~Elide~, _v. a._ Cut off (_a syllable_).
~Eligible~, _a._ ~1.~ Desirable, preferable, to be preferred, worthy
of choice, fit to be chosen.
~2.~ Legally qualified.
~Eliminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exclude, expel, reject, thrust out, drive
out, get clear of.
~2.~ Extricate, release, set free.
~3.~ (_Algebra._) Disengage, separate.
~Elimination~, _n._ ~1.~ Exclusion, expulsion, rejection.
~2.~ Separation, disengagement.
~Élite~, _n._ [Fr.] Flower (_of a society_), best part, select body.
~Elixir~, _n._ ~1.~ Cordial.
~2.~ (_Med._) Compound tincture.
~Elk~, _n._ Moose, moose-deer (_Cervus alces_ or _Alces molchis_).
~Elliptic~, _a._ Oval.
~Elliptical~, _a._ Oval.
~Ellipse~, _n._ Oval, oval figure.
~Elocution~, _n._ ~1.~ Speech, faculty of speech, power of expression.
~2.~ Utterance, delivery, manner of speaking, oral expression.
~Éloge~, _n._ [Fr.] Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, funeral oration.
~Elongate~, _v. a._ Lengthen, stretch, draw out, lengthen out.
~Elope~, _v. n._ Abscond (_as a woman with a paramour_), run away, run
off.
~Eloquence~, _n._ ~1.~ Oratory, art of speaking well (_in public_).
~2.~ Graceful and vigorous utterance, fit words in fit places,
appropriate expression.
~Eloquent~, _a._ ~1.~ Persuasive, impressive.
~2.~ Graceful and vigorous.
~Else~, _a._ or _pron._ Other.
~Else~, _ad._ or _conj._ ~1.~ Otherwise.
~2.~ Besides.
~Elsewhere~, _ad._ ~1.~ Many other places.
~2.~ In some other place.
~3.~ In other places.
~Elucidate~, _v. a._ Explain, illustrate, unfold, make clear, make
plain, throw light upon.
~Elucidation~, _n._ Explanation, illustration, exposition, comment,
annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.
~Elucidative~, _a._ Explanatory.
~Elude~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away
from.
~2.~ Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.
~Elusive~, _a._ ~1.~ Evasive, ELUSORY.
~2.~ Equivocating, shuffling, equivocatory.
~Elusory~, _a._ Evasive, elusive, delusive, deceptive.
~Elutriate~, _v. a._ Cleanse (_as ores, by washing_), purify.
~Elvish~, _a._ Elf-like, mischievous, elfish.
~Elysian~, _a._ Charming, delightful, ravishing, enchanting, blissful,
heavenly, celestial, exceedingly happy.
~Elysium~, _n._ ~1.~ The Elysian fields, islands of the blest.
~2.~ Paradise, Eden, delightful place.
~Emaciate~, _a._ Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny,
meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.
~Emaciated~, _a._ Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny,
meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.
~Emaciation~, _n._ Leanness, lankness, meagreness, TABES, TABEFACTION.
~Emanate~, _v. a._ Issue, arise, spring, flow, proceed, emerge, go out.
~Emanation~, _n._ ~1.~ Flowing out.
~2.~ Efflux, effluence, issue.
~Emancipate~, _v. a._ Enfranchise, manumit, liberate, disenthrall,
release, unfetter, unshackle, unchain, free, set free, set at liberty.
~Emancipation~, _a._ Enfranchisement, manumission, liberation,
release, deliverance.
~Emasculate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility.
~2.~ Weaken, debilitate, unman, effeminate, emolliate, make effeminate.
~Emasculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Castration, ORCHOTOMY.
~2.~ Effeminacy, weakness, softness.
~Embalm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Preserve from decay (_by aromatics or
antiseptics_).
~2.~ Preserve, enshrine, cherish, keep unimpaired.
~3.~ Scent, perfume, make fragrant.
~Embargo~, _n._ Prohibition (_of vessels to leave port_).
~Embark~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put on shipboard.
~2.~ Engage, enlist.
~Embark~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Go on shipboard.
~2.~ Engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step.
~Embarrass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perplex, entangle, beset, make intricate,
make difficult.
~2.~ Harass, distress, trouble, vex, annoy, plague, hamper, clog.
~3.~ Confuse, disconcert, confound, nonplus, pose, dumfound, dumfounder.
