Chapter D: ~Dab~, v. a. Strike, slap (3)

~Ear-drop~, _n._ Ear-ring, pendant.

~Early~, _a._ ~1.~ Timely, seasonable, in season, not late.

~2.~ Forward, premature.

~3.~ At dawn, at day-break, at the opening of day.

~Early~, _ad._ Soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time.

~Earn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gain, get, acquire, win, obtain, procure.

~2.~ Merit, deserve, be entitled to.

~Earnest~, _a._ ~1.~ Ardent, zealous, eager, fervent, fervid, glowing, animated, importunate, warm, hearty.

~2.~ Intent, steady, fixed, close.

~Earnest~, _n._ ~1.~ Seriousness, reality, not a jest.

~2.~ Pledge, first-fruits.

~3.~ EARNEST-MONEY.

~Earnest-money~, _n._ Earnest, pay in advance (_to bind a bargain_).

~Earnings~, _n. pl._ WAGES.

~Ear-ring~, _n._ Pendant, ear-drop.

~Earth~, _n._ ~1.~ World, globe.

~2.~ Soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod.

~Earth-born~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrigenous, born on the earth.

~2.~ Of low birth, of mean extraction.

~3.~ Earthly, low, mean, base, abject, grovelling, earth-bred.

~Earth-bred~, _a._ Low, base, vile, abject, grovelling, earth-born.

~Earth-flax~, _n._ Amianth, amianthus (_species of Asbestos_).

~Earthly~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrestrial.

~2.~ Sensual, sordid, worldly, low, grovelling, vile, base, gross, earthly-minded, earth-born, not spiritual.

~Earthly-minded~, _a._ Sensual, sordid, EARTHLY.

~Earthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrene, composed of earth.

~2.~ Earthly, terrestrial.

~3.~ Gross, coarse, unrefined.

~Ear-wax~, _n._ Cerumen.

~Ease~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiescence.

~2.~ Quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, peace, content, contentment.

~3.~ Facility, easiness, readiness.

~Ease~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Relieve, disburden, disencumber, free from pressure or restraint.

~2.~ Alleviate, allay, assuage, appease, mitigate, soothe, pacify, quiet, still, abate.

~Ease away~, (_Naut._) Slacken gradually (_a rope_), ease off.

~Easement~, _n._ (_Law._) Privilege (_by grant or prescription_), convenience, accommodation, advantage.

~Ease off~, (_Naut._) EASE AWAY.

~Eastern~, _a._ ~1.~ Oriental, orient.

~2.~ Towards the east.

~Easy~, _a._ ~1.~ Light, not difficult, not burdensome.

~2.~ Quiet, tranquil, untroubled, comfortable, contented, satisfied, at rest, at ease, without anxiety, without pain.

~3.~ Yielding, complying, pliant, facile, submissive, accommodating, complaisant.

~4.~ Unconstrained, graceful, not formal, not stiff.

~5.~ Gentle, moderate.

~6.~ Not straitened (_pecuniarily_).

~Eat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Chew and swallow.

~2.~ Corrode, consume, wear away.

~Eat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed, take food.

~2.~ Act corrosively.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Taste, relish.

~Eatable~, _a._ Esculent, edible.

~Eat dirt~, Humble one's self, abase one's self, lower one's note, fall on one's knees, eat humble pie, get a set-down, sing small.

~Eat humble pie~, Suffer humiliation, endure mortification, be humbled, be abashed, be taken down, eat dirt.

~Eating~, _a._ Corrosive, erosive, corroding, caustic, catheretic.

~Eating-house~, _n._ Restaurant, chop-house.

~Eat one's words~, Take back what was said, retract a statement.

~Eau-de-Cologne~, [Fr.] Cologne, cologne-water.

~Eavesdropper~, _n._ Stealthy listener.

~Eavesdropping~, _n._ Listening by stealth.

~Ebb~, _n._ ~1.~ Regression, regress, retrocession, retrogression, reflux, refluence, return.

~2.~ Decline, decay, deterioration, degeneracy.

~3.~ Decrease, diminution, abatement, decrement, subsidence.

