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EMBER-GOOSE Em"ber-goose`, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. ember, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]

EMBERINGS Em"ber*ings, n. pl.

Defn: Ember days. [Obs.]

EMBERIZIDAE Emberizidae n.

Defn: a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows. Syn. — subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae. [WordNet 1.5]

EMBETTER Em*bet"ter, v. t.

Defn: To make better. [Obs.]

EMBEZZLE Em*bez"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling.] Etym: [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]

1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.

EMBEZZLEMENT Em*bez"zle*ment, n.

Defn: The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

Note: Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.

EMBEZZLER Em*bez"zler, n.

Defn: One who embezzles.

EMBILLOW Em*bil"low, v. i.

Defn: To swell or heave like a [R.] Lisle.

EMBIOTOCOID Em`bi*ot"o*coid, a. Etym: [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + - oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. — n.

Defn: One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; — also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

EMBITTER Em*bit"ter, v. t.

Defn: To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

EMBITTERMENT Em*bit"ter*ment, n.

Defn: The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

EMBLANCH Em*blanch", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.]

Defn: To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

EMBLAZE Em*blaze", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.] Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st blaze.]

1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope.

2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. [Archaic] The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed. Milton.

EMBLAZON Em*bla"zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] Etym: [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]

1. To depict or represent; — said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.

EMBLAZONER Em*bla"zon*er, n.

Defn: One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

EMBLAZONING Em*bla"zon*ing, n.

Defn: The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

EMBLAZONMENT Em*bla"zon*ment, n.

Defn: An emblazoning.

EMBLAZONRY Em*bla"zon*ry, n.; pl. Emblazonries (.

Defn: The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.

EMBLEM Em"blem, n. Etym: [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. In, and Parable.]

1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Note: Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.

Syn. — Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. — Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

EMBLEM Em"blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.]

Defn: To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham.

EMBLEMATIC; EMBLEMATICAL Em`blem*at"ic, Em`blem*at"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emblématique.]

Defn: Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. — Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

EMBLEMATICCIZE Em`blem*at"ic*cize, v. t.

Defn: To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.

EMBLEMATIST Em*blem"a*tist, n.

Defn: A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

EMBLEMATIZE Em*blem"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblematized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing.]

Defn: To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.

EMBLEMENT Em"ble*ment, n. Etym: [OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. blé.] (Law)

Defn: The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; — used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.

EMBLEMIZE Em"blem*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing.]

Defn: To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]

EMBLOOM Em*bloom", v. t.

Defn: To emblossom. Savage.

EMBLOSSOM Em*blos"som, v. t.

Defn: To cover or adorn with blossoms. On the white emblossomed spray. J. Cunningham.

EMBODIER Em*bod"i*er, n.

Defn: One who embodies.

EMBODIMENT Em*bod"i*ment, n.

1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

EMBODY Em*bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.]

Defn: To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.] Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.

EMBODY Em*bod"y, v. i.

Defn: To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.] Firmly to embody against this court party. Burke.

EMBOGUE Em*bogue", v. i. Etym: [See Disembogue.]

Defn: To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

EMBOGUING Em*bo"guing, n.

Defn: The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

EMBOIL Em*boil", v. i.

Defn: To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMBOIL Em*boil", v. t.

Defn: To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMBOITEMENT Em`boîte"ment`, n. Etym: [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.)

Defn: The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

EMBOLDEN Em*bold"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening.]

Defn: To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

EMBOLDENER Em*bold"en*er, n.

Defn: One who emboldens.

EMBOLIC Em*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Embolism.]

1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

EMBOLISM Em"bo*lism, n. Etym: [L. embolismus, from Gr. embolisme. See Emblem.]

1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

2. Intercalated time. Johnson.

3. (Med.)

Defn: The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

EMBOLISMAL Em`bo*lis"mal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

EMBOLISMATIC; EMBOLISMATICAL Em`bo*lis*mat"ic, Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Embolismic.

EMBOLISMIC; EMBOLISMICAL Em`bo*lis"mic, Em`bo*lis"mic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. embolismique.]

Defn: Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

EMBOLITE Em"bo*lite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

EMBOLUS Em"bo*lus, n.; pl. Emboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Emblem.]

1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

EMBOLY Em"bo*ly, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.

EMBONPOINT Em`bon`point", n. Etym: [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.]

Defn: Plumpness of person; — said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

EMBORDER Em*bor"der, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.]

Defn: To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.

EMBOSOM Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]

1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.

EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]

1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.]

Defn: To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]

1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.

2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.

EMBOSS Em*boss", v. i.

Defn: To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

EMBOSSED Em*bossed", a.

1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

EMBOSSER Em*boss"er, n.

Defn: One who embosses.

EMBOSSMENT Em*boss"ment, n.

1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.

EMBOTTLE Em*bot"tle, v. t.

Defn: To bottle. [R.] Phillips.

EMBOUCHURE Em`bou`chure", n. Etym: [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]

1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

EMBOW Em*bow", v. t.

Defn: To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.

EMBOWEL Em*bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]

1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.

Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.

EMBOWELER Em*bow"el*er, n.

Defn: One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]

EMBOWELMENT Em*bow"el*ment, n.

Defn: Disembowelment.

EMBOWER Em*bow"er, v. t.

Defn: To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. — v. i.

Defn: To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.

EMBOWL Em*bowl", v. t.

Defn: To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

EMBOX Em*box", v. t.

