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enchantment — Everyday, meaning 1: An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An enchantment is a feeling of being charmed and delighted, as if by magic.↗ Example: But it was enchantment they were weaving.↗ · Yet it was like a piece of enchantment.↗ · Why does this enchantment still seem to bind me?↗ · For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!'↗ (Torah NUM.23.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.↗ (Torah NUM.24.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.↗ (Prophets ISA.47.12, JPS 1917)↗ · and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and gave themselves over to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him; (Prophets 2KI.17.17, JPS 1917)↗

enchantress — Everyday, meaning 1: A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells.↗ Used in fairy tales and old stories.↗ Example: The enchantress hurried away and said some words over the lake.↗ · Nothing in the world could tear him from his twelve enchantresses.↗

encircle — Everyday, meaning 1: To encircle something is to form a circle round it or surround it on all sides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To encircle a place in war is to surround it so nobody can get in or out.↗ Example: A ring of trees encircled the pond.↗ · Mountains encircle the little village.↗ · The children encircled the teacher to hear the story.↗ · Draw a line to encircle the correct answer.↗ · The army encircled the city.↗ · A wall encircles the old town of York.↗ · Near the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a great red house.↗

encircled — Everyday, meaning 1: Formed a circle around something or someone; surrounded.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (in war) Surrounded an army or city so it could not escape.↗ Example: Tall trees encircled the quiet lake.↗ · The children encircled the birthday girl and sang.↗ · The castle was encircled by a deep moat.↗ · The army encircled the city.↗ · Circle the answer: put a ring round it so it is encircled.↗ · A ring of light encircled the moon.↗ · Sharks encircled the small boat.↗ · The head is frequently encircled with a wreath of oak-leaves.↗

encircling — Everyday, meaning 1: Forming a circle around something; surrounding it on all sides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Moving around something in a circle.↗ Example: The encircling mountains protected the valley.↗ · The children made a ring, encircling the maypole.↗ · Wolves were encircling the camp.↗ · A wall encircling the old town kept enemies out.↗ · The moat encircling the castle was full of water.↗ · Clouds were encircling the mountain top.↗ · They had bound themselves fast to each other, so that they looked like one large body on the slippery plains of ice encircling the deep abyss.↗

enclave — Everyday, meaning 1: An enclave is a small piece of land belonging to one country that is completely surrounded by another country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An enclave is also a part of a town where a particular group of people live together, apart from others, such as a neighbourhood where many people share one language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It can mean any small area that is different from everything around it.↗ Example: Vatican City is an enclave inside the city of Rome.↗ · Lesotho is a whole country that is an enclave in South Africa.↗ · San Marino is surrounded by Italy, so it is an enclave.↗ · The old quarter is a quiet enclave in the busy city.↗ · There is an Italian enclave in our city with lots of pizza shops.↗ · The garden was a green enclave among the grey buildings.↗ · On the map, the enclave looked like an island on land.↗ · We looked for enclaves on the world map in geography.↗

enclose — Everyday, meaning 1: To enclose a place is to put a wall, fence or cover all the way round it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enclose something is to put it in an envelope or parcel together with a letter.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths, to enclose an area means a line or shape goes all the way round it.↗ Example: A tall hedge encloses the garden.↗ · I enclose a photo of our new puppy.↗ · The farmer used a fence to enclose the sheep.↗ · A square of side 4 m encloses an area of 16 square metres.↗ · Please find enclosed the form for the school trip.↗ · The zoo animals live in an enclosed area.↗ · Brackets enclose the part of the sum you work out first.↗ · Never play in an enclosed space like an old fridge — you could run out of air.↗ · These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.↗ (Writings SNG.8.9, JPS 1917)↗

enclosed — Everyday, meaning 1: Enclosed means surrounded on all sides by walls, a fence or something else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Put inside an envelope or parcel together with a letter: «Please find enclosed …»↗ (formal).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Enclosed is the past of enclose: put a fence or wall around something.↗ Example: The playground is enclosed by a high fence.↗ · Find the area enclosed by the rectangle.↗ · Please find enclosed a copy of the form.↗ · The farmer enclosed the field with a stone wall.↗ · Some people feel uneasy in enclosed spaces.↗ · The dog runs free in an enclosed park.↗ · Wandering along the banks of the Tigris, they skirted a garden enclosed by a high wall.↗ · He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.↗ (Writings LAM.3.9, JPS 1917)↗ · The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law.↗ (Writings PSA.119.61, JPS 1917)↗

