<p><strong>Prefix</strong></p><ul><li>occurring originally in loanwords from French</li><li>productive in English for forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem</li><li>specifically “to confine in or place on” (e.g., enshrine, enthrone, entomb)</li><li>“to cause to be in” (e.g., enslave, entrust, enrich, encourage, endear)</li><li>“to restrict” in the manner named by the stem, typically with the additional sense “on all sides, completely” (e.g., enwind, encircle, enclose, entwine)</li><li>attached to verbs to make them transitive or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive (e.g., enkindle, enliven, enshield, enface)</li></ul>