Enfeeble
(En*fee"ble) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeebling ] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref.
en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.] To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce
the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
Prescott. Syn. — To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
Enfeeblement
(En*fee"ble*ment) n. The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
Enfeebler
(En*fee"bler) n. One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
Enfeeblish
(En*fee"blish), v. i. To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.
Enfeloned
(En*fel"oned) a. [Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner.] Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.]
"Like one enfeloned or distraught." Spenser.
Enfeoff
(En*feoff") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- + feoff,
fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold
estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.
2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]
[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity.
Shak. Enfeoffment
(En*feoff"ment) n. (Law) (a) The act of enfeoffing. (b) The instrument or deed by which
one is invested with the fee of an estate.
Enfester
(En*fes"ter) v. t. To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).
Enfetter
(En*fet"ter) v. t. To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.
Enfever
(En*fe"ver) v. t. [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfiévrer.] To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward.
Enfierce
(En*fierce") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfierced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfiercing ] To make fierce.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Enfilade
(En`fi*lade") n. [F., fr. enfiler to thread, go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. en-
(L. in) + fil thread. See File a row.]
1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. [R.]
2. (Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking
fire.
Enfilade
(En`fi*lade"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfilading.] (Mil.) To pierce,
scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops. Campbell.
Enfiled
(En*filed") p. a. [F. enfiler to pierce, thread.] (Her.) Having some object, as the head of a man
or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.
Enfire
(En*fire") v. t. To set on fire. [Obs.] Spenser.