enclosure — Everyday, meaning 1: An enclosure is an area with a fence or wall all round it, often to keep animals in.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An enclosure is also something put inside an envelope with a letter.↗ Example: The giraffes live in a large enclosure.↗ · Do not climb into the animal enclosure.↗ · The farmer built an enclosure for the goats.↗ · The enclosure is 10 metres long and 6 metres wide, so it needs 32 metres of fence.↗ · The penguin enclosure had a pool and rocks.↗ · The letter came with an enclosure, a small photo.↗ · The rabbits escaped from their enclosure.↗ · Prince Ivan walked round the enclosure, but could not see any doors.↗ · And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes.↗ (Prophets ISA.35.7, JPS 1917)↗ · I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.↗ (Prophets HOS.13.8, JPS 1917)↗

encompass — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To encompass something is to include it or cover all of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To encompass a place is to surround it completely.↗ Example: The project encompasses maths, art and science.↗ · The national park encompasses mountains and lakes.↗ · Her job encompasses teaching and coaching.↗ · Thick fog encompassed the village.↗ · The school's rules encompass behaviour online too.↗ · The word «pet» encompasses dogs, cats and fish.↗ · arranged in a triangular form and the sphere of void encompassing them was symbolized by a circle.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.↗ (Writings PSA.22.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.↗ (Writings PSA.5.13, JPS 1917)↗ · At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.↗ (Writings PSA.17.11, JPS 1917)↗

encore — Everyday, meaning 1: An extra song or piece played at the end of a concert because the audience claps and asks for more.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (exclamation) Encore! is shouted by an audience to ask for more.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (French) Encore means again or still in French; it is a French word used in English.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An encore can also be a repeat or celebration of something that people enjoyed, such as an anniversary event.↗ Example: The crowd shouted Encore! and the band played one more song.↗ · The choir sang a lullaby as an encore.↗ · The magician's encore was the best trick.↗ · In French, encore une fois means one more time.↗ · For an encore, our team won the cup again the next year.↗ · She bowed and came back for an encore.↗

encounter — Everyday, meaning 1: To encounter means to meet someone or something, often by chance or unexpectedly.↗ e.g. "we encountered a bear".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To encounter a problem or difficulty means to face it.↗ e.g. "we encountered heavy traffic".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) An encounter is a meeting, especially an unexpected, strange or dangerous one.↗ Example: On our walk we encountered a fox.↗ · The explorers encountered many dangers.↗ · If you encounter any problems, ask the teacher.↗ · It was a chance encounter at the shops.↗ · Our first encounter with snow was magical.↗ · In the jungle they had a close encounter with a snake.↗ · We encountered heavy rain on the way home.↗ · In comfortable rooms they encounter hospitality and friendly faces.↗ · And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

encourage — Everyday, meaning 1: To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To encourage something is to help it happen or grow.↗ Example: My teacher encouraged me to read more.↗ · We cheered to encourage the runners.↗ · Mum encourages me to try new food.↗ · Warm weather encourages plants to grow.↗ · Her kind words were very encouraging.↗ · Encourage your friends when they find things hard.↗ · The coach encouraged us to keep trying.↗ · The young man, thus encouraged, began his tale.↗ · Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.↗ (Torah DEU.1.38, JPS 1917)↗ · But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.'↗ (Torah DEU.3.28, JPS 1917)↗ · We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.↗ (Writings PSA.138.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.↗ (Writings 2CH.35.2, JPS 1917)↗ · They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.↗ (Writings PSA.64.6, JPS 1917)↗

encouragement — Everyday, meaning 1: Encouragement is words or actions that give someone confidence and hope to keep going or try something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Encouragement can also mean making something more likely to happen.↗ Example: The crowd shouted encouragement to the runners.↗ · With a little encouragement, Tom jumped into the pool.↗ · My teacher's encouragement helped me finish the hard sum.↗ · She wrote a note of encouragement to her friend.↗ · A smile can be a kind of encouragement.↗ · Thanks for the encouragement; I'll try again.↗ · The plants grew well with a bit of encouragement from the sun and water.↗ · ‘When anyone is as beautiful as you,’ said the shirt-collar, ‘is not that encouragement enough?’↗

encouragingly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a way that gives courage and hope.↗ Example: And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly unto all the Levites that were well skilled in the service of the LORD.↗ (Writings 2CH.30.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying: (Writings 2CH.32.6, JPS 1917)↗

encroachment — Everyday, meaning 1: Slowly going into a place, time or right that belongs to someone else, a little at a time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) Building or using land beyond your boundary onto someone else's land.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (nature) The sea, a desert or towns slowly spreading over land.↗ Example: The encroachment of the sea is eating away the cliffs.↗ · Towns' encroachment on forests leaves animals with less space.↗ · The neighbour's new fence was an encroachment on our garden.↗ · Desert encroachment makes farming harder.↗ · People protested against the encroachment on their rights.↗ · Rising water caused the encroachment of salt into farmland.↗