~En masse~, [Fr.] Altogether, in a mass, in a body.
~Enmity~, _n._ Animosity, hatred, hate, hostility, malignity, malice,
aversion, malevolence, rancor, bitterness, ill-will.
~Ennoble~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise to nobility, raise to the peerage.
~2.~ Exalt, dignify, elevate, raise, aggrandize.
~Ennui~, _n._ [Fr.] Listlessness (_for want of occupation_), languor,
tedium, lassitude, wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness.
~Enormity~, _n._ ~1.~ Atrociousness, depravity, atrocity,
flagitiousness, wickedness.
~2.~ Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.
~Enormous~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Inordinate, irregular, abnormal,
exceptional.
~2.~ Huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious,
Cyclopean, Herculean, elephantine, very large.
~3.~ Flagitious, very wicked.
~Enough~, _n._ Sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT.
~Enough~, _a._ SUFFICIENT (_to satisfy desire_).
~Enough~, _ad._ Sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction.
~Enounce~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Declare, enunciate, announce,
publish, proclaim, promulgate, state, propound, make known.
~2.~ Articulate, utter, pronounce.
~En passant~, [Fr.] In passing, by the way, by the by.
~Enquire~, _v. a._ [Written also and usually _Inquire_.] Ask about.
~Enquire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Ask, question, seek information (_by
questioning_), make inquiry.
~2.~ Make investigation, make examination.
~Enrage~, _v. a._ Irritate, exasperate, incense, madden, infuriate,
provoke, inflame, chafe, AGGRAVATE, anger, make furious, excite to rage.
~Enrapture~, _v. a._ Enchant, charm, fascinate, captivate, entrance,
enravish, transport, beatify, make happy.
~Enravish~, _v. a._ Enchant, ENRAPTURE.
~Enravishment~, _n._ Rapture, ecstasy, transport, ravishment.
~Enrich~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endow, make rich, make wealthy.
~2.~ Fertilize, make productive.
~3.~ Store, supply abundantly.
~4.~ Adorn, decorate, deck, ornament, embellish.
~Enrobe~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, invest, attire, array, apparel, robe.
~Enroll~, _v. a._ Enlist, register, chronicle.
~En route~, [Fr.] On the way, on the passage.
~Ensanguine~, _v. a._ Stain with blood, smear with blood.
~Ensconce~, _v. a._ Shelter, cover, shield, secure, screen, hide,
protect, harbor.
~Ensemble~, _n._ [Fr.] The whole.
~Enshrine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose in a shrine.
~2.~ Preserve (_as something sacred_), embalm, treasure, cherish, keep
unimpaired.
~Ensiform~, _a._ Sword-shaped.
~Ensign~, _n._ ~1.~ Banner, standard, colors, streamer, flag, pennon.
~2.~ Symbol, sign, signal.
~3.~ Badge, distinctive mark, mark of distinction.
~Enslave~, _v. a._ Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty.
~Ensnare~, _v. a._ [Written also _Insnare_.] ~1.~ Entrap, catch.
~2.~ Inveigle, allure, seduce.
~3.~ Entangle, embarrass, confound, perplex, bewilder, pose, nonplus,
stagger, mystify.
~Ensue~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Follow, succeed, come after, be subsequent.
~2.~ Issue, arise, spring, flow, come, result, proceed, accrue.
~Ensure~, _v. a._ [Written also and usually _Insure_.] ~1.~ Make secure.
~2.~ Secure against loss, indemnify against risk.
~Entail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Transfer (_by inalienable title_).
~2.~ Transmit (_by necessity_), fix unalterably.
~Entangle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ensnare, entrap, catch, involve in
complication.
~2.~ Confuse (_by twisting or crossing_), interweave, tangle, knot, mat.
~3.~ Perplex, embarrass, puzzle, confound, bewilder, pose, nonplus,
stagger, mystify.
~Entanglement~, _n._ ~1.~ Intricacy, involution, complication.