Defn: To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

EMBOYSSEMENT Em*boysse"ment, n. Etym: [See Embushment.]

Defn: An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EMBRACE Em*brace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]

Defn: To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMBRACE Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing.] Etym: [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]

1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak. What is there that he may not embrace for truth Locke.

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden.

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.

7. (Law)

Defn: To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. — To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include;

EMBRACE Em*brace", v. i.

Defn: To join in an embrace.

EMBRACE Em*brace", n.

Defn: Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.

EMBRACEMENT Em*brace"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrassement.]

1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.] A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.

EMBRACEOR Em*brace"or, n. (Law)

Defn: One guilty of embracery.

EMBRACER Em*bra"cer, n.

Defn: One who embraces.

EMBRACERY Em*bra"cer*y, n. (Law)

Defn: An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

EMBRACIVE Em*bra"cive, a.

Defn: Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.

EMBRAID Em*braid", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]

1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

EMBRANCHMENT Em*branch"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embranchement.]

Defn: The branching forth, as of trees.

EMBRANGLE Em*bran"gle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.]

Defn: To confuse; to entangle. I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley.

EMBRASURE Em*bra"sure, n. Etym: [See Embrace.]

Defn: An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.

EMBRASURE Em*bra"sure (277), n. Etym: [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.

2. (Fort.)

Defn: An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

EMBRAVE Em*brave", v. t.

1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.

2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.] And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.

EMBRAWN Em*brawn", v. t.

Defn: To harden. [Obs.] It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. Nash.

EMBREAD Em*bread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.]

Defn: To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMBREATHEMENT Em*breathe"ment, n.

Defn: The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.

EMBREW Em*brew", v. t.

Defn: To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMBRIGHT Em*bright", v. t.

Defn: To brighten. [Obs.]

EMBROCATE Em"bro*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embrocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] Etym: [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

EMBROCATION Em`bro*ca"tion, n. Etym: [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

EMBROGLIO Em*brogl"io, n.

Defn: See Imbroglio.

EMBROIDER Em*broid"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] Etym: [OE. embrouden. See Broider.]

Defn: To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.

EMBROIDERER Em*broid"er*er, n.

Defn: One who embroiders.

EMBROIDERY Em*broid"er*y, n.; pl. Embroideries (.

1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.

EMBROIL Em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] Etym: [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]

1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with Addison.

Syn. — To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

EMBROIL Em*broil", n.

Defn: See Embroilment.

EMBROILER Em*broil"er, n.

Defn: One who embroils.

EMBROILMENT Em*broil"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrouillement.]

Defn: The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

EMBRONZE Em*bronze", v. t.

1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [Poetic]

2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

EMBROTHEL Em*broth"el, v. t.

Defn: To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne.

EMBROUDE; EMBROWDE; EMBROYDE Em*broud"e, Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e, v. t.

Defn: To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.

EMBROWN Em*brown", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.]

Defn: To give a brown color to; to imbrown. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.

EMBRUE Em*brue", v. t.

Defn: See Imbrue, Embrew. [Obs.]

EMBRUTE Em*brute", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brute. Cf. Imbrute.]

Defn: To brutify; to imbrute. All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn.

EMBRYO Em"bry*o, n.; pl. Embryos. Etym: [F. embryon, Gr. in) + brew.] (Biol.)

Defn: The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.

EMBRYO Em"bry*o, a.

Defn: Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

EMBRYOGENIC Em`bry*o*gen"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

EMBRYOGENY Em`bry*og"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. embryogénie.] (Biol.)

Defn: The production and development of an embryo.

EMBRYOGONY Em`bry*og"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The formation of an embryo.

EMBRYOGRAPHY Em`bry*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.] (Biol.)

Defn: The general description of embryos.

EMBRYOLOGIC; EMBRYOLOGICAL Em`bry*o*log"ic, Em`bry*o*log"ic*al, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to embryology.

EMBRYOLOGIST Em`bry*ol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One skilled in embryology.

EMBRYOLOGY Em`bry*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.)

Defn: The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

EMBRYON Em"bry*on, n. & a. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: See Embryo.

EMBRYONAL Em"bry*o*nal, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

EMBRYONARY Em"bry*o*na*ry, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Embryonic.

EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED Em"bry*o*nate, Em"bry*o*na`ted, a. (Biol.)

Defn: In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

EMBRYONIC Em`bry*on"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; — sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

EMBRYONIFEROUS Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.)

Defn: Having an embryo.

EMBRYONIFORM Em`bry*on"i*form, a. Etym: [Embryo + -form.] (Biol.)

Defn: Like an embryo in form.

EMBRYOPLASTIC Em`bry*o*plas"tic, n. Etym: [Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

EMBRYO SAC Em"bry*o sac`. (Bot.)

Defn: See under Embryonic.

EMBRYOTIC Em`bry*ot"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Embryonic.

EMBRYOTOMY Em`bry*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. embryotomie.] (Med.)

Defn: The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

EMBRYOTROPH Em"bry*o*troph`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

EMBRYOUS Em"bry*ous, a.

Defn: Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]

EMBULK Em*bulk", v. t.

Defn: To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham.

EMBURSE Em*burse", v. t. Etym: [See Imburse.]

Defn: To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

EMBUSH Em*bush", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.]

Defn: To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

EMBUSHMENT Em*bush"ment, n. Etym: [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement.]

Defn: An ambush. [Obs.]

EMBUSY Em*bus"y, v. t.