~Embarrassment~, _n._ ~1.~ Perplexity, difficulty, entanglement.
~2.~ Trouble, distress, vexation, plague.
~3.~ Confusion, abashment.
~Embassy~, _n._ ~1.~ Commission, mission.
~2.~ Legation, ambassadors.
~Embay~, _v. a._ Landlock.
~Embed~, _v. a._ Bed.
~Embellish~, _v. a._ Decorate, deck, bedeck, ornament, adorn,
beautify, set out, set off.
~Embellishment~, _n._ Decoration, ornament, adornment.
~Embers~, _n. pl._ Cinders.
~Embezzle~, _v. a._ Appropriate to one's own use (_what is
intrusted_), purloin, peculate, steal, come unlawfully by.
~Embezzlement~, _n._ Peculation.
~Embitter~, _v. a._ [Written also _Imbitter_.] ~1.~ Make bitter.
~2.~ Make unhappy or grievous.
~3.~ Exasperate, madden, enrage.
~Emblaze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ EMBLAZON, blazon.
~2.~ Kindle, set in a blaze.
~Emblazon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.
~2.~ Deck (_with showy ornaments_), decorate, adorn, embellish, set
off, set out.
~Emblazonry~, _n._ ~1.~ Heraldry, blazonry.
~2.~ Heraldic ornaments.
~Emblem~, _n._ Type, symbol, sign, representation, token, badge, mark,
device, cognizance, allusive figure.
~Emblematic~, _a._ Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical,
allusive.
~Emblematical~, _a._ Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical,
allusive.
~Emblematize~, _v. a._ Symbolize, typify.
~Embody~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invest with a body, make corporeal, form into a
body.
~2.~ Incorporate, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect
into a whole, draw into one mass.
~3.~ Comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.
~4.~ Systematize, methodize, codify.
~Embolden~, _v. a._ Encourage, animate, inspirit, reassure, make bold,
give courage to.
~Embolism~, _n._ Intercalation.
~Embolismic~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.
~Embolismical~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.
~Embonpoint~, _n._ [Fr.] Plumpness, fleshiness, fatness, corpulence,
corpulency, obesity.
~Emboss~, _v. a._ Adorn with raised work, ornament in relief.
~Embossment~, _n._ Protuberance, jut, prominence, raised work, figure
in relief.
~Embouchure~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Mouth (_as of a river_).
~2.~ (_Mus._) Aperture (_of an instrument_), mouthpiece.
~Embowed~, _p. a._ Bent, curved, arched, bowed, arcuated, arcuate.
~Embowel~, _v. a._ Eviscerate, disembowel, gut, take out the bowels or
entrails of, free from the viscera.
~Embrace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clasp (_in the arms_), hug.
~2.~ Welcome, seize, accept, lay hold on.
~3.~ Comprehend, include, cover, contain, comprise, enclose,
encompass, encircle, embody, take in.
~Embrace~, _n._ Hug, clasp.
~Embroider~, _v. a._ Adorn with needle-work.
~Embroidery~, _n._ Variegated needle-work.
~Embroil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perplex, entangle, ensnarl, implicate,
commingle.
~2.~ Disturb, confuse, distract, trouble, disorder, discompose, throw
into disorder, bring into difficulty.
~Embryo~, _n._ Germ, rudiment.
~Embryo~, _a._ Embryotic, rudimentary, undeveloped.
~Embryotic~, _a._ EMBRYO.
~Emendation~, _n._ Correction (_of a text_), amendment, rectification,
change for the better.
~Emerge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rise (_out of a fluid_), come up.
~2.~ Issue, emanate, escape, come forth.
~3.~ Appear, become visible, rise into view.
~Emergency~, _n._ Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass,
push, strait, difficulty, conjuncture, unexpected occurrence,
unforeseen occasion.
~Emersion~, _n._ ~1.~ Emerging, rising.
~2.~ (_Astron._) Reappearance (_after eclipse_).
~Emetic~, _n._ Vomit, puke.
~Émeute~, _n._ [Fr.] Riot, popular outbreak, seditious commotion.
~Emication~, _n._ Scintillation, sparkling.
~Emigrate~, _v. n._ Migrate, remove (_from one country to settle in
another_).
~Emigration~, _n._ ~1.~ Migration, removal, exodus.
~2.~ Body of emigrants.
