dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ens_MW.json

{
  "ENS":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "ensign":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-153614",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "ens rationis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an abstract logical entity usually having no positive existence outside the mind \u2014 compare ens reale":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, literally, being of the mind":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6en(t)s\u02ccr\u00e4t\u0113\u02c8-",
      "-\u00e4ts\u0113\u02c8-",
      "\u00a6enz\u02ccrash\u0113\u02c8\u014dn\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192216",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ens reale":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an entity that has either actual or potential existence beyond the confines of the finite mind \u2014 compare ens rationis":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, literally, real being":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6en(t)sr\u0101\u02c8\u00e4(\u02cc)l\u0101",
      "\u00a6enzr\u0113\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202432",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ensconce":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": establish , settle":[
        "ensconced in a new job"
      ],
      ": shelter , conceal":[
        "ensconced themselves within the protection of three great elms",
        "\u2014 Mark Twain"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass.",
      "He ensconced himself in front of the television.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That probably extends to Mike Conley Jr., too, an All-Star a season ago whose arrival in Utah helped ensconce the Jazz as contenders. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "The appearance of an unfamiliar object is a surefire way to pique a cat\u2019s interest, perhaps even enough to try to ensconce themselves in it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 12 May 2021",
      "Spa days aren\u2019t complete without a cozy robe to ensconce yourself in, and this one from Riley will do the trick. \u2014 Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "With Emmanuel Macron ensconced in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, the policy of European fiscal union enjoys the passionate support of one of Europe\u2019s two biggest powers for the first time. \u2014 Peter Rough, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "Grandpa would ramble about his years as a meteorologist, at which point my younger cousins would slip away and ensconce themselves under the table, tug at someone\u2019s pants, or pluck one of my aunt\u2019s stockings. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "Scaramucci missed his son\u2019s birth while ensconced at the White House during his 11-day tenure before his epic firing following an expletive-laden New Yorker interview. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2019",
      "Just as the nineteenth-century flaneur gets intoxicated on a strange mix of empathy and detachment, the lurker sees their historic moment by being above it and very much ensconced in it. \u2014 Adrian Daub, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2020",
      "But don't worry -- the mice were safely ensconced in their own comfy little cages with bedding and food. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 24 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- + sconce entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8sk\u00e4n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "install",
      "lodge",
      "nestle",
      "perch",
      "roost",
      "settle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083305",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "enshrine":{
    "antonyms":[
      "abase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "humble",
      "humiliate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enclose in or as if in a shrine":[],
      ": to preserve or cherish as sacred":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When a draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe was leaked in May, Pelosi at the time vowed to keep fighting to enshrine Roe into law. \u2014 Christopher Brito, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
      "Newsom has embraced legislative plans to place a measure on the November ballot asking voters to enshrine the right to abortions and contraceptives in the California Constitution. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Congress is negotiating legislation that would enshrine those trade actions into law. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Activists Mark Kramer, a kayaker, and Todd Prager, a swimmer, sued the city, state and Department of State Lands that year in a bid to enshrine the public right to navigate Oswego Lake. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But neither Republican has been willing to break with her leaders and join Democrats in a bid to put an end to the filibuster, leaving Democrats with no path to bringing up a bill to enshrine Roe into federal law. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Their fight to enshrine anti-trans discrimination into law is just as audacious: So far in 2022, more than a dozen states have introduced anti-trans bills, which if passed would work step by step to exclude trans people from the public sphere. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Virginia's new Republican Attorney General ended a legal campaign to get the federal government to recognize the state's ratification of the landmark Equal Rights Amendment, the long-running effort to enshrine women's equality in the Constitution. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Ken Wissoker has helped to enshrine cultural studies in the American academy. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially Southern -\u02c8sr\u012bn",
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8shr\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "canonize",
      "deify",
      "dignify",
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "ensky",
      "enthrone",
      "exalt",
      "glorify",
      "magnify"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032830",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "enshroud":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bare",
      "disclose",
      "display",
      "divulge",
      "expose",
      "reveal",
      "show",
      "uncloak",
      "uncover",
      "unmask",
      "unveil"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cover or enclose with or as if with a shroud":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings",
      "a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "Then came the smoke \u2014 not just from the forest but also from some 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8shrau\u0307d",
      "en-",