Defn: To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.

EME Eme, n. Etym: [See Eame.]

Defn: An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMEER E*meer", n.

Defn: Same as Emir.

EMENAGOGUE E*men"a*gogue, n.

Defn: See Emmenagogue.

EMEND E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]

Defn: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Syn. — To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

EMENDABLE E*mend"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.]

Defn: Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

EMENDATELY Em"en*date*ly, adv.

Defn: Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]

EMENDATION Em`en*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]

1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.

2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

EMENDATOR Em"en*da`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who emends or critically edits.

EMENDATORY E*mend"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. emendatorius.]

Defn: Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.

EMENDER E*mend"er, n.

Defn: One who emends.

EMENDICATE E*men"di*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.]

Defn: To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EMERALD Em"er*ald, n. Etym: [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. marakata.]

1. (Min.)

Defn: A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

2. (Print.)

Defn: A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare

Note: * This line is printed in the type called emerald.

EMERALD Em"er*ald, a.

Defn: Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; — whence the name; — called also esmeralda. — Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; — also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. — Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. — Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. — Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.

EMERALDINE Em"er*ald*ine (; 104), n.

Defn: A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

EMERAUD Em"er*aud, n. Etym: [See Emerald, n.]

Defn: An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMERGE E*merge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging.] Etym: [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.]

Defn: To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.

EMERGENCE E*mer"gence, n.; pl. Emergences (.

Defn: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance. The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton. When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.

EMERGENCY E*mer"gen*cy, n.; pl. Emergencies. Etym: [See Emergence.]

1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill.

2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.

Syn. — Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

EMERGENT E*mer"gent, a. Etym: [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]

1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. The mountains huge appear emergent. Milton.

2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; Protection granted in emergent danger. Burke. Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. — E*mer"gent*ly, adv. — E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]

EMERIL Em"er*il, n.

1. Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. A glazier's diamond. Crabb.

EMERITED Em"er*it*ed, a. Etym: [See Emeritus.]

Defn: Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

EMERITUS E*mer"i*tus, a. Etym: [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.]

Defn: Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; — said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

EMERITUS E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl. Emeriti. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

EMERODS; EMEROIDS Em"er*ods, Em"er*oids, n. pl. Etym: [OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids.]

Defn: Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.

EMERSED E*mersed", a. Etym: [L. emersus, p. p. See Emerge.] (Bot.)

Defn: Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.

EMERSION E*mer"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. émersion. See Emerge.]

1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. Knatchbull.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.

EMERY Em"er*y, n. Etym: [F. émeri, earlier émeril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.)

Defn: Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. — Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. — Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.

EMESIS Em"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Emetic.] (Med.)

Defn: A vomiting.

EMETIC E*met"ic, a. Etym: [L. emeticus, Gr. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.] (Med.)

Defn: Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. — n.

Defn: A medicine which causes vomiting.

EMETICAL E*met"ic*al, a.

Defn: Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. — E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.

EMETINE Em"e*tine (; 104), n. Etym: [See Emetic.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

EMETO-CATHARTIC Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. cathartic.] (Med.)

Defn: Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

EMEU; EMEW E"meu, or E"mew, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Emu.

EMEUTE e`meute", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

E. M. F. E. M. F. (Physics)

Defn: An abbreviation for electro-motive force.

EMFORTH Em*forth", prep. Etym: [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + for forth.]

Defn: According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

EMGALLA Em*gal"la, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [Native name.]

Defn: The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

EMICANT Em"i*cant, a. Etym: [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication.]

Defn: Beaming forth; flashing. [R.] Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.

EMICATION Em`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e. out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.]

Defn: A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

EMICTION E*mic"tion, n. Etym: [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.]

1. The voiding of urine.

2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.

EMICTORY E*mic"to*ry, a. & n. (Med.)

Defn: Diuretic.

EMIGRANT Em"i*grant, a. Etym: [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]

1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.

EMIGRANT Em"i*grant, n.

Defn: One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Syn. — Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

EMIGRATE Em"i*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] Etym: [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]

Defn: To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

EMIGRATE Em"i*grate, a.

Defn: Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

EMIGRATION Em`i*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.]

1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

EMIGRATIONAL Em`i*gra"tion*al, a.

Defn: Relating to emigration.

EMIGRATIONIST Em`i*gra"tion*ist, n.

Defn: An advocate or promoter of emigration.

EMIGRATOR Em"i*gra`tor, n.

Defn: One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

EMIGRE e`mi`gre", n. Etym: [F., emigrant.]

Defn: One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

EMINENCE Em"i*nence, n. Etym: [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.]

1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

EMINENCY Em"i*nen*cy, n.; pl Eminences (.

Defn: State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

EMINENT Em"i*nent, a. Etym: [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent. Cf. Menace.]

1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.

Syn. — Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.

EMINENTLY Em"i*nent*ly, adv.

Defn: In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

EMIR; EMEER E"mir, E*meer", n. Etym: [Ar. emir, amir, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.]

Defn: An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

EMIRSHIP; EMEERSHIP E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship, n.

Defn: The rank or office of an Emir.

EMISSARY Em"is*sa*ry, n.; pl. Emissaries. Etym: [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit.]

Defn: An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.

Syn. — Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.

EMISSARY Em"is*sa*ry, a.

1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

EMISSARYSHIP Em"is*sa*ry*ship`, n.

Defn: The office of an emissary.

EMISSION E*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]

1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. issue bank notes.

2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.

