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Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

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-.

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

Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

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-.

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

In; Into; as enshrine; enthrone.

See Em.