      "especially Southern -\u02c8srau\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "belie",
      "blanket",
      "blot out",
      "cloak",
      "conceal",
      "cover",
      "curtain",
      "disguise",
      "hide",
      "mask",
      "obscure",
      "occult",
      "paper over",
      "screen",
      "shroud",
      "suppress",
      "veil"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173622",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensign":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a badge of office, rank, or power":[],
      ": a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a chief warrant officer and below a lieutenant junior grade":[],
      ": a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design":[],
      ": an infantry officer of what was formerly the lowest commissioned rank":[],
      ": emblem , sign":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "that ensign of tutorial authority, the hickory stick",
      "fittingly, the organization promoting the welfare of marine life features a dolphin on its ensign",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her first tour as an ensign took her to Seattle for an assignment aboard an icebreaker, the Polar Star. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "He was commissioned an ensign in 1963, and served aboard the USS Constellation as a nuclear weapons officer. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Melvin washes out, whereas Connell would become an ensign and train new recruits in New Orleans. \u2014 Gemma Sieff, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "After initially saying Kazuo was dead, the navy sent a higher-ranking officer to confide that the ensign was missing. \u2014 Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Cervantes could have made the ensign read the manuscript aloud to the licentiate. \u2014 Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "On Friday, the day after Veterans Day, Ouellette will graduate top of her class from the U.S. Navy\u2019s Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, as an ensign . \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "In June 1954, Rumsfeld graduated and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 1 July 2021",
      "In June 1954, Rumsfeld graduated and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 1 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English ensigne , sign, token, banner, from Anglo-French enseigne , from Latin insignia insignia, flags":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8en-\u02ccs\u012bn for senses 1, 2, & 3a",
      "\u02c8en-s\u0259n",
      "\u02c8en(t)-s\u0259n",
      "1 is also -\u02ccs\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "emblem",
      "hallmark",
      "impresa",
      "logo",
      "symbol",
      "totem",
      "trademark"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161404",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ensky":{
    "antonyms":[
      "abase",
      "degrade",
      "demean",
      "humble",
      "humiliate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": exalt":[
        "I hold you as a thing enskied and sainted",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a society that seems to have enskied celebrity as an end in itself"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8sk\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "canonize",
      "deify",
      "dignify",
      "elevate",
      "ennoble",
      "enshrine",
      "enthrone",
      "exalt",
      "glorify",
      "magnify"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112307",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "enslavement":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to reduce to or as if to slavery : subjugate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another version is that the federal government was complicit in allowing Texas plantation owners to continue to enslave people to receive the taxes yielded from more cotton harvests. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "According to one of the other girls, Leah declined to renounce her Christian faith and this is the reason Boko Haram continues to enslave her. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "And so long as men die, liberty will never perish\u2026 Don\u2019t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Zelensky has described the Russian invasion as a means to enslave the Ukrainian people. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "McKell shared several emails with The Tribune that accused lawmakers of being ignorant or willfully complicit with a plan to enslave Utah. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Conversely, bad ideas can divide, enslave , and immiserate. \u2014 Lindsay Craig, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Evidence suggests that another 3,166 congressmen did not enslave anyone. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The enforcement of slavery in the U.S. effectively stigmatized all African-descended persons in the country as potential insurrectionists, as to enslave someone is to simultaneously give rise to an impulse toward liberation. \u2014 Hawa Allan, Time , 7 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1628, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8sl\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093725",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensnare":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disentangle",
      "untangle"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to take in or as if in a snare":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The animals got ensnared in the net.",
      "The police successfully ensnared the burglar.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the case of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act too, Shein\u2019s model of shipping low-value packages directly to consumers could help save the startup from a crackdown that\u2019s likely to ensnare boatloads of Chinese goods. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "Mary watched the disinformation ensnare her family. \u2014 Michael E. Miller And Regine Cabato, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
      "That can be a risky proposition, as creators face a near-constant battle against platform moderation efforts that can sometimes ensnare people who are not violating a company\u2019s rules. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