~Ebb~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Recede, retire, flow back.

~2.~ Decline, decrease, decay, wane, sink, fall away.

~Ebon~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, black, inky.

~2.~ Made of ebony.

~Ebriety~, _n._ Drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, inebriety.

~Ebullience~, _n._ Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.

~Ebulliency~, _n._ Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.

~Ebullient~, _a._ Effervescing, boiling over.

~Ebullition~, _n._ ~1.~ Boiling.

~2.~ Effervescence, fermentation.

~3.~ Burst, outburst, outbreak, fit, paroxysm.

~Eccentric~, _a._ ~1.~ Not circular.

~2.~ Irregular, abnormal, anomalous, peculiar, uncommon, unnatural, singular, strange, wayward, odd, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.

~Eccentricity~, _n._ Irregularity, peculiarity, oddness, oddity, singularity, waywardness, strangeness, aberration.

~Ecclesiastic~, _a._ Not civil, not secular.

~Ecclesiastical~, _a._ Not civil, not secular.

~Ecclesiastic~, _n._ Priest, clergyman, churchman, minister, parson, pastor, divine.

~Echinate~, _a._ Prickly, bristled.

~Echinated~, _a._ Prickly, bristled.

~Echo~, _n._ Reverberation, reflected sound.

~Echo~, _v. n._ Resound, reverberate, be sounded back.

~Echo~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reverberate, reëcho.

~2.~ Repeat, sound again.

~Éclaircissement~, _n._ [Fr.] Explanation, explication.

~Eclaircize~, _v. a._ [_Modern._] Explain, unfold, expound, elucidate, illustrate, make plain, make clear.

~Éclat~, _n._ ~1.~ Acclamation, applause, plaudit, burst of applause.

~2.~ Brilliancy, splendor, show, pomp, lustre, striking effect.

~Eclectic~, _a._ Selecting, choosing.

~Eclecticism~, _n._ Eclectic philosophy.

~Eclipse~, _n._ ~1.~ Occultation.

~2.~ Obscuration.

~Eclipse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, obscure, dim.

~2.~ Cloud, veil, shroud, hide.

~3.~ Degrade, throw into the shade.

~Eclogue~, _n._ Bucolic, idyl, pastoral, pastoral poem.

~Economical~, _a._ Saving, sparing, provident, thrifty, frugal, not wasteful, not lavish.

~Economics~, _n._ Household management, household economy.

~Economize~, _v. a._ Save, husband, manage frugally, use prudently.

~Economize~, _v. n._ Retrench, be frugal, be prudent, be economical, practise economy, husband one's resources.

~Economy~, _n._ ~1.~ Frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery.

~2.~ Arrangement, regulation, management.

~3.~ System, plan, established order.

~Ecphonesis~, _n._ [Gr.] (_Rhet._) Exclamation, ejaculation, interjection.

~Ecstasy~, _n._ ~1.~ Trance.

~2.~ Transport, rapture, ravishment, delight, great joy.

~3.~ Enthusiasm, fanaticism.

~Ecstatic~, _a._ ~1.~ Entrancing.

~2.~ Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.

~Ecstatical~, _a._ ~1.~ Entrancing.

~2.~ Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.

~Ecumenic~, _a._ [Written also _Œcumenic_ and _Œcumenical_.] General (_applied especially to councils of the Church_), universal ~Ecumenical~, _a._ [Written also _Œcumenic_ and _Œcumenical_.] General (_applied especially to councils of the Church_), universal.

~Edacious~, _a._ Greedy, voracious, devouring.

~Eddish~, _n._ Aftermath, rowen.

~Eddy~, _n._ ~1.~ Counter-current.

~2.~ Whirlpool, vortex.

~Edentate~, _a._ Toothless.

~Edentated~, _a._ Toothless.

~Edge~, _n._ ~1.~ Cutting side (_of a blade_).

~2.~ Border, rim, brim, margin, verge, brink.

~3.~ Keenness, sharpness, intensity.

~Edge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sharpen.

~2.~ Fringe, border.

~3.~ Move sideways, move little by little.

~Edge~, _v. n._ Move sideways, move little by little.

