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en-1
a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “to confine in or place on” (enshrine; enthrone; entomb); “to cause to be in” (enslave; entrust; enrich; encourage; endear); “to restrict” in the manner named by the stem, typically with the additional sense “on all sides, completely” (enwind; encircle; enclose; entwine). This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive (enkindle; enliven; enshield; enface).
Also, before labial consonants, em-1.
Compare be-, in-2.

[Origin: ME < OF < L in- in-2]
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en-2
a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek: energy; enthusiasm.
Also, before labial consonants, em-2.

[Origin: < Gk (often through L); c. in-1, in-2]
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en- 1 or em- or in-  
pref.  
    1. To put into or onto: encapsulate.
    2. To go into or onto: enplane.
  2. To cover or provide with: enrobe.
  3. To cause to be: endear.
  4. Thoroughly. Used often as an intensive: entangle.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, in; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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en- 2 or em-  
pref.   In; into; within: enzootic.


[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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en- 
prefix meaning "cause to be, make" (endear); "put in or on" (encircle); from O.Fr. en-, from L. in- "in, into." Also used as an intensive (enclose). Spelling variants in O.Fr. brought over into M.E. account for parallels such as assure/insure/ensure. Many words beginning with en- in Mod.Eng. are transparent (enforce, etc.) and etymologies can be found in listings for their stems. Words listed here include those whose unprefixed form is not an obvious word in Eng. (encroach) or whose meaning has drifted significantly (engrain).

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en- 2 or em-
pref.
In; into; within: enzootic.

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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-.

2. A prefix from Gr. ? in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.

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