EMISSITIOUS Em`is*si"tious, a. Etym: [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.]

Defn: Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.

EMISSIVE E*mis"sive, a.

Defn: Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

EMISSIVITY Em`is*siv"i*ty, n.

Defn: Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

EMISSORY E*mis"so*ry, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Emissary, a., 2.

EMIT E*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] Etym: [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]

1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. Prior.

2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.

EMITTENT E*mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.]

Defn: Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.

EMMANTLE Em*man"tle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.]

Defn: To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

EMMANUEL Em*man"u*el, n.

Defn: See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.

EMMARBLE Em*mar"ble, v. t.

Defn: To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.

EMMENAGOGUE Em*men"a*gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. n. pl., menses (emménagogue.] (Med.)

Defn: A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

EMMET Em"met, n. Etym: [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An ant. Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.

EMMETROPIA Em`me*tro"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; — opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.

EMMETROPIC Em`me*trop"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.

EMMETROPY Em*met"ro*py, n. (Med.)

Defn: Same as Emmetropia.

EMMEW Em*mew", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.]

Defn: To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.

EMMOVE Em*move", v. t. Etym: [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.]

Defn: To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

EMODIN Em"o*din, n. (Chem.)

Defn: An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; — so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

EMOLLESCENCE Em`ol*les"cence, n. Etym: [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.]

Defn: That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

EMOLLIATE E*mol"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] Etym: [See Emollient, a.]

Defn: To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.

EMOLLIENT E*mol"lient, a. Etym: [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.]

Defn: Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.

EMOLLIENT E*mol"lient (; 105), n. (Med.)

Defn: An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

EMOLLITION Em`ol*li"tion, n.

Defn: The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

EMOLUMENT E*mol"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See Mole a mound.]

Defn: The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary. A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.

EMOLUMENTAL E*mol`u*men"tal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.

EMONG; EMONGST E*mong", E*mongst"

Defn: , (prep. Among. [Obs.]

EMOTION E*mo"tion, n. Etym: [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.]

Defn: A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.

Syn. — Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. — Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.

EMOTIONAL E*mo"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

EMOTIONALISM E*mo"tion*al*ism, n.

Defn: The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

EMOTIONALIZE E*mo"tion*al*ize, v. t.

Defn: To give an emotional character to. Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. Froude.

EMOTIONED E*mo"tioned, a.

Defn: Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.

EMOTIVE E*mo"tive, a.

Defn: Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. — E*mo"tive*ly, adv.

EMOTIVENESS E*mo"tive*ness, n.

Defn: Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.

EMOTIVITY E`mo*tiv"i*ty, n.

Defn: Emotiveness. Hickok.

EMOVE E*move", v. t.

Defn: To move. [Obs.] Thomson.

EMPAIR Em*pair", v. t.

Defn: To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPAISTIC Em*pais"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Fine Arts)

Defn: Having to do with inlaid work; — especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

EMPALE Em*pale", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.]

Defn: To make pale. [Obs.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.

EMPALE Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] Etym: [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]

1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

4. (Her.)

Defn: Same as Impale.

EMPALEMENT Em*pale"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]

1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

3. (Her.)

Defn: Same as Impalement.

EMPANEL Em*pan"el, n. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law)

Defn: A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.

EMPANEL Em*pan"el, v. t.

Defn: See Impanel.

EMPANOPLIED Em*pan"o*plied, a. Etym: [Pref. em- + panoply.]

Defn: Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson.

EMPARADISE Em*par"a*dise, v. t.

Defn: Same as Imparadise.

EMPARK Em*park", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. Impark.]

Defn: To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.]

EMPARLANCE Em*par"lance, n.

Defn: Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPASM Em*pasm", n. Etym: [F. empasme, fr. Gr.

Defn: A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.

EMPASSION Em*pas"sion, v. t.

Defn: To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.] Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser.

EMPASSIONATE Em*pas"sion*ate, a.

Defn: Strongly affected. [Obs.] The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser.

EMPAWN Em*pawn", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn.]

Defn: To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn. To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman.

EMPEACH Em*peach", v. t.

Defn: To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPEARL Em*pearl", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl.]

Defn: To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.

EMPEOPLE Em*peo"ple, v. t.

Defn: To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne.

EMPERESS Em"per*ess, n.

Defn: See Empress. [Obs.]

EMPERICE Em"per*ice, n.

Defn: An empress. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EMPERIL Em*per"il, v. t.

Defn: To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.

EMPERISHED Em*per"ished, a.

Defn: Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.

EMPEROR Em"per*or, n. Etym: [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.]

Defn: The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; — a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. — Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia). — Emperor paper. See under Paper. — Purple emperor (Zoöl.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris).

EMPERORSHIP Em"per*or*ship, n.

Defn: The rank or office of an emperor.

EMPERY Em"per*y, n. Etym: [L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire.]

Defn: Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak. Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning.

EMPHASIS Em"pha*sis, n.; pl. Emphases. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Phase.]

1. (Rhet.)

Defn: A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

EMPHASIZE Em"pha*size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emphasized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing.]

Defn: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

EMPHATIC; EMPHATICAL Em*phat"ic, Em*phat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. emphatique. See Emphasis.]

1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. "Emphatical colors." Boyle. "Emphatical evils." Bp. Reynolds.

Syn. — Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.

EMPHATICALLY Em*phat"ic*al*ly, adv.

1. With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preëminently. He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay.