~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, bewilderment.
~Entelechy~, _n._ [_Peripatetic Philosophy._] Actuality (_as
distinguished from potential existence_).
~Enter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Go into, come into.
~2.~ Record, register, enroll, note, set down, chronicle, jot down,
take down.
~3.~ Insert, set in.
~Enter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Come in, go in, pass in.
~2.~ Penetrate, pierce.
~Enter into~, ~1.~ Form a part of.
~2.~ Share, participate in, be a partaker of.
~3.~ Sympathize with.
~Enterprise~, _n._ ~1.~ Undertaking, adventure, venture, attempt,
effort, essay, endeavor, cause.
~2.~ Energy, activity, efficiency, force of character.
~Enterprising~, _a._ ~1.~ Adventurous, venturesome, venturous,
dashing, daring, audacious, bold.
~2.~ Active, prompt, alert, stirring, smart, energetic, efficient,
spirited, zealous, strenuous, eager, on the alert, in earnest.
~Entertain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lodge, treat hospitably, show hospitality
to, receive as a guest.
~2.~ Feed, maintain, support.
~3.~ Hold, cherish, harbor.
~4.~ Take into consideration.
~5.~ Divert, amuse, please.
~Entertainer~, _n._ Host.
~Entertainment~, _n._ ~1.~ Hospitable treatment.
~2.~ Feast, banquet, treat, COLLATION, festival.
~3.~ Amusement, diversion, recreation, pastime.
~Enter upon~, Begin, commence, take the first steps in.
~Enthrall~, _v. a._ [Written also _Inthrall_.] Enslave, reduce to
servitude, put under restraint.
~Enthralment~, _n._ [Written also _Inthralment_.] Enslavement,
servitude, slavery, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, captivity.
~Enthrone~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invest with sovereign power, seat upon a
throne.
~2.~ Exalt, elevate, raise to superiority.
~Enthusiasm~, _n._ ~1.~ Ecstasy (_from a belief of being inspired_),
fanaticism, religious frenzy.
~2.~ Ardor, zeal, warmth, earnestness, passion, devotion, heat of
imagination, mental excitement.
~Enthusiast~, _n._ ~1.~ Fanatic, devotee, bigot, zealot, religious
madman.
~2.~ Zealot, visionary, dreamer, castle-builder.
~Enthusiastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Fanatical, bigoted.
~2.~ Visionary, extravagant.
~3.~ Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning,
flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.
~Enthusiastical~, _a._ ~1.~ Fanatical, bigoted.
~2.~ Visionary, extravagant.
~3.~ Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning,
flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.
~Entice~, _v. a._ Allure (_to evil_), lure, attract, decoy, seduce,
tempt, coax, inveigle, wheedle, cajole, persuade, lead astray.
~Enticement~, _n._ Allurement, lure, attraction, temptation, decoy,
bait, seduction, inveiglement, inducement, persuasion.
~Entire~, _a._ ~1.~ Whole, complete, perfect, undivided, unbroken,
undiminished, unimpaired.
~2.~ Full, plenary, thorough, unalloyed.
~3.~ (_Bot._) With even margins, not toothed, not notched.
~Entireness~, _n._ ~1.~ Wholeness, completeness, totality, entirety,
integrity.
~2.~ Fulness, thoroughness.
~Entirety~, _n._ Wholeness, ENTIRENESS.
~Entitle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Name, designate, denominate, style, call, dub,
christen, TITLE.
~2.~ Give a claim to, give a right to, qualify for, fit for.
~Entity~, _n._ Being, existence, essence.
~Entomb~, _v. a._ Bury, inhume, inter.
~Entombment~, _n._ Burial, interment, sepulture.
~Entrails~, _n. pl._ Intestines, bowels, viscera, guts, inwards.
~Entrance~, _n._ ~1.~ Ingress.
~2.~ Entry, inlet, mouth, avenue, passage, door, gate, portal.
