Found 1 items, similar to En-.
English → English (gcide) Definition: En- En- \En-\ 1. [F. en-, L. in.] 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-. [1913 Webster] 2. A prefix from Gr. ? in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-. [1913 Webster]