~Edge-bone~, _n._ Aitchbone, natchbone.

~Edging~, _n._ Fringe, border.

~Edible~, _n._ Eatable, esculent.

~Edict~, _n._ Command, order, decree, rescript, mandate, ordinance, proclamation, ban.

~Edification~, _n._ Instruction (_with reference to improving the character_), enlightenment, improvement, education.

~Edifice~, _n._ Building, fabric, structure.

~Edify~, _v. a._ Instruct (_in order to improve the character_), teach, enlighten, educate, improve.

~Edit~, _v. a._ Conduct (_a literary work_), manage, prepare for publication, superintend the publication of.

~Edition~, _n._ Impression, number (_of copies_) printed at once.

~Editor~, _n._ Conductor (_of a literary work_).

~Educate~, _v. a._ Train, discipline, teach, instruct, nurture, breed, school, EDIFY, drill, bring up, develop the faculties of, form the mind and character of.

~Education~, _n._ Training, teaching, schooling, instruction, discipline, cultivation, tuition, nurture, breeding, EDIFICATION, drilling.

~Educe~, _v. a._ Extract, draw out, bring out.

~Edulcorate~, _v. a._ (_Chem._) Wash, purify, cleanse.

~Edulcoration~, _n._ (_Chem._) Washing, cleaning, purification.

~Eel-pont~, _n._ Burbot (_Lota vulgaris_).

~Efface~, _v. a._ Obliterate, erase, expunge, blot, cancel, rub out, wipe out, scratch out, rub off, blot out, strike out.

~Effect~, _n._ ~1.~ Consequence, result, issue, event.

~2.~ Force, validity, weight, power, efficiency.

~3.~ Purport, import, drift, tenor, meaning, general intent.

~4.~ Fact, reality, truth.

~5.~ Impression (_on the organs of sense_).

~Effect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cause, produce, create.

~2.~ Accomplish, achieve, execute, perform, do, consummate, realize, carry, compass, effectuate, bring about, bring to pass, carry out, work out.

~Effective~, _a._ ~1.~ Competent, adequate, powerful, forcible, energetic, potent, cogent, sufficient, efficacious.

~2.~ Operative, active, efficient, effectual.

~Effects~, _n. pl._ Goods, furniture, movables, personal estate.

~Effectual~, _a._ ~1.~ Operative, successful.

~2.~ Efficacious, effective, active, efficient, of adequate power.

~Effectuate~, _v. a._ Accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, carry out, bring to pass.

~Effeminacy~, _n._ Weakness, softness, timidity, womanish delicacy.

~Effeminate~, _a._ ~1.~ Womanish, feminine, timorous, unmanly.

~2.~ Delicate, tender, womanly (_in a good sense_).

~Effeminate~, _v. a._ Unman, soften, emasculate, emolliate, make effeminate.

~Effervesce~, _v. n._ Froth, bubble, ferment.

~Effervescence~, _n._ Bubbling, frothing, ebullition, fermentation.

~Effete~, _a._ ~1.~ Barren, unprolific, unfruitful, fruitless, addle.

~2.~ Decayed, spent, exhausted, wasted, worn out.

~Efficacious~, _a._ Effectual, effective, powerful, active, operative, efficient, energetic, of adequate power.

~Efficacy~, _n._ Potency, competency, power, strength, force, efficiency.

~Efficiency~, _n._ EFFICACY.

~Efficient~, _a._ ~1.~ Operative, active, efficacious, effective, effectual, potent.

~2.~ Able, energetic, skilful, ready.

~Efficient~, _n._ Cause, operator, prime mover, efficient agent.

~Effigies~, _n._ EFFIGY.

~Effigy~, _n._ Image, figure, representation, likeness, effigies.

~Effloresce~, _v. n._ Become pulverulent (_on the surface_).

~Efflorescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Flowering, bloom, time of flowering.

~2.~ Pulverulence (_of the surface_).

~Effluence~, _n._ Emanation, efflux.

~Effluvium~, _n._ Exhalation, vapor.

~Efflux~, _n._ ~1.~ Flow, effusion.

~2.~ Emanation, effluence.