      "The cost of buying special rope designed to sink, so as not to ensnare right whales, is adding up for Jon Williams, a fisherman in New Bedford who owns 14 boats that catch lobster, crab and hagfish. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "As a genre, the scam started with victims in China, then began to ensnare Chinese-speaking residents of other countries. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "In an attempt to help Jennifer Coolidge woo a cute UPS guy, Elle teaches her (and the entire salon) an ass-presenting move guaranteed to ensnare any man. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s richest men are on the run amid a global dragnet Western governments have cast to ensnare their yachts, villas, jets and bank accounts. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "McKenzie thinks celebrities are going to help ensnare regular people desperate to get in on what appears to be, from the outside, a boom so big there is room for everyone. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1576, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8sner"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ensnare catch , capture , trap , snare , entrap , ensnare , bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold trap , snare , entrap , ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing. trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative. entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey. bagged a brace of pheasants",
    "synonyms":[
      "catch up",
      "enmesh",
      "immesh",
      "ensnarl",
      "entangle",
      "entoil",
      "entrap",
      "mesh",
      "net",
      "snare",
      "tangle",
      "trap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023821",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensnarl":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disentangle",
      "untangle"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to involve in a snarl":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "for two years the couple was ensnarled in the red tape of an international adoption",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those exact questions would divide state government and ensnarl Utah\u2019s COVID-19 response in politics as hundreds, and then thousands, of Utahns fell ill while the coronavirus spread worldwide. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "All the while, their suspicions focused on Mr. Dulos, with whom she had been ensnarled in a bitter, yearslong custody battle. \u2014 Michael Gold, New York Times , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "That led to a police chase that ended in Miramar, where the robbers became ensnarled in traffic and exchanged gunshots with the police. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "The site is part of what was once envisioned as a downtown neighborhood featuring hundreds of new homes, but the original plan by developer Zaremba Inc. was ensnarled by challenges from the start. \u2014 Jordyn Grzelewski, cleveland.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Yost is leading a wide-ranging investigation into Cuyahoga County government and the jail that has ensnarled members of Budish\u2019s administration. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
      "The world seems to be careening into more and more disorder, and American politics in particular is hopelessly ensnarled in partisan dysfunction. \u2014 Sean Illing, Vox , 20 Dec. 2018",
      "The controversies that have ensnarled Chang have run the gamut, from budget cuts and school closures to turbulent leadership at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2018",
      "McCabe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but is now ensnarled in a criminal investigation by the US Attorney's office in DC based on the inspector general's findings -- a searing reminder of the gravity of the office's powers. \u2014 Laura Jarrett, CNN , 16 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8sn\u00e4r(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "catch up",
      "enmesh",
      "immesh",
      "ensnare",
      "entangle",
      "entoil",
      "entrap",
      "mesh",
      "net",
      "snare",
      "tangle",
      "trap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102844",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensorcel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bewitch , enchant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its slow turn toward inanity, the sketch also satirized the romantic tolls of war and the ease with which dissatisfied citizens can be ensorcelled by demagogues. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "Featuring a young girl casting a spell over the object of her affection, tarot cards and love potions come into play as the juvenile witch dresses up maturely to meet her ensorcelled date. \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 12 Jan. 2018",
      "The poems leapt off the page: ungoverned, astronomical, astrological, indigenous (but from where"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1541, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bewitch",
      "charm",
      "enchant",
      "hex",
      "overlook",
      "spell",
      "strike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002240",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensorcell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bewitch , enchant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its slow turn toward inanity, the sketch also satirized the romantic tolls of war and the ease with which dissatisfied citizens can be ensorcelled by demagogues. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "Featuring a young girl casting a spell over the object of her affection, tarot cards and love potions come into play as the juvenile witch dresses up maturely to meet her ensorcelled date. \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 12 Jan. 2018",
      "The poems leapt off the page: ungoverned, astronomical, astrological, indigenous (but from where"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1541, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bewitch",
      "charm",
      "enchant",
      "hex",
      "overlook",
      "spell",
      "strike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085440",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensorcellment":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bewitch , enchant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its slow turn toward inanity, the sketch also satirized the romantic tolls of war and the ease with which dissatisfied citizens can be ensorcelled by demagogues. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "Featuring a young girl casting a spell over the object of her affection, tarot cards and love potions come into play as the juvenile witch dresses up maturely to meet her ensorcelled date. \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 12 Jan. 2018",
      "The poems leapt off the page: ungoverned, astronomical, astrological, indigenous (but from where"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1541, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French ensorceler , alteration of Old French ensorcerer , from en- + -sorcerer , from sorcier, sorcer sorcerer \u2014 more at sorcery":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bewitch",
      "charm",
      "enchant",
      "hex",
      "overlook",
      "spell",