~Eminence~, _n._ ~1.~ Prominence, projection.
~2.~ Elevation, hill, elevated ground, high point.
~3.~ Exaltation, celebrity, distinction, note, renown, repute,
reputation, fame.
~Eminent~, _a._ ~1.~ High, lofty, elevated.
~2.~ Distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, prominent, illustrious,
exalted, famous, renowned, remarkable, of great repute.
~Emissary~, _n._ Messenger, spy, scout, secret agent.
~Emission~, _n._ Issue, sending out, throwing out.
~Emit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Eject, discharge, exhale, breathe, breathe out,
send forth, throw out, give out.
~2.~ Issue (_for circulation_), put into circulation.
~Emmet~, _n._ Ant, pismire.
~Emolliate~, _v. a._ Soften, effeminate, emasculate, make effeminate.
~Emollient~, _a._ Softening.
~Emolument~, _n._ ~1.~ Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary,
stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.
~2.~ Advantage, profit, benefit.
~Emotion~, _n._ Feeling, passion, excitement (_of sensibility_),
mental agitation.
~Empawn~, _v. a._ Pawn, pledge, put in pawn.
~Emphasis~, _n._ ~1.~ Stress (_on certain words_), force of utterance.
~2.~ Impressiveness, significance, moment, weight.
~Emphatic~, _a._ Expressive, significant, categorical, strong,
forcible, energetic.
~Emphatical~, _a._ Expressive, significant, categorical, strong,
forcible, energetic.
~Empire~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereignty, supremacy, dominion, absolute
authority, supreme dominion, imperial power.
~2.~ Rule, sway, command, control, government.
~Empiric~, _n._ Quack, charlatan, pretender, mountebank, impostor,
cheat, mere experimenter (_without scientific training_).
~Empiric~, _a._ ~1.~ Experimental, experiential, from experience (_as
distinguished from inference or reasoning_).
~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.
~Empirical~, _a._ ~1.~ Experimental, experiential, from experience
(_as distinguished from inference or reasoning_).
~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.
~Empiricism~, _n._ ~1.~ Dependence on experience.
~2.~ Quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.
~Emplastrum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Emplastra_.] (_Med._) Plaster.
~Employ~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Busy, engage, engross, exercise, occupy.
~2.~ Use, apply, make use of.
~3.~ Entrust with an agency, enlist in one's service, give employment
to.
~Employ~, _n._ [_Poetical._] EMPLOYMENT.
~Employé~, _n._ [Fr.] Agent, clerk, servant, hand.
~Employment~, _n._ ~1.~ Business, occupation, engagement, pursuit,
AVOCATION, calling, profession, trade, craft.
~2.~ Service, agency, office, EMPLOY.
~Emporium~, _n._ Mart, market, place of trade, commercial city.
~Empoverish~, _v. a._ [Written also _Impoverish_.] ~1.~ Make poor,
bring to want, reduce to indigence.
~2.~ Make less fertile.
~Empower~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give
authority to.
~2.~ Enable, make able.
~Emptiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Vacuity, vacuum, void space.
~2.~ Destitution, lack of supplies, want of furniture.
~3.~ Unsatisfactoriness, vanity, hollowness.
~Empty~, _a._ ~1.~ Void, devoid, vacant, unoccupied.
~2.~ Unfurnished, unsupplied, unfilled, destitute.
~3.~ Unsubstantial, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vain, hollow.
~4.~ Desolate, waste, deserted.
~5.~ Senseless, silly, weak.
~Empty~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhaust, drain, evacuate, deplete.
~2.~ Discharge, disembogue, pour out.
~Empty~, _v. n._ Flow, disembogue, flow out, be discharged.
~Emptyings~, _n. pl._ Yeast.
~Empyreal~, _a._ Ethereal, aërial, airy, highly refined.
~Empyrean~, _n._ Highest heaven.
~Emulate~, _v. a._ Rival, vie with, compete with, strive to equal or
to excel.
~Emulation~, _n._ Rivalry, competition, desire to excel, desire of
superiority.
~Emulous~, _a._ ~1.~ Competing, rivalling.
~2.~ Very desirous.
~Emunctories~, _n. pl._ Excretory ducts.
~Enable~, _v. a._ Empower, qualify, capacitate, make able, make
capable, render capable.
~Enact~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a
law, give legislative sanction to.
