B 1763; inside, E 1188; Entrailes, _pl._
entrails, B 3. p 8. 31; inner parts, B 5. m 2. 4.
ENTRE, _ger._ to enter, 5. 147, 153; _v._ 4. 53; Entren, _v._ R. 504;
Entred, _pp._ A 2583, E 10; Entringe, _pres. pt._ I 12; Entreth, _imp. pl._
enter, HF. 1109; Entere, _imp. s._ enter, A. ii. 44. 7. To 'enter with' is
to keep in mind and search for, as a help to finding something else.
'_Argument_, in astronomical tables, is the angle on which the tabulated
quantity depends, and with which, therefore, in technical language, the
table must be _entered_.'--Eng. Cycl. Arts and Sciences, s.v. _Argument_.
In A. ii. 44. 3, _entere hit_ = set down in writing.
ENTRECHAUNGE, _v._ interchange; Entrechaungen, _pr. pl._ confuse, B 3. p 2.
34; Entrechaungeden, _pt. pl._ interchanged, exchanged, T. iii. 1369;
Entrechaunged, _pp._ interchanged, T. iv. 1043; Entrechaunginge, _pres.
pt._ interchanging, mingling, B 5. m 1. 8.
ENTRECHAUNGEABLE, _adj._ interchangeable, B. 4. p 6. 103; alternate, B 4. m
6. 13.
ENTRECHAUNGINGE, _s._ interchange, B 4. m 4. 10; Entrechaunginges, _pl._
mutations, B 1. m 5. 25; vicissitudes (Lat. _uices_), B 2. m 3. 15.
ENTRECOMUNEN, _v._ intercommunicate, T. iv. 1354.
ENTRECOMUNINGE, _s._ interchange, communication, B 2. p 7. 38.
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