enfeeble | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, drain |
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enfeeblement | (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enervation, exhaustion |
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enfeebling | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, weakening |
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enfeoff | (verb) put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society | - |
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enfeoffment | (noun) under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service | - |
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enfilade | (noun) gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation | Synonyms: enfilade fire |
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(verb) rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | - |
enflurane | (noun) a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic | Synonyms: Ethrane |
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enfold | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
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enfolding | (noun) the action of enfolding something | Synonyms: involution |
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enforce | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, implement |
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(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, impose |
enforceable | (adjective) capable of being enforced | - |
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enforced | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | Synonyms: implemented |
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enforcement | (noun) the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to | - |
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enforcer | (noun) one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior | Synonyms: hatchet man |
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enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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(verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
enfranchised | (adjective) endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
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enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
(noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |