EN
\ˈɛn], \ˈɛn], \ˈɛ_n]\
Definitions of EN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
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A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.
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A prefix from Gr. in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.
By Oddity Software
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Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
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A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.
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A prefix from Gr. in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A prefix representing the Greek en, signifying in or on; the Latin in, signifying in or into; or the Saxon em, signifying to make, to surround, or to intensify the meaning.
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A Greek prefix signifying well, easily, &c.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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En becomes em before b, p, or m. Gr. en signifies in or on; F. en comes from the L. in, and signifies in or into; en is often used as prefix to augment the force of the word, or to intensify its meaning; en, for AS. em, signifies to make, to surround; some words are written indifferently with en or in as the prefix.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