~3.~ Beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction.
~Entrance~, _v. a._ Charm, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, captivate,
delight, bewitch, ravish, electrify, throw into ecstasies.
~Entrap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ensnare, catch.
~2.~ Inveigle, seduce, allure, entice.
~3.~ Entangle, involve, perplex, embarrass, confound, bewilder,
mystify, stagger, pose, nonplus.
~Entreat~, _v. a._ Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, ADJURE,
solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer
to.
~Entreaty~, _n._ Supplication, prayer, petition, suit, solicitation,
appeal, importunity, ADJURATION.
~Entrée~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Admittance, admission, free access.
~2.~ First course (_of dishes_).
~Entremets~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Side dishes.
~Entre nous~, [Fr.] Confidentially, privately, in confidence, between
ourselves, between you and me, under the rose, SUB ROSA.
~Entrepot~, _n._ [Fr.] Magazine, warehouse, storehouse.
~Entry~, _n._ ~1.~ Ingress, entrance.
~2.~ Passage (_into a house_), avenue, inlet, hall.
~3.~ Record, note, minute, memorandum.
~Entwine~, _v. a._ [Written also _Intwine_.] ~1.~ Twine, twist together.
~2.~ Encircle, surround, embrace, wind about, wind around.
~Enumerate~, _v. a._ Reckon, compute, count, number, tell, cite,
recount, numerate, call over, relate in detail, mention one by one.
~Enumeration~, _n._ ~1.~ Numbering, computation, citation, mention,
detailed account.
~2.~ (_Rhet._) Recapitulation, summing-up.
~Enunciate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Declare, speak, proclaim, publish, express,
relate, promulgate, state, propound, announce, enounce.
~2.~ Utter, pronounce, articulate.
~Enunciate~, _v. n._ Articulate, speak, utter articulate sounds.
~Enunciation~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaration, utterance, expression,
announcement.
~2.~ Elocution, articulation, manner of utterance.
~Enunciative~, _a._ Declarative, expressive, declaratory, enunciatory.
~Enunciatory~, _a._ Declarative, enunciative.
~Enure~, _v. n._ [Written also and usually _Inure_.] (_Law._) Be
applied, come into use, take effect.
~Envelop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Infold, inwrap, wrap, fold, wrap up, put a
wrapper about.
~2.~ Surround, encircle, encompass, cover, hide.
~Envelop~, _n._ ENVELOPE.
~Envelope~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Wrapper, covering, case, capsule.
~2.~ (_Fort._) Mound (_to cover a weak part_).
~3.~ (_Astron._) Coma.
~Envenom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Poison.
~2.~ Enrage, exasperate, incense, provoke, irritate, madden,
aggravate, inflame, make furious.
~Enviable~, _a._ Desirable, to be envied.
~Envious~, _a._ ~1.~ Jealous, disposed to envy.
~2.~ Grudging.
~Enviousness~, _n._ ENVY.
~Environ~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, gird,
begird, engird, enclose.
~2.~ Invest, besiege, beset.
~Environs~, _n. pl._ Neighborhood, vicinity, vicinage.
~Envoy~, _n._ Minister, ambassador, plenipotentiary.
~Envy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hate (_for excellence or success_), view with
jealousy, feel ill-will towards.
~2.~ Grudge, begrudge.
~Envy~, _n._ ~1.~ Hate (_on account of excellence or success_),
hatred, jealousy, spite, enviousness, ill-will.
~2.~ Grudging.
~3.~ Object of envy, person to be envied.
~Ephemeral~, _a._ Short-lived, transitory, transient, fleeting,
flitting, evanescent, fugitive, fugacious, momentary, brief.
~Ephemeris~, _n._ [Gr. _pl. Ephemerides_.] ~1.~ Journal, diary.
~2.~ (_Astron._) Astronomical almanac or calendar.
~Epic~, _a._ Narrative.