~Effort~, _n._ ~1.~ Endeavor, attempt, trial, essay, exertion, struggle, strain, straining, stretch.

~2.~ Enterprise, undertaking, cause.

~Effrontery~, _n._ Boldness, assurance, impudence, audacity, hardihood, presumption, shamelessness, sauciness, brass, CHEEK.

~Effulgence~, _n._ Brilliancy, lustre, splendor, brightness, radiance, refulgence.

~Effulgent~, _a._ Brilliant, shining, lustrous, splendid, resplendent, bright, radiant, refulgent, dazzling.

~Effuse~, _v. a._ Shed, spill, pour out.

~Effusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Outpouring, efflux, gush.

~2.~ Shedding, spilling, waste.

~3.~ Utterance, expression of thought.

~Eft~, _n._ Salamander, newt.

~Egg~, _n._ Ovum.

~Egg-shaped~, _a._ Ovate.

~Eglantine~, _n._ Sweet-brier (_Rosa rubiginosa_).

~Egotism~, _n._ Conceit, vanity, BUMPTIOUSNESS, self-conceit, self- esteem, self-praise, self-commendation.

~Egotistic~, _a._ Conceited, vain, opinionated, BUMPTIOUS, self- important.

~Egotistical~, _a._ Conceited, vain, opinionated, BUMPTIOUS, self- important.

~Egregious~, _a._ Extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, great.

~Egress~, _n._ Exit, departure, going out.

~Either~, _a. & pron._ ~1.~ (_Appropriately_) One or the other (_of two_).

~2.~ (_Less authorized_) Any one (_of several_).

~3.~ (_Of doubtful propriety_) Each (_of two_), both, one and the other.

~Ejaculate~, _v. a._ Utter in an exclamation, utter briefly and suddenly.

~Ejaculation~, _n._ Exclamation, ECPHONESIS, brief and sudden utterance.

~Eject~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emit, discharge, void, evacuate, vomit, spew, puke, throw out, cast up.

~2.~ Expel, oust, dismiss, discharge, cashier, turn out.

~3.~ Reject, banish, throw aside, cast away, throw overboard.

~Ejection~, _n._ ~1.~ Evacuation, discharge.

~2.~ Expulsion, dismission, extrusion, banishment.

~Eke out~, Add to, supply the deficiency of.

~Elaborate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bestow labor upon, work out.

~2.~ Improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughly.

~Elaborate~, _a._ Labored, studied, high wrought, highly finished, elaborately prepared.

~Elaboration~, _n._ ~1.~ Labor, painstaking.

~2.~ Preparation, ripening, maturing.

~Elapse~, _v. n._ Pass, lapse, glide away, slip away, pass away.

~Elastic~, _a._ Springy, rebounding, resilient, recoiling.

~Elasticity~, _n._ Springiness, resiliency, tendency to rebound.

~Elate~, _a._ Flushed (_with success_), elated, excited, exhilarated, puffed up, in high spirits.

~Elate~, _v. a._ Cheer, exhilarate, elevate, animate, excite, flush, puff up, make proud.

~Elater~, _n._ Fire-fly (_of South America, Cuba, &c._).

~Elation~, _n._ Exultation, elevation, exaltation, pride, high spirits.

~Elbow~, _n._ Angle, bend, turn.

~Elbow~, _v. a._ Push.

~Elbow~, _v. n._ Jostle, push one's way.

~Elbow-chair~, _n._ Arm-chair, armed chair.

~Elbow-room~, _n._ Scope, swing, range, opportunity, liberty of action, a fair field, room enough.

~Elder~, _a._ Older, senior.

~Elder~, _n._ Senior, aged person.

~Elderly~, _a._ Somewhat old.

~Eldership~, _n._ Seniority.

~Eldest~, _a._ Oldest.

~Elect~, _v. a._ CHOOSE, select, cull, pick, pick out, make choice of.

~Elect~, _a._ Chosen, selected, picked, choice.

~Election~, _n._ ~1.~ Selection, preference, choice.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Predestination.

~Electioneer~, _v. n._ Canvass.

~Elective franchise~, Right of voting, right to vote.