~2.~ Play, act, act the part of.
~Enactment~, _n._ ~1.~ Enacting.
~2.~ Law, act, decree, edict, ordinance.
~Enamour~, _v. a._ Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enrapture,
inflame with love.
~Enarthrosis~, _n._ (_Anat._) Ball-and-socket joint.
~Encage~, _v. a._ [Written also _Incage_.] Confine, coop, coop up.
~Encamp~, _v. n._ Camp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.
~Encamp~, _v. a._ Place in a camp.
~Encampment~, _n._ Camp.
~Enceinte~, _a._ [Fr.] Pregnant, big with child, in the family way.
~Enchain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bind, shackle, manacle, enslave, hold in
chains, hold in bondage.
~2.~ Hold, rivet, fix, hold fast.
~Enchant~, _v. a._ Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enamour, win,
catch, enrapture, ravish, beatify, please highly, lead captive.
~Enchanting~, _a._ Charming, captivating, fascinating, bewitching,
delightful, ravishing, Circean.
~Enchanter~, _n._ Charmer, magician, sorcerer.
~Enchantment~, _n._ ~1.~ Incantation, conjuration, necromancy, magic,
sorcery, witchery, spell, charm.
~2.~ Delight, fascination, rapture, ravishment, transport.
~Enchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose (_as a gem in gold_), infix.
~2.~ Chase, emboss.
~Encircle~, _v. a._ Surround, encompass, environ, gird, engird, enclose.
~Enclose~, _v. a._ [Written also _Inclose_.] ~1.~ Encircle, surround,
encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.
~2.~ Cover, envelop, wrap.
~Enclosure~, _n._ [Written also _Inclosure_.] ~1.~ Enclosing.
~2.~ Being enclosed.
~3.~ Thing inclosed.
~4.~ Circle, compass, space enclosed.
~5.~ Yard, COMPOUND.
~Economiast~, _n._ Eulogist, panegyrist, praiser, extoller.
~Encomiastic~, _a._ Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.
~Encomiastical~, _a._ Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.
~Encomium~, _n._ Praise, eulogy, eulogium, laudation, commendation,
panegyric, good word.
~Encompass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surround, environ, compass, gird, engird,
encircle, enclose.
~2.~ Invest, beset, besiege, hem in, wall in, lay siege to.
~Encore~, _ad._ [Fr.] Again, once more.
~Encounter~, _n._ ~1.~ Meeting, rencounter, clash, collision.
~2.~ Attack, onset, assault.
~3.~ Conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action,
skirmish, brush, affair.
~Encounter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Meet (_suddenly_), meet face to face.
~2.~ Confront, face.
~3.~ Meet with, fall upon, come upon.
~4.~ Attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope
with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight with.
~Encounter~, _v. n._ Clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into
collision.
~Encourage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Embolden, inspirit, animate, enhearten,
hearten, stimulate, cheer, incite, assure, reassure, comfort, console,
buoy up.
~2.~ Support, favor, countenance, further, advance, promote, foster,
aid, help, abet, patronize, help forward.
~Encourager~, _n._ Favorer, promoter.
~Encroach~, _v. n._ Trespass, intrude, infringe, trench, make inroad,
make invasion, advance stealthily.
~Encroachment~, _n._ Infringement, trespass, inroad, invasion.
~Encumber~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, clog, oppress, impede, hinder,
obstruct, overload.
~2.~ Embarrass, perplex, entangle, involve, complicate.
~Encumbrance~, _n._ [Written also _Incumbrance_.] ~1.~ Load, clog,
impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.
~2.~ Debt, claim, liability.
~Encyclical~, _a._ Circular.
~Encyclopædia~, _n._ Cyclopædia.
~Encyclopedian~, _a._ ENCYCLOPEDIC.
~Encyclopedic~, _a._ That embraces the whole circle of learning,
encyclopedian.
~Encyclopedical~, _a._ That embraces the whole circle of learning,
encyclopedian.
~Encysted~, _a._ Enclosed in a cyst or sac.
~End~, _n._ ~1.~ Extremity, extreme point.
~2.~ Close, cessation, period, expiration, finale, finis, last, fall
of the curtain.
~3.~ Conclusion, completion.
~4.~ Termination, bound, limit.
~5.~ Final state, ultimate condition.
~6.~ Result, event, consequence, sequel, upshot, final issue.
