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† enarration Obs.
Also 6 ennaration.
[ad. L. ēnārrātiōn-em, n. of action f. ē-nārrā-re: see prec.]
1. An exposition, a commentary.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 48/2 Heraclitus..first began to write..ennarations upon the new testament. 1570Billingsley Euclid i. xxvi. 37 As witnesseth Eudemus in his booke of Geometricall enarrations. 1609Bible (Douay) Ps. cl. comm., S. Augustin in the conclusion of his Enarrations or Sermons upon the Psalmes, explicateth a mysterie. 1647Torshel A Designe 8 The Ancients framed their Commentaries, Enarrations, Scholies, etc.
2. A description, detailed story or narrative.
1592tr. Junius on Rev. xvii. 7 There is [in the Apocalypse]..an enarration of the beast. 1666J. Smith Old Age (1676) 68 An Anatomical Enarration of the..compounding parts of these limbs. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 802 In that enarration which is written, concerning the Rich man and Lazarus. 1717D. Wilkins in Monk Life of Bentley (1833) II. 21 The whole discourse contained..nothing but an enarration of his performances. 1826G. S. Faber Difficulties of Romanism (1853) 301 Augustine's Enarrations on the Psalms. |