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Definition of "en-" []

  • To put into or onto: encapsulate. (prefix)
  • To go into or onto: enplane. (prefix)
  • To cover or provide with: enrobe. (prefix)
  • To cause to be: endear. (prefix)
  • Thoroughly. Used often as an intensive: entangle. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "en-" in a sentence
  • "In future corporate naming, en- is very likely to be avoided as a prefix, and the suffix -on is off."
  • "He's shown to a satin-draped bedroom and a sumptuous en- suite bathroom with a free-standing oval tub."
  • "Obama and his liberal cohorts like to bemoan the fact that the United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t en- sure health care for every single citizen."
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