2. Not really, but apparently. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EMPHATICALNESS Em*phat"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.

EMPHRACTIC Em*phrac"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

EMPHRENSY Em*phren"sy, v. t.

Defn: To madden. [Obs.]

EMPHYSEMA Em`phy*se"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. emphysème.] (Med.)

Defn: A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

EMPHYSEMATOUS Em`phy*sem"a*tous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emphysémateux.] (Med.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.

EMPHYTEUSIS Em`phy*teu"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rom. Law)

Defn: A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann.

EMPHYTEUTIC Em`phy*teu"tic, a. Etym: [L. emphyteuticus.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.

EMPHYTEUTICARY Em`phy*teu"ti*ca*ry, n. Etym: [L. emphyteuticarius, a.]

Defn: One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

EMPIERCE Em*pierce", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.]

Defn: To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPIGHT Em*pight", a. Etym: [Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.]

Defn: Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPIRE Em"pire, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]

1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." Shak. Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. Milton.

2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.

3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." M. Arnold. Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. A. W. Ward. Celestial empire. See under Celestial. — Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. — Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.

Syn. — Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.

EMPIRE STATE Empire State.

Defn: New York; — a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.

EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH Empire State of the South.

Defn: Georgia; — a nickname.

EMPIRE STATE OF THE WEST Empire State of the West.

Defn: Missouri; — a nickname.

EMPIRIC Em*pir"ic, n. Etym: [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In, and Fare.]

1. One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

2. One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves empirics. Krauth-Fleming. Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills. Locke.

EMPIRIC; EMPIRICAL Em*pir"ic, Em*pir"ic*al, a.

1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. H. Spencer.

2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; — said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.

Syn. — See Transcendental.

EMPIRICALLY Em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.

EMPIRICISM Em*pir"i*cism, n.

1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

3. (Metaph.)

Defn: The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

EMPIRICIST Em*pir"i*cist, n.

Defn: An empiric.

EMPIRISTIC Em`pi*ris"tic, a. (Physics)

Defn: Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; — opposed to nativistic.

EMPLACE Em*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emplaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing.] [Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.]

Defn: To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.

EMPLACEMENT Em*place"ment, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.]

Defn: A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

EMPLASTER Em*plas"ter, n. Etym: [OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr.

Defn: See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman.

EMPLASTER Em*plas"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n.]

Defn: To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [Obs.] "Fair as ye his name emplaster." Chaucer.

EMPLASTIC Em*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. Emplaster.]

Defn: Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

EMPLASTIC Em*plas"tic, n.

Defn: A medicine causing constipation.

EMPLASTRATION Em`plas*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. emplastratio a budding.]

1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.

2. Etym: [See 1st Emplaster.] (Med.)

Defn: The application of a plaster or salve.

EMPLEAD Em*plead", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + plead: cf. F. emplaidier. Cf. Implead.]

Defn: To accuse; to indict. See Implead.

EMPLECTION Em*plec"tion, n.

Defn: See Emplecton.

EMPLECTON Em*plec"ton, n. Etym: [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr.

Defn: A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.

EMPLORE Em*plore", v. t.

Defn: See Implore. [Obs.]

EMPLOY Em*ploy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Employed; p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.] Etym: [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate.]

1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; — often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies. This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. Addison.

(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15. Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.

Syn. — To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use.

EMPLOY Em*ploy", n. Etym: [Cf. F. emploi.]

Defn: That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope. In one's employ, in one's service.

EMPLOYABLE Em*ploy"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. employable.]

Defn: Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.

EMPLOYE Em`ploy`é", n. Etym: [F., p. p. of employer.]

Defn: One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

EMPLOYEE Em`ploy*ee", n. Etym: [The Eng. form of employé.]

Defn: One employed by another.

EMPLOYER Em*ploy"er, n.

Defn: One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

EMPLOYMENT Em*ploy"ment, n.

1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. Young.

Syn. — Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.

EMPLUMED Em*plumed", a.

Defn: Plumed. [R.]

EMPLUNGE Em*plunge", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Implunge.]

Defn: To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser.

EMPOISON Em*poi"son, v. t. Etym: [F. empoisonner; pref. em- + F. poison. See Poison, and cf. Impoison.]

Defn: To poison; to impoison. Shak.

EMPOISON Em*poi"son, n.

Defn: Poison. [Obs.] Remedy of Love.

EMPOISONER Em*poi"son*er, n.

Defn: Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon.

EMPOISONMENT Em*poi"son*ment, n. Etym: [F. empoisonnement.]

Defn: The act of poisoning. Bacon.

EMPORETIC; EMPORETICAL Em`po*ret"ic, Em`po*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. emporeticus, Gr. Emporium.]

Defn: Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

EMPORIUM Em*po"ri*um, n.; pl. Emporiums, L. Emporia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Empiric, Fare.]

1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The brain. [Obs.]

EMPOVERISH Em*pov"er*ish, v. t.

Defn: See Impoverish.

EMPOWER Em*pow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]

1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." Keble.

EMPRESS Em"press, n. Etym: [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]

1. The consort of an emperor. Shak.

2. A female sovereign.

3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Shak. Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.

EMPRESSEMENT Em`presse`ment", n. [F., fr s'empresser to hasten.]

Defn: Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of enthusiasm.

He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement. Poe.

EMPRINT Em*print", v. t. [Obs.]

Defn: See Imprint.