~Elector~, _n._ Voter, constituent.

~Electric~, _n._ Non-conductor (_of electricity_).

~Electrify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Render electric, charge with electricity.

~2.~ Rouse, thrill, excite, stir, enchant.

~Elegance~, _n._ ~1.~ Grace, beauty, symmetry, propriety.

~2.~ Refinement, polish, politeness, gentility.

~Elegant~, _a._ ~1.~ Graceful, beautiful, handsome, fine, symmetrical, classical, tasty, tasteful, chaste, neat, well-made, well- proportioned, in good taste.

~2.~ Polished, refined, accomplished, cultivated, polite, genteel, courtly, fashionable.

~Elegiac~, _a._ Mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, dirge-like.

~Elegy~, _n._ Dirge, lament, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.

~Element~, _n._ ~1.~ Simple body, uncompounded body, ultimate part.

~2.~ Constituent, component, ingredient, constituent principle, component part.

~3.~ Proper state, proper sphere.

~4.~ Rudiment, first principle, essential point.

~Elementary~, _a._ ~1.~ Simple, uncompounded.

~2.~ Rudimentary, rudimental, primary.

~Elench~, _n._ Sophism, specious argument.

~Elephantine~, _a._ Huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, Cyclopean, Herculean, enormous, very large.

~Elevate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise, lift, lift up.

~2.~ Exalt, promote.

~3.~ Improve, dignify, ennoble, refine.

~4.~ Animate, elate, cheer, exhilarate, excite, flush.

~Elevation~, _n._ ~1.~ Raising, elevating.

~2.~ Exaltation, aggrandizement, promotion.

~3.~ Dignity, refinement, improvement, ennobling.

~4.~ Hill, elevated place.

~5.~ (_Astron._) Height, altitude.

~Élève~, _n._ [Fr.] Pupil.

~Elf~, _n._ ~1.~ Fairy, fey, diminutive spirit.

~2.~ Dwarf, gnome.

~Elfish~, _a._ Elf-like, mischievous, elvish.

~Elicit~, _v. a._ Draw out, bring out, succeed in obtaining.

~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.

~2.~ Inspire, inspirit, exhilarate, cheer, delight, gladden.

~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.

~Estimate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Value, appraise, rate, prize, esteem, appreciate, set a value on, set a price on.

~2.~ Compute, reckon, count, calculate.

~Estimate~, _n._ ~1.~ Valuation, estimation.

~2.~ Calculation, computation.

~Estimation~, _n._ ~1.~ Valuation, appraisement, appreciation, estimate, judgment, opinion, esteem.

~2.~ Respect, honor, regard, reverence, favorable opinion.

~Estop~, _v. a._ (_Law._) Bar, stop, impede, preclude, stop the progress of.

~Estoppel~, _n._ Bar, impediment.

~Estrange~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Withdraw, withhold, keep away.

~2.~ Disaffect, alienate, make unfriendly, make disaffected.

~Estrangement~, _n._ ~1.~ Withdrawal.

~2.~ Disaffection, alienation.

~Estuary~, _n._ Frith, inlet, arm of the sea.

~État-major~, [Fr.] Staff, commissioned officers, staff officers.

~Et cætera~, [L.] And others, and so forth, and so on.

~Etch~, _v. a._ Engrave (_by corrosion of an acid_).

~Eternal~, _a._ ~1.~ Endless, everlasting, interminable, ever-during, perpetual, ceaseless, unceasing, perennial.

~2.~ Imperishable, undying, never-dying, immortal.

~3.~ Immutable, unchangeable.

~Eternally~, _ad._ Endlessly, interminably, perpetually, ceaselessly, continually, everlastingly, always, ever, AYE, evermore, for everlasting, for ever, for AYE, for ever and ever, world without end, time without end, to the end of time, till doomsday.

~Eternity~, _n._ Perpetuity, endless duration.

~Eternize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perpetuate, make perpetual.

~2.~ Immortalize, make immortal.

~Ethereal~, _a._ ~1.~ Airy, aerial, empyreal, light, volatile.

~2.~ Celestial, heavenly.