~7.~ Fragment, scrap, remnant.
~8.~ Aim, purpose, object, design, drift, intent, intention, view,
final cause.
~End~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Terminate, conclude, finish, close, put an end to,
bring to an end, make an end of, cut short.
~2.~ Destroy, kill, put to death.
~End~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Conclude, terminate, cease, be finished, come to
an end, come to a close.
~2.~ Close, conclude a discourse, cease speaking.
~Endanger~, _v. a._ Hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit,
compromit, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in
jeopardy.
~Endear~, _v. a._ Attach, secure the affection of, bind by ties of
affection, gain the love of.
~Endearment~, _n._ Caressing, caress, blandishment, fondling.
~Endeavor~, _n._ Effort, attempt, essay, trial, struggle, exertion, aim.
~Endeavor~, _v. n._ Try, attempt, essay, labor, strive, aim, make an
effort, make an attempt.
~Endemic~, _a._ (_Med._) Of a particular district.
~Endemical~, _a._ (_Med._) Of a particular district.
~Endemic~, _n._ (_Med._) Endemical disease.
~Endless~, _a._ ~1.~ Interminable, illimitable, unlimited, boundless,
immeasurable, infinite.
~2.~ Eternal, everlasting, perpetual, incessant, continual,
uninterrupted.
~3.~ Immortal, undying, deathless, ever-living, never-dying,
imperishable.
~4.~ Objectless, without purpose or design.
~Endorse~, _v. a._ [Written also _Indorse_.] ~1.~ Superscribe, write
on the back of.
~2.~ Sanction, warrant, confirm, ratify, vouch for.
~Endow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Furnish with a dowry, settle a dower upon.
~2.~ Furnish with a fund, supply with means.
~3.~ Enrich, endue, indue, invest.
~Endowment~, _n._ ~1.~ Gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty,
present.
~2.~ Property, fund, revenue.
~3.~ Talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability,
aptitude, parts, genius, qualification.
~Endue~, _v. a._ [Written also _Indue_.] Supply, invest, clothe,
endow, enrich.
~Endurable~, _a._ Tolerable.
~Endurance~, _n._ ~1.~ Bearing, suffering, sufferance.
~2.~ Patience, fortitude.
~3.~ [_Rare._] Continuance, continuation, lastingness.
~Endure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bear, sustain, support.
~2.~ Suffer, undergo, experience, go through.
~3.~ Brook, tolerate, abide, submit to, put up with, bear with, take
patiently or easily.
~Endure~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Remain, continue, last, abide, be permanent, be
durable.
~2.~ Bear, suffer, submit, resign one's self, be patient, take it
patiently, take it easily or quietly, not fret about it.
~Enema~, _n._ (_Med._) Clyster, glyster, injection, lavement.
~Enemy~, _n._ ~1.~ Foe, adversary.
~2.~ Opponent, antagonist.
~3.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] DEVIL, Satan, arch-fiend.
~Energetic~, _a._ Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, strong,
effective, efficacious, potent.
~Energize~, _v. i._ Act with vigor, act forcibly.
~Energize~, _v. a._ Give energy to, give force to, excite to action.
~Energy~, _n._ ~1.~ Force, power, might, efficacy, potency,
efficiency, strength, activity, intensity.
~2.~ Spirit, spiritedness, animation, life, vigor, manliness, zeal,
pluck, bottom, animal spirits.
~Enervate~, _v. a._ Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, paralyze,
break, deprive of force or strength, render feeble.
~Enfeeble~, _v. a._ Weaken, unnerve, ENERVATE.
~Enfilade~, _v. a._ (_Mil._) Rake with shot.
~Enforce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give force to, urge with energy, set forth
strongly, impress on the mind.
~2.~ Put in execution, put in force.
~3.~ Constrain, compel, oblige, force, require.
~Enforcement~, _n._ ~1.~ Inculcation.
~2.~ Sanction.
~3.~ Execution, putting in force.
~4.~ Constraint, compulsion.
~Enfranchise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Admit as a freeman, endow with a franchise.
~2.~ Free, emancipate, release, set free, make free, restore to liberty.
~Engage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pledge, commit, promise, bind, put under pledge.
~2.~ Enlist, induce to serve.
~3.~ Gain, win, attach, attract, allure, entertain, draw, fix, arrest,
gain over.
~4.~ Occupy, employ, busy, engross.
