en

noun

1. the letter N
2. Printing a space half the width of an em

1. Origin: ME < -en, -ien < OE -nian

   1. to become or cause to be: added to adjectives: darken, weaken
   2. to come to have, cause to have: added to nouns: heighten, hearten, strengthen

2. Origin: ME & OE, akin to L -inus, Gr -inos

   made of: added to concrete nouns: wooden, waxen

3. Origin: ME & OE

   forming the past participle of strong verbs: risen, written

4. Origin: OE -an

   forming the plural of certain nouns: children, oxen

5. Origin: OE

   forming the feminine of certain nouns: vixen

6. Origin: OE

   forming certain old diminutives: chicken

1. : added to nouns
   1. to put or get into or on: enthrone, enplane
   2. to cover or wrap with: enrobe
2. to make, make into or like, cause to be: added to nouns and adjectives: endanger, enthrall
3. in or into: added to verbs: encase
4. : encourage