~Epic~, _n._ Narrative, poem, epic poem, heroic poem.
~Epicedial~, _a._ Elegiac, mournful, funereal.
~Epicedian~, _a._ Elegiac, mournful, funereal.
~Epicedium~, _n._ Elegy, dirge, lament, mournful song, funeral song.
~Epicure~, _n._ Voluptuary, sensualist, Sybarite, free-liver, man of
pleasure.
~Epicureanism~, _n._ Doctrines of Epicurus, Epicurism.
~Epicurism~, _n._ ~1.~ Sensuality, luxury, luxurious living.
~2.~ Doctrines of Epicurus, Epicureanism.
~Epidemic~, _a._ General, prevailing, prevalent, pandemic.
~Epidemical~, _a._ General, prevailing, prevalent, pandemic.
~Epidermis~, _n._ ~1.~ Cuticle, scarf-skin.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Exterior coating.
~Epigrammatic~, _a._ Concise, laconic, terse, pointed, poignant,
piquant, sharp, pungent.
~Epigrammatical~, _a._ Concise, laconic, terse, pointed, poignant,
piquant, sharp, pungent.
~Epilepsy~, _n._ Falling sickness.
~Epiphany~, _n._ ~1.~ Manifestation, appearance (_especially that of
Christ by the star which guided the Magi to Bethlehem_).
~2.~ (_Eccl._) Festival of the Epiphany.
~Epiphyte~, _n._ Air-plant.
~Epiploön~, _n._ (_Anat._) Omentum, caul.
~Episcopacy~, _n._ Episcopalianism.
~Episcopal~, _a._ Episcopalian.
~Episcopalian~, _a._ Episcopal.
~Episcopalian~, _n._ Churchman.
~Episcopalianism~, _n._ Episcopacy.
~Episcopate~, _n._ ~1.~ Bishopric, office of a bishop.
~2.~ Body of bishops.
~Episode~, _n._ Digression, incidental narrative.
~Epistle~, _n._ Letter, note, written communication.
~Epistyle~, _n._ (_Arch._) Architrave.
~Epitaph~, _n._ Inscription (_on a tomb or monument_).
~Epithalamium~, _n._ Nuptial song.
~Epithet~, _n._ [_Technical term of the Rhetorician._] ADJECTIVE,
name, appellation, designation, title, qualifying word or term,
descriptive term.
~Epitome~, _n._ Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, conspectus,
syllabus, brief, breviary, summary, synopsis, digest, sum and substance.
~Epitomist~, _n._ Abridger, epitomizer, writer of an epitome.
~Epitomize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, condense,
reduce, contract, make an abstract of.
~2.~ Curtail, cut short.
~Epitomizer~, _n._ EPITOMIST.
~Epoch~, _n._ Period, date, era, age, point or period of time
(_remarkable for some event_).
~Epsom-salts~, _n. pl._ Sulphate of magnesia.
~Equability~, _n._ Evenness, uniformity, equableness.
~Equable~, _a._ Even, uniform, equal, steady, regular, always the same.
~Equableness~, _n._ Evenness, equability.
~Equal~, _a._ ~1.~ Like, alike, tantamount, equivalent; of the same
extent, measure, degree, or value.
~2.~ Uniform, even, regular, equable.
~3.~ Impartial, unbiassed, equitable, fair, just, even-handed.
~4.~ Proportionate, commensurate.
~5.~ Adequate, competent, fit, of sufficient strength or ability.
~Equal~, _n._ Peer, compeer, fellow.
~Equal~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Equalize, make equal, make alike.
~2.~ Rival, rise to the same level with.
~3.~ Be adequate to, be equal to, be commensurate with.
~Equality~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness.
~2.~ Uniformity, evenness.
~Equalize~, _v. a._ Equal, make equal, make alike.
~Equanimity~, _n._ Evenness of mind or temper, steadiness of
disposition.
~Equate~, _v. a._ Average, reduce to an average.