EMPRISE Em*prise", n. Etym: [OF. emprise, fr. emprendre to undertake; pref. em- (L. in) + F. prendre to take, L. prehendere, prendere; prae before + a verb akin to E. get. See Get, and cf. Enterprise, Impresa.] [Archaic]

1. An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. Chaucer. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser. The deeds of love and high emprise. Longfellow.

2. The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits. I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

EMPRISE Em*prise", v. t.

Defn: To undertake. [Obs.] Sackville.

EMPRISING Em*pris"ing, a. Etym: [From Emprise, v. t.]

Defn: Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.

EMPRISON Em*pris"on, v. t. Etym: [Obs.]

Defn: See Imprison.

EMPROSTHOTONOS Em`pros*thot"o*nos, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.

EMPTE Emp"te, v. t.

Defn: To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EMPTIER Emp"ti*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, empties.

EMPTIER Emp"ti*er, compar.

Defn: of Empty.

EMPTINESS Emp"ti*ness, n. Etym: [From Empty.]

1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.

3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Pope. The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. Tennyson.

EMPTION Emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. emptio, fr. emere to buy.]

Defn: The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot.

EMPTIONAL Emp"tion*al, a.

Defn: Capable of being purchased.

EMPTY Emp"ty, a. [Compar. Emptier; superl. Emptiest.] Etym: [AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]

1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; — said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

2. Free; clear; devoid; — often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.

3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak. When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.

4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; — said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.

5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; — said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.

6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; — said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.

7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.

8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty- handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.

Syn. — See Vacant.

EMPTY Emp"ty, n.; pl. Empties (.

Defn: An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; — used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

EMPTY Emp"ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]

Defn: To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.

EMPTY Emp"ty, v. i.

1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.

EMPTYING Emp"ty*ing, n.

1. The act of making empty. Shak.

2. pl.

Defn: The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]

EMPUGN Em*pugn", v. t. Etym: [Obs.]

Defn: See Impugn.

EMPURPLE Em*pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling.] Etym: [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]

Defn: To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.

EMPUSE Em*puse", n. Etym: [LL. empusa, Gr.

Defn: A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

EMPUZZLE Em*puz"zle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + puzzle.]

Defn: To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

EMPYEMA Em`py*e"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.

Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

EMPYESIS Em`py*e"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: An eruption of pustules.

EMPYREAL Em*pyr"e*al, a. Etym: [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. In, and Fire.]

Defn: Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope. Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

EMPYREAL Em*pyr"e*al, n.

Defn: Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.

EMPYREAN Em`py*re"an, n. Etym: [See Empyreal.]

Defn: The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.

EMPYREAN Em`py*re"an, a.

Defn: Empyreal. Akenside.

EMPYREUMA Em`py*reu"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.)

Defn: The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

EMPYREUMATIC; EMPYREUMATICAL Em`py*reu*mat"ic, Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

EMPYREUMATIZE Em`py*reu"ma*tize, v. t.

Defn: To render empyreumatic. [R.]

EMPYRICAL Em*pyr"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Empyreal.]

Defn: Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.

EMPYROSIS Em"py*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

EMRODS Em"rods, n. pl.

Defn: See Emerods. [Obs.]

EMU E"mu, n. Etym: [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]

Note: The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.

EMULABLE Em"u*la*ble, a. Etym: [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.]

Defn: Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.

EMULATE Em"u*late, a. Etym: [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.]

Defn: Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

EMULATE Em"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating.]

Defn: To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.

EMULATION Em`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.]

1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.

2. Jea Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.

Syn. — Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. — Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. "Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it." Crabb.

EMULATIVE Em"u*la*tive, a.

Defn: Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. "Emulative zeal." Hoole.

EMULATIVELY Em"u*la*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In an emulative manner; with emulation.

EMULATOR Em"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L. aemulator.]

Defn: One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

EMULATORY Em"u*la*to*ry, a.

Defn: Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.

EMULATRESS Em"u*la`tress, n.

Defn: A female emulator. [R.]

EMULE Em"ule, v. t. Etym: [F. émuler. See Emulate.]

Defn: To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.

EMULGE E*mulge", v. t. Etym: [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk.]

Defn: To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.

EMULGENT E*mul"gent, a. Etym: [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. — n.

Defn: An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

EMULGENT E*mul"gent, n. (Med.)

Defn: A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.

EMULOUS Em"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]

1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.

EMULOUSLY Em"u*lous*ly, adv.

Defn: In an emulous manner.

EMULOUSNESS Em"u*lous*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being emulous.

EMULSIC E*mul"sic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.

EMULSIFY E*mul"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Emulsion + -fy.]

Defn: To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

EMULSIN E*mul"sin, n. Etym: [See Emulsion, Emulge.] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.

EMULSION E*mul"sion, n. Etym: [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. See Emulge.]

Defn: Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

EMULSIVE E*mul"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. émulsif.]

1. Softening; milklike.

2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.

3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.

EMUNCTORY E*munc"to*ry, n.; pl. Emunctories. Etym: [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.

EMUSCATION Em`us*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.]

Defn: A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

EMU WREN E"mu wren`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

EMYD E"myd, n.; pl. E. Emyds, E. Emyd. Etym: [See Emydea.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.

EMYDEA E*myd"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh- water tortoises and terrapins.

EN- En-.

1. Etym: [F. en-, L. in.]

Defn: A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

2. A prefix from Gr. in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.

-EN -en.

1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.

2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.

3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.

4. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr.

Defn: An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

5. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.]

Defn: The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

EN En, n. (Print.)