~Etherealize~, _v. a._ Subtilize, make ethereal.

~Etherealness~, _n._ Airiness, rarity, subtilty, subtileness.

~Ethical~, _a._ Moral.

~Ethics~, _n._ Morality, morals, moral philosophy, science of human duty.

~Ethiops-mineral~, _n._ Black sulphuret of mercury.

~Ethnic~, _a._ ~1.~ Heathen (_as distinguished_ _from Jewish and_ _Christian_), pagan, gentile.

~2.~ Ethnological.

~Ethnical~, _a._ ~1.~ Heathen (_as distinguished_ _from Jewish and_ _Christian_), pagan, gentile.

~2.~ Ethnological.

~Ethnologic~, _a._ Ethnic, ethnical.

~Ethnological~, _a._ Ethnic, ethnical.

~Ethnography~, _n._ Description of races (_especially as regard manners and customs or external peculiarities_).

~Ethnology~, _n._ Science of races (_treating of the mental as well as of the physical differences of the races of mankind_).

~Ethology~, _n._ Treatise on ethics, system of ethics.

~Etiolate~, _v. a._ Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white.

~Etiolate~, _v. n._ Become white, be whitened, be blanched, be bleached.

~Etiolated~, _a._ Whitened (_by exclusion from light_), blanched, bleached.

~Etiquette~, _n._ Prescribed form (_of behavior, as that set down on a card or ticket on the occasion of ceremonies at court_), fashionable ceremony, ceremonial code, forms of good breeding, conventional decorum.

~Etymology~, _n._ ~1.~ Science of etymons.

~2.~ Derivation.

~3.~ (_Gram._) Inflection (_of the parts of speech_).

~Etymon~, _n._ Root, radical, radix, primitive word.

~Eucharist~, _n._ Communion, sacrament, Lord's Supper, Christian sacrament.

~Eulogist~, _n._ Encomiast, panegyrist, praiser, extoller.

~Eulogistic~, _a._ Encomiastic, panegyrical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Eulogistical~, _a._ Encomiastic, panegyrical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Eulogium~, _n._ Praise, EULOGY.

~Eulogy~, _n._ Eulogistic speech or discourse, praise, eulogium, encomium, panegyric, commendation, good word, tribute of praise.

~Eupepsy~, _n._ Good digestion.

~Euphemism~, _n._ Softened expression (_to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy_).

~Euphonic~, _a._ EUPHONIOUS.

~Euphonical~, _a._ EUPHONIOUS.

~Euphonious~, _a._ Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, silvery, musical, sweet-toned, not harsh, sweetly flowing.

~Euphony~, _n._ Agreeable sound (_in language_).

~Euphrasy~, _n._ (_Bot._) Eye-bright (_Euphrasia officinalis_).

~Euphuism~, _n._ Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy (_in the use of language_), affected elegance.

~Euthanasia~, _n._ Euthanasy, easy death.

~Euthanasy~, _n._ EUTHANASIA.

~Eutrophy~, _n._ Healthy nutrition.

~Euxine~, _n._ Black sea.

~Evacuant~, _a._ (_Med._) Purgative, cathartic, abstergent, cleansing.

~Evacuant~, _n._ Cathartic, purgative, purgative medicine.

~Evacuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Empty, make empty.

~2.~ Eject, expel, excrete, void, discharge, throw out, clear out, clean out.

~3.~ Quit (_as a house or a country_), leave, relinquish, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from.

~Evacuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptying.

~2.~ Discharge, ejection, excretion.

~3.~ Quitting, withdrawal.

~Evade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Elude, escape, escape from, steal away from, get away from (_by artifice_).

~2.~ Avoid, shun, decline.

~Evade~, _v. n._ Equivocate, shuffle, quibble, dodge, prevaricate, palter, cavil.

~Evanesce~, _v. n._ Vanish, disappear, be seen no more.

~Evanescence~, _n._ Transitoriness, transientness, speedy passage, short continuance.

~Evanescent~, _a._ Vanishing, fleeting, transitory, transient, passing, flitting, fugitive, flying, ephemeral, short-lived.

~Evangelic~, _a._ According to the gospel.

