pref. 1. a. To put into or onto: encapsulate. b. To go into or onto: enplane. 2. To cover or provide with: enrobe. 3. To cause to be: endear. 4. Thoroughly. Used often as an intensive: entangle. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, in; see en in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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Tweet suff. 1. a. To cause to be: cheapen. b. To become: redden. 2. a. To cause to have: hearten. b. To come to have: lengthen. [Middle English -enen, -nen, from Old English -nian.] |
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Tweet suff. Made of; resembling: earthen. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
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pref. In; into; within: enzootic. |
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Tweet suff. Used to form the past participle of many irregular verbs: broken, taken. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
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n. 1. The letter n. 2. Printing A space equal to half the width of an em. |
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