~Equator~, _n._ ~1.~ Equinoctial, equinoctial line, celestial equator.
~2.~ Terrestrial equator.
~Equestrian~, _n._ ~1.~ Horseman, rider.
~2.~ Knight, cavalier, chevalier, horse-soldier, CHASSEUR.
~Equestrianism~, _n._ Horsemanship.
~Equilibrium~, _n._ Equipoise, even balance, equality of weight.
~Equinoctial~, _n._ Celestial equator, equinoctial line.
~Equinoctial~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the equinoctial.
~2.~ At the time of the equinoxes.
~Equinox~, _n._ Equinoctial point, intersection of the equator and the
ecliptic.
~Equip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Furnish, provide, arm, fit out, supply with
outfits or apparatus.
~2.~ Dress, accoutre, array, dress out.
~Equipage~, _n._ ~1.~ Apparatus, equipment, furniture, baggage,
effects, bag and baggage.
~2.~ Carriage, vehicle, turnout.
~3.~ Train, retinue, attendance, procession, suite.
~Equipment~, _n._ Accoutrement, furniture, apparatus, rigging, gear,
outfit.
~Equipoise~, _n._ Equilibrium, even balance, equality of weight.
~Equipollent~, _a._ [_Rare._] Equivalent.
~Equitable~, _a._ ~1.~ Upright, just, honest, impartial, candid,
unbiassed, unprejudiced, even-handed.
~2.~ Reasonable, fair, justifiable, right, proper.
~Equity~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice, right.
~2.~ CHANCERY.
~Equivalence~, _n._ Equality.
~Equivalency~, _n._ Equality.
~Equivalent~, _a._ ~1.~ Equal, commensurate, tantamount, EQUIPOLLENT.
~2.~ Synonymous, interchangeable, of the same meaning or import.
~Equivocal~, _a._ ~1.~ Ambiguous, of doubtful meaning, to be taken in
a double sense.
~2.~ Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, indeterminate.
~Equivocate~, _v. n._ Quibble, shuffle, dodge, palter, PREVARICATE,
evade the truth, use equivocal expressions (_for the sake of
deception_).
~Equivocation~, _n._ ~1.~ Quibbling, prevarication, evasion,
shuffling, ambiguity of speech.
~2.~ Quibble, equivoke, double meaning.
~Equivoke~, _n._ ~1.~ Ambiguous expression, double meaning.
~2.~ Quibble, equivocation, double meaning.
~Equivoque~, _n._ [Fr.] EQUIVOKE.
~Era~, _n._ ~1.~ Series or succession of years (_marked by any
administration or dispensation_).
~2.~ Epoch, period, date, age, point or period of time (_from which
dates are reckoned_).
~Eradicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extirpate, uproot, root out, pull up by the
roots.
~2.~ Destroy, exterminate, annihilate.
~Eradication~, _n._ ~1.~ Extirpation, rooting out.
~2.~ Extermination, destruction, annihilation, excision.
~Erase~, _v. a._ Efface, obliterate, rase, expunge, cancel, blot,
scratch out, scrape out, rub out, blot out.
~Erasure~, _n._ Obliteration, scratching out, rasure.
~Ere~, _ad._ [_Poetical._] Before, sooner than.
~Ere~, _prep._ [_Poetical._] Before, prior to.
~Erebus~, _n._ (_Myth._) [L.] Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, the
lower world, the infernal regions, shades below, region of darkness.
~Erect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set up, place upright, set upright.
~2.~ Raise, build, construct.
~3.~ Exalt, elevate, magnify.
~4.~ Institute, found, form, plant, establish.
~5.~ [_Poetical._] Cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourage.
~Erect~, _a._ ~1.~ Upright, not prone.
~2.~ Elevated, turned upward.
~3.~ Bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken.
~Erection~, _n._ ~1.~ Erecting, setting upright.
~2.~ Raising, building, constructing.
~3.~ Building, structure, edifice.