~Evangelical~, _a._ According to the gospel.

~Evangelist~, _n._ ~1.~ Writer of one of the Gospels.

~2.~ Missionary.

~Evangelize~, _v. a._ Preach the gospel to, instruct in the gospel.

~Evaporate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fly off in vapor.

~2.~ Disappear, be dissipated.

~Evaporate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vaporize, convert into vapor, disperse in vapor.

~2.~ Exhale, emit in vapor.

~Evaporating dish~, Capsule.

~Evaporation~, _n._ ~1.~ Vaporization.

~2.~ Exhalation.

~Evasion~, _n._ Shift, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, quibble, tergiversation, shuffling, sophistical excuse, disingenuous escape.

~Evasive~, _a._ Equivocating, shuffling, sophistical, elusive, elusory.

~Eve~, _n._ [_Poetical._] EVENING.

~Even~, _n._ Evening, eve.

~Even~, _a._ ~1.~ Smooth, level, plane, flat.

~2.~ Uniform, equable, equal, calm, ruffled, unsteady.

~3.~ On a level, on the same level.

~4.~ Fair, just, equitable.

~5.~ Divisible by two, not odd.

~Even~, _ad._ ~1.~ Exactly, verily, just.

~2.~ At the very time.

~3.~ Likewise, in like manner, not only so, but also.

~4.~ Strange to say.

~5.~ So much as.

~Even-handed~, _a._ Just, equitable, impartial, fair, honest, upright.

~Evening~, _n._ EVE, even, eventide, nightfall, dusk, twilight, close of the day, fall of day, decline of day, going down of the sun.

~Evening star~, _n._ Vesper, Hesper, Hesperus, Venus.

~Event~, _n._ ~1.~ Incident, accident, occurrence, adventure, affair.

~2.~ Result, issue, consequence, end, conclusion, termination.

~Eventful~, _a._ Full of incidents.

~Eventual~, _a._ Final, ultimate.

~Eventuate~, _v. n._ Issue, terminate, close, prove, turn out.

~Ever~, _ad._ ~1.~ At any time.

~2.~ Always, evermore, perpetually, continually, eternally, AYE, for aye, for ever, at all times, to the end of time, through all ages, till doomsday.

~Ever and anon~, Often, every now and then, at short intervals.

~Ever-during~, _a._ Eternal, EVERLASTING.

~Everlasting~, _a._ ~1.~ Eternal, endless, unending, ever-during, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, interminable, unceasing, never-ceasing, never-ending.

~2.~ Imperishable, undying, never-dying, ever-living, deathless, immortal.

~Everlasting~, _n._ ~1.~ Eternity.

~2.~ Cudweed, goldylocks, IMMORTELLE.

~Ever-living~, _a._ Eternal, immortal, undying, deathless, never- dying, everlasting.

~Evermore~, _ad._ Always, eternally, forever, ever, perpetually, continually, AYE, for aye, at all times, to the end of time, through all ages.

~Every~, _a._ Each (_of several_).

~Every now and then~, Often, at short intervals, ever and anon.

~Every-day~, _a._ Common, customary, usual, wonted, accustomed, habitual.

~Everywhere~, _ad._ In every place, in all places, right and left, far and near, far and wide, throughout the world, all the world over, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands; here, there, and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Maine to Georgia.

~Evict~, _v. a._ (_Law._) Dispossess.

~Eviction~, _n._ (_Law._) Dispossession, deprivation.

~Evidence~, _n._ Testimony, proof, ground of belief.

~Evidence~, _v. a._ Prove, elucidate, demonstrate, show, manifest, evince, make manifest, make clear.

~Evident~, _a._ Plain, clear, manifest, apparent, obvious, palpable, patent, unmistakable.

~Evidential~, _a._ Indicative, evidentiary, evincive, demonstrative.

~Evidentiary~, _a._ EVIDENTIAL.

~Evil~, _a._ ~1.~ Bad, ill, not good.

~2.~ Wicked, sinful, vicious, corrupt, perverse, wrong.

~3.~ Mischievous, hurtful, harmful, noxious, deleterious.