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e) Classification of the <strong>de</strong>adjectival <strong>and</strong> <strong>de</strong>nom<strong>in</strong>al Vs <strong>in</strong>to semantic<br />
paraphrases 34 :<br />
A → [en+A]V<br />
Trans [+c] [-c-m] ‘to make A’<br />
Enable (able), en<strong>de</strong>ar (<strong>de</strong>ar), enfeeble (feeble), enlarge (large), ennoble (noble), enrich<br />
(rich), <strong>and</strong> ensure (sure).<br />
N→ [en+N]V<br />
A) Trans [+c] (usually [+c+m]) [-c-m] ‘to put someth<strong>in</strong>g around/<strong>in</strong>/onto/towards N’<br />
Location Vs.<br />
Encapsulate (capsule), encase (case), enco<strong>de</strong> (co<strong>de</strong>), encyst (cyst), engorge (gorge),<br />
engulf (gulf), enlist (list), enmesh (mesh), enplane (plane), enrobe (robe), enshr<strong>in</strong>e<br />
(shr<strong>in</strong>e), enshroud (shroud), ensile (silo), ensnare (snare), enthrone (throne), entomb<br />
(tomb), entra<strong>in</strong> (tra<strong>in</strong>), entrance (trance), entrap (trap), entrench (trench), <strong>and</strong> enurn<br />
(urn).<br />
Intermediate Vs which have mean<strong>in</strong>gs related to the prefixed Vs (A.1):<br />
Engorge (gorge), enlist (list), enmesh (mesh), ensnare (snare), entrap (trap), entra<strong>in</strong><br />
(tra<strong>in</strong>), <strong>and</strong> entrench (trench).<br />
Intermediate Vs which have the same mean<strong>in</strong>g as the prefixed Vs (A.2):<br />
Enco<strong>de</strong> (co<strong>de</strong>), enrobe (robe), enshr<strong>in</strong>e (shr<strong>in</strong>e), enshroud (shroud), enthrone (throne),<br />
entrance (trance), <strong>and</strong> enurn (urn).<br />
B) Trans [+c] (usually [+c+m]) [-c-m] ‘to put N around/<strong>in</strong>/<strong>in</strong>to/on someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
somebody’ Locatum Vs.<br />
Encircle (circle), encompass (compass), encrust (crust), endanger (danger), enfold<br />
(fold), enforce (force), engirdle (girdle), engraft (graft), enlighten (light), enrage (rage),<br />
entrust (trust), <strong>and</strong> envenom (venom).<br />
→ [+c] (usually [+c+m]) [-c-m] ‘to give N’ (=’to put N <strong>in</strong> somebody’)<br />
Encourage (courage), enfeoff (fief), enfranchise (franchise), enrapture (rapture), <strong>and</strong><br />
entitle (title).<br />
34 Unlike the <strong>Catalan</strong> classification, the <strong>in</strong>termediate forms <strong>in</strong> the <strong>English</strong> classification have not been<br />
provi<strong>de</strong>d with the direction of <strong>de</strong>rivation. The dictionaries did not allow me to see which form came first<br />
most of the time.<br />
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