3. Admission into service; service.
Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment.
Shak. 4. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. [Obs.]
The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.
Sir J. Davies. Syn. — Amusement; diversion; recreation; pastime; sport; feast; banquet; repast; carousal.
Entertake
(En`ter*take") v. t. To entertain. [Obs.]
Entertissued
(En`ter*tis"sued) a. Same as Intertissued.
Entheal
(En"the*al En"the*an) a. [Gr. full of the god, inspired; in + god.] Divinely inspired; wrought up to
enthusiasm. [Obs.]
Entheasm
(En"the*asm) n. Inspiration; enthusiasm. [R.] "Religious entheasm." Byron.
Entheastic
(En`the*as"tic) a. [Gr. inspired, fr. fr. . See Entheal.] Of godlike energy; inspired. — En`the*as"tic*al*ly
adv.
Entheat
(En"the*at) a. [Cf. L. entheatus, fr. Gr. .] Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.
Enthelmintha
(||En`thel*min"tha En`thel*min"thes) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. within + worm.] (Zoöl.) Intestinal
worms. See Helminthes.
Enthetic
(En*thet"ic) a. [Gr. 'enqetiko`s fit for inserting; 'en in + tiqe`nai to place.] (Med.) Caused by
a morbific virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.
Enthrall
(En*thrall") v. t. [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. Inthrall.] [Written also enthral.] To hold in thrall; to
enslave. See Inthrall.
The bars survive the captive they enthrall.
Byron. Enthrallment
(En*thrall"ment) n. The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.
Enthrill
(En*thrill") v. t. [Pref. en- + thrill.] To pierce; to thrill. [Obs.] Sackville.
Enthrone
(En*throne") v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize.]
1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign
authority or dignity.
Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned.
Pope.
It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
Shak. 2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
Enthronement
(En*throne"ment) n. The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]
Enthronization
(En*thron`i*za"tion) n. The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his
stall or throne in his cathedral.