~Erelong~, _ad._ Soon, before long.
~Eremite~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Hermit, anchoret, anchorite, solitary,
SOLITAIRE, recluse.
~Ergo~, _ad._ [L.] Therefore, consequently.
~Ergot~, _n._ Spurred rye.
~Erin~, _n._ Ireland.
~Ermine~, _n._ ~1.~ Stoat (_Mustela erminea_).
~2.~ Fur of the stoat.
~Erode~, _v. a._ Consume, destroy, canker, corrode, eat away.
~Erosion~, _n._ Corrosion, eating away.
~Erosive~, _a._ Corrosive, corroding, caustic, acrid, virulent,
eating, catheretic.
~Erotic~, _a._ Amatory, amorous, Anacreontic.
~Erotical~, _a._ Amatory, amorous, Anacreontic.
~Erotic~, _n._ Amatory poem.
~Err~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Deviate (_from the right way_), wander, ramble,
rove.
~2.~ Mistake, blunder, misjudge, make a mistake, be at fault, labor
under a mistake.
~3.~ Sin, lapse, fall, trip, trespass, offend, go astray, do amiss,
commit a fault.
~Errand~, _n._ Message, mandate, mission, commission.
~Errant~, _a._ Wandering, roving, rambling.
~Errata~, _n. pl._ [L.] Errors (_in printing_), mistakes, misprints.
~Erratic~, _a._ ~1.~ Wandering, roving, nomadic, not stationary.
~2.~ Irregular, eccentric, abnormal.
~Errhine~, _n._ Sternutatory.
~Erring~, _a._ Sinful, fallible, peccable, liable to err.
~Erroneous~, _a._ False, incorrect, inexact, inaccurate, wrong, untrue.
~Error~, _n._ ~1.~ Mistake, blunder, misapprehension, oversight,
inaccuracy.
~2.~ Sin, fault, offence, trespass, transgression, delinquency,
iniquity.
~Errors~, _n. pl._ (_In printing._) Errata, misprints.
~Erse~, _n._ Gaelic language.
~Erubescent~, _a._ Reddish, blushing, rubicund.
~Eructate~, _v. n._ [_Rare._] Belch, eject wind from the stomach.
~Eructation~, _n._ Belching.
~Erudite~, _a._ Learned, lettered, well-read, deep-read.
~Erudition~, _n._ Knowledge (_gained by reading and study_), learning,
lore, scholarship, science, literature.
~Eruption~, _n._ ~1.~ Explosion, outburst, outbreak.
~2.~ Sally, sudden excursion.
~3.~ (_Med._) Rash, exanthem.
~Erysipelas~, _n._ Saint Anthony's fire.
~Escalade~, _v. a._ Scale.
~Escapade~, _n._ ~1.~ Impropriety (_committed by one who is
unconscious of it_).
~2.~ Vagary, prank, frolic.
~Escape~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out
of the way of.
~2.~ Pass unobserved.
~Escape~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flee, fly, abscond, decamp, VAMOSE,
ABSQUATULATE, SLOPE, make or effect one's escape, make off, steal
away, hasten away, slink away, run away, break loose, break away, gain
one's freedom, whip off, take one's self off, beat a retreat, take to
one's heels, cut and run, take French leave, be among the missing.
~2.~ Slip, pass, go by, slip through the fingers, be passed over, be
omitted.
~Escape~, _n._ ~1.~ Flight.
~2.~ Release (_from threatened danger_).
~Escarp~, _n._ Scarp.
~Eschar~, _n._ (_Med._) Crust (_made by caustics_), scab, slough.
~Escharotic~, _a._ Caustic, searing, cauterizing, catheretic.
~Escharotic~, _n._ (_Med._) Caustic, caustic application.
~Escheat~, _v. n._ Be forfeited.
~Eschew~, _v. a._ Avoid, shun, flee from, keep away from, keep clear
of, steer clear of, keep out of the way of, be shy of, have nothing to
do with.