      "strike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104738",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensorcerize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ensorcell":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + sorcerize":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "\u0259\u0307n\u02c8s\u022frs(\u0259)\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193620",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensoul":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to endow or imbue with a soul":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1605, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8s\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105404",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensphere":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enclose in or as if in a sphere":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1612, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8sfir",
      "en-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081055",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "enspirit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of enspirit variant of inspirit"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-004304",
    "type":[]
  },
  "enstamp":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to imprint or impress with or as if with a stamp":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + stamp (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u02c8st-",
      "en-",
      "\u0259\u0307nz\u02c8tamp",
      "-taimp",
      "-taa(\u0259)mp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134444",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensuing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to strive to attain : pursue":[
        "I wander, seeking peace, and ensuing it",
        "\u2014 Rupert Brooke"
      ],
      ": to take place afterward or as a result":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mike Cernovich also reveal the chaos - and potential harm - that can ensue when the incoming owner of a company amplifies criticism of workers there. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "To say nothing of the train wreck fascination that will cause viewers to briefly tune in next year, curious about what chaos might once again ensue . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Finding more people to take part in the testing has been a challenge because of the cost, and the anxiety that Sumchai said can ensue . \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Not only is this clock great for avoiding the rabbit hole that can ensue when checking the time using a digital device, but it can be carried around to maintain the early morning habit when on the move. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The stabilization would last for roughly five seconds before a rapid descent would ensue . \u2014 Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "As wedding preparations immediately ensue , George earns a crash course on learning to let go and accepting that his little girl has grown up. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
      "Kelly said the Biden administration should not end Title 42 without preparing for the immigrant swell that would ensue . \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Congress was facing a deadline of Friday at midnight to pass the bill or a government shutdown would ensue . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French ensivre (3rd singular ensiut ), from en- + sivre to follow \u2014 more at sue":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8s\u00fc",
      "en-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ensue follow , succeed , ensue , supervene mean to come after something or someone. follow may apply to a coming after in time, position, or logical sequence. speeches followed the dinner succeed implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank. she succeeded her father as head of the business ensue commonly suggests a logical consequence or naturally expected development. after the talk a general discussion ensued supervene suggests the following or beginning of something unforeseen or unpredictable. unable to continue because of supervening circumstances",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205617",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make sure, certain, or safe : guarantee":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "A combination of \u2026 personal courage, dashing leadership from the front, willingness to share the toughest rigours suffered by the ordinary soldiers, and a liberal dose of sheer good fortune ensured his stature as a great general. \u2014 Paul Cartledge , History Today , July 2004",
      "Indeed, even though she's been off the mainstream radar for more than a decade, her passionate love for and commitment to rock & roll have ensured that she's managed to make a steady living. \u2014 Tom Sinclair , Entertainment Weekly , 24 Nov. 2000",
      "At 20, [Kobe] Bryant is already living the modern American dream, a $70 million man on the NBA's glamour team in the nation's starriest city. His acrobatic moves make him the envy of teenage boys and his good looks and megawatt smile a heartthrob for teenage girls, ensuring his status as one of the NBA's premier pitchmen \u2026 \u2014 Allison Samuels et al. , Newsweek , 31 May 1999",
      "They took steps to ensure the safety of the passengers.",
      "regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Landing rocket boosters instead of discarding them in the ocean, as other rocket companies have done for decades, is at the core of SpaceX's and Blue Origin's plans to bring down the cost of a launch and ensure profitability. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "The operational readiness designation allows Metro to simulate service, run emergency drills with first responders, work out security issues, fully train workers and ensure that construction issues are resolved before taking full possession. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "Companies need to provide a wide variety of connection opportunities\u2014social clubs, events and more\u2014and must ensure everyone is invited and feels truly welcomed. \u2014 Natalie Baumgartner, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Congress must work towards solutions that preserve our environment for the next generation and ensure a greener, healthier future for all Americans. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "The change will increase the number of teams competing at a regional from six or seven to 12-14 and essentially ensure competition at all weight classes. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "One dollar of each ticket sale will go to PLUS1, which supports non-profits working to secure social justice, ensure mental health care for all, and confront the climate crisis. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