Defn: Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

ENABLE En*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling.]

1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.

2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.

ENABLEMENT En*a"ble*ment, n.

Defn: The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

ENACT En*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]

1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.

3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak. Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

ENACT En*act", n.

Defn: Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

ENACTIVE En*act"ive, a.

Defn: Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.

ENACTMENT En*act"ment, n.

1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

ENACTOR En*act"or, n.

Defn: One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.

ENACTURE En*ac"ture, n.

Defn: Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.

ENALIOSAUR En*al"i*o*saur`, n. (Paleon.)

Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.

ENALIOSAURIA En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

ENALIOSAURIAN En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an, a. (Paleon.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. — n.

Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.

ENALLAGE E*nal"la*ge, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

ENAMBUSH En*am"bush, v. t.

Defn: To ambush. [Obs.]

ENAMEL En*am"el, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]

1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

2. (Min.)

Defn: A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

4. (Anat.)

Defn: The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. — Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

ENAMEL En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]

1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.

3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

ENAMEL En*am"el, v. i.

Defn: To practice the art of enameling.

ENAMEL En*am"el, a.

Defn: Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.

ENAMELAR En*am"el*ar, a.

Defn: Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.

ENAMELED En*am"eled, a.

Defn: Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]

ENAMELER; ENAMELIST En*am"el*er, En*am"el*ist, n.

Defn: One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

ENAMOR En*am"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] Etym: [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.]

Defn: To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; — with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.] Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.

ENAMORMENT En*am"or*ment, n.

Defn: The state of being enamored. [R.]

ENANTIOMORPHOUS E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; — said of certain hemihedral crystals.

ENANTIOPATHIC E*nan`ti*o*path"ic, a. (Med.)

Defn: Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

ENANTIOPATHY E*nan`ti*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Allopathy; — a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

ENANTIOSIS E*nan`ti*o"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

ENARCH En**arch", v. t.

Defn: To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.

ENARCHED En*arched", a. (Her.)

Defn: Bent into a curve; — said of a bend or other ordinary.

ENARGITE En*ar"gite, n. (Min.)

Defn: An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

ENARMED En*armed", a. (Her.)

Defn: Same as Armed, 3.

ENARRATION En`ar*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. enarratio. See Narration.]

Defn: A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.

ENARTHRODIA En`ar*thro"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Arthrodia.] (Anat.)

Defn: See Enarthrosis. — En`ar*thro"di*al, a.

ENARTHROSIS En`ar*thro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

ENASCENT E*nas"cent, a. Etym: [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.]

Defn: Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

ENATATION E`na*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.]

Defn: A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.

ENATE E*nate", a. Etym: [L. enatus, p. p. of enasci. See Enascent.]

Defn: Growing out.

ENATION E*na"tion, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

ENAUNTER E*naun"ter, adv. Etym: [Pref. en- + aunter.]

Defn: Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.

ENAVIGATE E*nav"i*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.]

Defn: To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.

ENBATTLED En*bat"tled, a.

Defn: Embattled. [Obs.]

ENBIBE En*bibe", v. t.

Defn: To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.

EN BLOC En` bloc". [F. Cf. Block, n. ]

Defn: In a lump; as a whole; all together. "Movement of the ossicles en bloc." Nature.

En bloc they are known as "the herd". W. A. Fraser.

ENBROUDE En*broud"e, v. t.

Defn: See Embroude.

ENCAENIA En*cæ"ni*a, n. pl.

Defn: = Encenia.

ENCAGE En*cage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] Etym: [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]

Defn: To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.

ENCALENDAR En*cal"en*dar, v. t.

Defn: To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.

ENCAMP En*camp", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.]

Defn: To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.

ENCAMP En*camp", v. t.

Defn: To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.

ENCAMPMENT En*camp"ment, n.

1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.

ENCANKER En*can"ker, v. t.

Defn: To canker. [Obs.]

ENCAPSULATION En*cap`su*la"tion, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

ENCARNALIZE En*car"nal*ize, v. t.

Defn: To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.

ENCARPUS En*car"pus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encarpa, pl., Gr. (Arch.)

Defn: An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

ENCASE En*case", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Enchase.]

Defn: To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.

ENCASEMENT En*case"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. Casement.]

1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist.

ENCASH En*cash", v. t. (Eng. Banking)

Defn: To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.

ENCASHMENT En*cash"ment, n. (Eng. Banking)

Defn: The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

ENCAUMA En*cau"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Encaustic.] (Med.)

Defn: An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts)

Defn: Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. — Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.

ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, n. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]

Defn: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.

ENCAVE En*cave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.]

Defn: To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.

-ENCE -ence. Etym: [F. -ence, L. -entia.]

Defn: A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.

ENCEINTE En`ceinte", n. Etym: [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.]

1. (Fort.)

Defn: The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; — called also body of the place.

2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.

ENCEINTE En`ceinte", a. Etym: [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.]

Defn: Pregnant; with child.

ENCENIA En*ce"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr.

Defn: A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

ENCENSE En*cense", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.]

Defn: To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ENCEPHALIC En`ce*phal"ic, a. Etym: [See Encephalon.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

ENCEPHALITIS En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of the brain. — En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.

ENCEPHALOCELE En*ceph"a*lo*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Hernia of the brain.

ENCEPHALOID En*ceph"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]

Defn: Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

ENCEPHALOID En*ceph"a*loid, n.

Defn: An encephaloid cancer.