~Escort~, _n._ ~1.~ Convoy, guard, conduct.
~2.~ Protection, safeguard, safe conduct.
~Escort~, _v. a._ Attend, accompany, convoy, conduct, wait on, go
along with.
~Escritoire~, _n._ [Fr.] Writing-desk.
~Esculent~, _a._ Eatable, edible.
~Esculent~, _n._ Edible substance.
~Escutcheon~, _n._ Shield, scutcheon, ensign armorial.
~Esophagus~, _n._ [Written also and usually _Œsophagus._] Gullet.
~Esoteric~, _a._ Private, secret, acroamatic, acroatic, not public,
not exoteric.
~Especial~, _a._ Particular, principal, chief, special.
~Espial~, _n._ Notice, observation, discovery.
~Espousal~, _n._ ~1.~ Espousing, betrothing.
~2.~ Adoption, defence, support, maintenance.
~Espousals~, _n. pl._ Betrothment, promise of marriage.
~Espouse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Betroth, promise marriage with.
~2.~ Marry, wed, join in wedlock.
~3.~ Adopt, defend, embrace, maintain, support.
~Esprit de corps~, [Fr.] Class feeling, mutual interest in one another
(_as between members of the same society or of the same profession_).
~Espy~, _v. a._ Discern, descry, perceive, spy, discover, catch a
glimpse of, catch sight of.
~Espy~, _v. n._ Watch, observe, spy, take notice.
~Esquire~, _n._ Squire.
~Essay~, _v. a._ Attempt, try, endeavor.
~Essay~, _n._ ~1.~ Attempt, trial, endeavor, effort, struggle, aim.
~2.~ Tract, dissertation, treatise, disquisition, brief discourse.
~Essayist~, _n._ Essay-writer.
~Essay-writer~, _n._ Essayist.
~Essence~, _n._ ~1.~ Nature, substance, quintessence, essential part.
~2.~ Extract, volatile part, rectified portion.
~3.~ Odor, perfume, scent.
~4.~ Being, existence, entity.
~Essence~, _v. a._ Perfume, scent, odor.
~Essential~, _a._ ~1.~ Vital, necessary, requisite, indispensable,
highly important.
~2.~ Volatile, pure, highly rectified.
~3.~ (_Med._) Idiopathic, not symptomatic.
~Essential~, _n._ ~1.~ Nature, first principle.
~2.~ Chief point, most important part.
~Establish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fix, settle, plant, found, institute,
constitute, organize, form.
~2.~ Confirm, ratify, sanction, approve.
~3.~ Prove, substantiate, verify, make good.
~Establishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Planting, founding, institution,
organization, settlement.
~2.~ Confirmation, ratification, sanction, approval.
~3.~ Verification, substantiation, proof.
~4.~ Residence (_with all that pertains to it_), place of residence.
~5.~ Style of living, expenses of living.
~6.~ Place of business.
~Estate~, _n._ ~1.~ State, condition, position, rank.
~2.~ Property, effects, possessions, fortune.
~3.~ Class (_of those who constitute the state or the government of a
state_), order, division.
~4.~ (_Law._) Interest (_in any species of permanent property_).
~Esteem~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Estimate, appreciate, value, rate, reckon, set
a value on.
~2.~ Admire, like, prize, honor, revere, respect, think well of, think
highly of, set a high value on.
~3.~ Regard, consider, deem, think, account, believe, suppose,
imagine, hold, view, fancy, look upon.
~Esteem~, _n._ ~1.~ Estimation, estimate, appreciation, valuation,
reckoning, account, opinion, judgment.
~2.~ Respect, reverence, honor, credit, high regard, favorable opinion.
~Esthetics~, _n._ [Written also and usually _Æsthetics._] Philosophy
of the fine arts, theory or philosophy of taste, science of the
beautiful.
~Estimable~, _a._ Worthy, good, excellent, meritorious.