~5.~ Attack, encounter, fight with, join battle with.
~Engage~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fight, combat, contend, struggle, contest, join
battle.
~2.~ Embark, enlist, take the first step.
~3.~ Promise, agree, stipulate, bargain, undertake, pledge one's word,
plight one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's self, become bound,
be sworn, take upon one's self.
~Engagement~, _n._ ~1.~ Promise, stipulation, assurance, contract,
pledge, obligation.
~2.~ Employment, occupation, business, AVOCATION, calling, vocation.
~3.~ Battle, conflict, combat, contest, action, fight, encounter,
rencounter.
~Engaging~, _a._ Attractive, winning, entertaining, pleasing,
interesting, captivating, charming, taking.
~Engender~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Generate, beget, procreate, breed.
~2.~ Produce, cause, occasion, give rise to, call forth.
~Engine~, _n._ ~1.~ Machine.
~2.~ Implement, instrument, weapon, agent, means.
~Enginery~, _n._ Engines, machines.
~Engird~, _v. a._ Surround, environ, gird, begird, encircle, encompass.
~English~, _n._ ~1.~ English people.
~2.~ English language.
~Engorge~, _v. a._ Gorge, devour, swallow up, swallow eagerly, gulp
down.
~Engorge~, _v. n._ Devour food, feed greedily, be gluttonous.
~Engorgement~, _n._ ~1.~ Engorging.
~2.~ (_Med._) Congestion, obstruction, over-fulness.
~Engrain~, _v. a._ Dye in the grain, dye deep.
~Engrave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark by incisions, cut, chisel, carve, STIPPLE.
~2.~ Imprint, infix, impress deeply.
~Engraving~, _n._ ~1.~ Engraved plate.
~2.~ Print.
~Engross~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Absorb, engage, occupy, take up.
~2.~ Monopolize, forestall.
~3.~ Copy in large hand, write out fair.
~Engrossment~, _n._ ~1.~ Absorption, monopoly, forestalling.
~2.~ Engrossed copy.
~Engulf~, _v. a._ [Written also _Ingulf_.] Absorb, swallow up.
~Enhance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise (_as price_), advance, heighten, swell.
~2.~ Increase, augment, aggravate.
~Enhearten~, _v. a._ Encourage, embolden, animate, hearten, inspirit,
cheer, incite, stimulate, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.
~Enigma~, _n._ Riddle, puzzle, dark saying, obscure question.
~Enigmatic~, _a._ Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult,
recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible,
puzzling, perplexing.
~Enigmatical~, _a._ Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark,
occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible,
puzzling, perplexing.
~Enjoin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Urge, admonish, advise, importune, beg, entreat.
~2.~ Order, direct, bid, command, require, prescribe to.
~3.~ (_Law._) Prohibit, restrain, put an injunction on.
~Enjoy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take pleasure in, be delighted with, take
delight in, derive pleasure from.
~2.~ Have fruition of.
~Enjoyment~, _n._ ~1.~ Pleasure, gratification, delight, happiness.
~2.~ Fruition, satisfactory possession.
~Enjoy one's self~, Be happy.
~Enkindle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inflame, ignite, kindle, set on fire.
~2.~ Incite, excite, rouse, stimulate, instigate, provoke, stir up,
set on.
~Enlarge~, _v. a._ Increase, augment, extend, expand, magnify,
amplify, make larger, make greater.
~Enlarge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Expatiate, dilate, descant, speak at length,
launch out.
~2.~ Increase, swell, grow, extend, expand, grow larger.
~Enlargement~, _n._ ~1.~ Expansion, dilatation, extension,
augmentation, increase.
~2.~ Expatiation, copious discourse, extended remark.
~Enlighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Illuminate, illume, illumine, irradiate,
make light, make luminous, supply with light.
~2.~ Instruct, inform, teach.
~Enlightened~, _a._ Instructed, informed, educated, intelligent,
refined, highly civilized.
~Enlightenment~, _n._ Instruction, illumination.
~Enlist~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enroll, register, record, list.
~2.~ Engage, induce to serve, secure the assistance of.
~Enlist~, _v. n._ ~1.~ List, enroll one's self.
~2.~ Embark, engage, pledge one's assistance.
~Enlistment~, _n._ Enrolment.
~Enliven~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quicken, animate, wake, rouse, invigorate,
give life to.