ENCEPHALOLOGY En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

ENCEPHALON En*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.)

Defn: The contents of the cranium; the brain.

ENCEPHALOPATHY En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

ENCEPHALOS En*ceph"a*los, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.

ENCEPHALOTOMY En*ceph`a*lot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: The act or art of dissecting the brain.

ENCEPHALOUS En*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a head; — said of most Mollusca; — opposed to acephalous.

ENCHAFE En*chafe", v. t.

Defn: To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.

ENCHAFING En*chaf"ing, n.

Defn: Heating; burning. [Obs.] The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.

ENCHAIN En*chain", v. t. Etym: [F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]

1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

ENCHAINMENT En*chain"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchaînement.]

Defn: The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

ENCHAIR En*chair", v. t.

Defn: To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

ENCHANNEL En*chan"nel, v. t.

Defn: To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

ENCHANT En*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] Etym: [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]

1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. — To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

ENCHANTED En*chant"ed, a.

Defn: Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

ENCHANTER En*chant"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteur.]

Defn: One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

ENCHANTING En*chant"ing, a.

Defn: Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. — En*chant"ing*ly, adv.

ENCHANTMENT En*chant"ment, n. Etym: [F. enchantement.]

1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.

Syn. — Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

ENCHANTRESS En*chant"ress, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteresse.]

Defn: A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

ENCHARGE En*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging.] Etym: [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.]

Defn: To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.

ENCHARGE En*charge", n.

Defn: A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.

ENCHASE En*chase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] Etym: [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]

1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case. With golden letters . . . well enchased. Spenser.

3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.] All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.

ENCHASER En*chas"er, n.

Defn: One who enchases.

ENCHASTEN En*chas"ten, v. t.

Defn: To chasten. [Obs.]

ENCHESON; ENCHEASON En*che"son, En*chea"son, n. Etym: [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.]

Defn: Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ENCHEST En*chest", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Inchest.]

Defn: To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

ENCHIRIDION En`chi*rid"i*on, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.

Defn: Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

ENCHISEL En*chis"el, v. t.

Defn: To cut with a chisel.

ENCHODUS En"cho*dus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; — so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

ENCHONDROMA En`chon*dro"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)

Defn: A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

ENCHORIAL; ENCHORIC En*cho"ri*al, En*chor"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

ENCHYLEMMA En`chy*lem"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

ENCHYMA En"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

ENCINCTURE En*cinc"ture, n.

Defn: A cincture. [Poetic] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.

ENCINDERED En*cin"dered, a.

Defn: Burnt to cinders. [R.]

ENCIRCLE En*cir"cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] Etym: [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.]

Defn: To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.

Syn. — To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

ENCIRCLET En*cir"clet, n. Etym: [Encircle + -let.]

Defn: A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

ENCLASP En*clasp", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.]

Defn: To clasp. See Inclasp.

ENCLAVE En*clave", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]

Defn: A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

ENCLAVE En*clave", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. enclaver.]

Defn: To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]

ENCLAVEMENT En*clave"ment, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

ENCLITIC; ENCLITICAL En*clit"ic, En*clit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.)

Defn: Affixed; subjoined; — said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

ENCLITIC En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.)

Defn: A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

ENCLITICALLY En*clit"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

ENCLITICS En*clit"ics, n. (Gram.)

Defn: The art of declining and conjugating words.

ENCLOISTER En*clois"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloister.]

Defn: To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

ENCLOSE En*close", v. t. Etym: [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.]

Defn: To inclose. See Inclose.

ENCLOSURE En*clo"sure, n.

Defn: Inclosure. See Inclosure.

Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

ENCLOTHE En*clothe", v. t.

Defn: To clothe.

ENCLOUD En*cloud", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloud.]

Defn: To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.

ENCOACH En*coach", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incoach.]

Defn: To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

ENCOFFIN En*cof"fin, v. t.

Defn: To put in a coffin. [R.]

ENCOLDEN En*cold"en, v. t.

Defn: To render cold. [Obs.]

ENCOLLAR En*col"lar, v. t.

Defn: To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

ENCOLOR En*col"or, v. t.

Defn: To color. [R.]

ENCOLURE En`co`lure", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: The neck of horse. R. Browning.

ENCOMBER En*com"ber, v. t.

Defn: See Encumber. [Obs.]

ENCOMBERMENT En*com"ber*ment, n. Etym: [See Encumberment.]

Defn: Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

ENCOMIAST En*co"mi*ast, n. Etym: [Gr. encomiaste. See Encomium.]

Defn: One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

ENCOMIASTIC; ENCOMIASTICAL En*co`mi*as"tic, En*co`mi*as"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. — En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

ENCOMIASTIC En*co`mi*as"tic, n.

Defn: A panegyric. B. Jonson.

ENCOMION En*co"mi*on, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

ENCOMIUM En*co"mi*um, n.; pl. Encomiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Comedy.]

Defn: Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.

Syn. — See Eulogy.

ENCOMPASS En*com"pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]

Defn: To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.

Syn. — To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.

ENCOMPASSMENT En*com"pass*ment, n.

Defn: The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.

ENCORE En`core", adv. or interj. Etym: [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.]

Defn: Once more; again; — used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

ENCORE En`core", n.

Defn: A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

ENCORE En`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored; p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.]

Defn: To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer. [Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray.

ENCORPORING En*cor"po*ring, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.]

Defn: Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ENCOUBERT En`cou`bert", n. Etym: [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.)