      "Some of the coming renovations to the decades-old buildings are designed to improve energy efficiency, upgrade the heating and cooling systems and ensure that new restrooms and lockers meet the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Take the time to wash, clean, repair, sand, and seal your deck annually to protect it and ensure its longevity. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1660, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French ensurer , alteration of assurer \u2014 more at assure":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8shu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ensure ensure , insure , assure , secure mean to make a thing or person sure. ensure , insure , and assure are interchangeable in many contexts where they indicate the making certain or inevitable of an outcome, but ensure may imply a virtual guarantee the government has ensured the safety of the refugees , while insure sometimes stresses the taking of necessary measures beforehand careful planning should insure the success of the party , and assure distinctively implies the removal of doubt and suspense from a person's mind. I assure you that no harm will be done secure implies action taken to guard against attack or loss. sent reinforcements to secure their position",
    "synonyms":[
      "assure",
      "cinch",
      "guarantee",
      "guaranty",
      "ice",
      "insure",
      "secure"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092445",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "enswathe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enfold or enclose with or as if with a covering : swathe":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "swelling buds still enswathed in their furry overcoats"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1597, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "-\u02c8sw\u0101t\u035fh",
      "-\u02c8sw\u022ft\u035fh",
      "in-\u02c8sw\u00e4t\u035fh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bosom",
      "bower",
      "circumfuse",
      "cocoon",
      "embosom",
      "embower",
      "embrace",
      "enclose",
      "inclose",
      "encompass",
      "enfold",
      "enshroud",
      "envelop",
      "enwrap",
      "invest",
      "involve",
      "lap",
      "mantle",
      "muffle",
      "shroud",
      "swathe",
      "veil",
      "wrap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091939",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ensuingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in an ensuing manner : afterward":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212933"
  },
  "enslaved":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to reduce to or as if to slavery : subjugate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8sl\u0101v",
      "en-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another version is that the federal government was complicit in allowing Texas plantation owners to continue to enslave people to receive the taxes yielded from more cotton harvests. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "According to one of the other girls, Leah declined to renounce her Christian faith and this is the reason Boko Haram continues to enslave her. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "And so long as men die, liberty will never perish\u2026 Don\u2019t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Zelensky has described the Russian invasion as a means to enslave the Ukrainian people. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "McKell shared several emails with The Tribune that accused lawmakers of being ignorant or willfully complicit with a plan to enslave Utah. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Conversely, bad ideas can divide, enslave , and immiserate. \u2014 Lindsay Craig, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Evidence suggests that another 3,166 congressmen did not enslave anyone. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The enforcement of slavery in the U.S. effectively stigmatized all African-descended persons in the country as potential insurrectionists, as to enslave someone is to simultaneously give rise to an impulse toward liberation. \u2014 Hawa Allan, Time , 7 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1628, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105158"
  },
  "ensurance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English ensuraunce , from Anglo-French ensurance , probably alteration of Middle French assurance":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174035"
  },
  "ensue":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to strive to attain : pursue":[
        "I wander, seeking peace, and ensuing it",
        "\u2014 Rupert Brooke"
      ],
      ": to take place afterward or as a result":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "en-",
      "in-\u02c8s\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ensue follow , succeed , ensue , supervene mean to come after something or someone. follow may apply to a coming after in time, position, or logical sequence. speeches followed the dinner succeed implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank. she succeeded her father as head of the business ensue commonly suggests a logical consequence or naturally expected development. after the talk a general discussion ensued supervene suggests the following or beginning of something unforeseen or unpredictable. unable to continue because of supervening circumstances",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mike Cernovich also reveal the chaos - and potential harm - that can ensue when the incoming owner of a company amplifies criticism of workers there. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "To say nothing of the train wreck fascination that will cause viewers to briefly tune in next year, curious about what chaos might once again ensue . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Finding more people to take part in the testing has been a challenge because of the cost, and the anxiety that Sumchai said can ensue . \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Not only is this clock great for avoiding the rabbit hole that can ensue when checking the time using a digital device, but it can be carried around to maintain the early morning habit when on the move. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The stabilization would last for roughly five seconds before a rapid descent would ensue . \u2014 Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "As wedding preparations immediately ensue , George earns a crash course on learning to let go and accepting that his little girl has grown up. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
      "Kelly said the Biden administration should not end Title 42 without preparing for the immigrant swell that would ensue . \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Congress was facing a deadline of Friday at midnight to pass the bill or a government shutdown would ensue . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French ensivre (3rd singular ensiut ), from en- + sivre to follow \u2014 more at sue":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182344"
  }
}