Part 21

~2.~ Graceful and vigorous utterance, fit words in fit places, appropriate expression.

~Eloquent~, _a._ ~1.~ Persuasive, impressive.

~2.~ Graceful and vigorous.

~Else~, _a._ or _pron._ Other.

~Else~, _ad._ or _conj._ ~1.~ Otherwise.

~2.~ Besides.

~Elsewhere~, _ad._ ~1.~ Many other places.

~2.~ In some other place.

~3.~ In other places.

~Elucidate~, _v. a._ Explain, illustrate, unfold, make clear, make plain, throw light upon.

~Elucidation~, _n._ Explanation, illustration, exposition, comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.

~Elucidative~, _a._ Explanatory.

~Elude~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from.

~2.~ Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.

~Elusive~, _a._ ~1.~ Evasive, ELUSORY.

~2.~ Equivocating, shuffling, equivocatory.

~Elusory~, _a._ Evasive, elusive, delusive, deceptive.

~Elutriate~, _v. a._ Cleanse (_as ores, by washing_), purify.

~Elvish~, _a._ Elf-like, mischievous, elfish.

~Elysian~, _a._ Charming, delightful, ravishing, enchanting, blissful, heavenly, celestial, exceedingly happy.

~Elysium~, _n._ ~1.~ The Elysian fields, islands of the blest.

~2.~ Paradise, Eden, delightful place.

~Emaciate~, _a._ Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.

~Emaciated~, _a._ Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.

~Emaciation~, _n._ Leanness, lankness, meagreness, TABES, TABEFACTION.

~Emanate~, _v. a._ Issue, arise, spring, flow, proceed, emerge, go out.

~Emanation~, _n._ ~1.~ Flowing out.

~2.~ Efflux, effluence, issue.

~Emancipate~, _v. a._ Enfranchise, manumit, liberate, disenthrall, release, unfetter, unshackle, unchain, free, set free, set at liberty.

~Emancipation~, _a._ Enfranchisement, manumission, liberation, release, deliverance.

~Emasculate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility.

~2.~ Weaken, debilitate, unman, effeminate, emolliate, make effeminate.

~Emasculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Castration, ORCHOTOMY.

~2.~ Effeminacy, weakness, softness.

~Embalm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Preserve from decay (_by aromatics or antiseptics_).

~2.~ Preserve, enshrine, cherish, keep unimpaired.

~3.~ Scent, perfume, make fragrant.

~Embargo~, _n._ Prohibition (_of vessels to leave port_).

~Embark~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put on shipboard.

~2.~ Engage, enlist.

~Embark~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Go on shipboard.

~2.~ Engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step.

~Embarrass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perplex, entangle, beset, make intricate, make difficult.

~2.~ Harass, distress, trouble, vex, annoy, plague, hamper, clog.

~3.~ Confuse, disconcert, confound, nonplus, pose, dumfound, dumfounder.

~Embarrassment~, _n._ ~1.~ Perplexity, difficulty, entanglement.

~2.~ Trouble, distress, vexation, plague.

~3.~ Confusion, abashment.

~Embassy~, _n._ ~1.~ Commission, mission.

~2.~ Legation, ambassadors.

~Embay~, _v. a._ Landlock.

~Embed~, _v. a._ Bed.

~Embellish~, _v. a._ Decorate, deck, bedeck, ornament, adorn, beautify, set out, set off.

~Embellishment~, _n._ Decoration, ornament, adornment.

~Embers~, _n. pl._ Cinders.

~Embezzle~, _v. a._ Appropriate to one's own use (_what is intrusted_), purloin, peculate, steal, come unlawfully by.

~Embezzlement~, _n._ Peculation.

~Embitter~, _v. a._ [Written also _Imbitter_.] ~1.~ Make bitter.

~2.~ Make unhappy or grievous.

~3.~ Exasperate, madden, enrage.

~Emblaze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ EMBLAZON, blazon.

~2.~ Kindle, set in a blaze.

~Emblazon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.

~2.~ Deck (_with showy ornaments_), decorate, adorn, embellish, set off, set out.

~Emblazonry~, _n._ ~1.~ Heraldry, blazonry.

~2.~ Heraldic ornaments.

~Emblem~, _n._ Type, symbol, sign, representation, token, badge, mark, device, cognizance, allusive figure.

~Emblematic~, _a._ Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical, allusive.

~Emblematical~, _a._ Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical, allusive.

~Emblematize~, _v. a._ Symbolize, typify.

~Embody~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invest with a body, make corporeal, form into a body.

~2.~ Incorporate, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect into a whole, draw into one mass.

~3.~ Comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.

~4.~ Systematize, methodize, codify.

~Embolden~, _v. a._ Encourage, animate, inspirit, reassure, make bold, give courage to.

~Embolism~, _n._ Intercalation.

~Embolismic~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.

~Embolismical~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.

~Embonpoint~, _n._ [Fr.] Plumpness, fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, obesity.

~Emboss~, _v. a._ Adorn with raised work, ornament in relief.

~Embossment~, _n._ Protuberance, jut, prominence, raised work, figure in relief.

~Embouchure~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Mouth (_as of a river_).

~2.~ (_Mus._) Aperture (_of an instrument_), mouthpiece.

~Embowed~, _p. a._ Bent, curved, arched, bowed, arcuated, arcuate.

~Embowel~, _v. a._ Eviscerate, disembowel, gut, take out the bowels or entrails of, free from the viscera.

~Embrace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clasp (_in the arms_), hug.

~2.~ Welcome, seize, accept, lay hold on.

~3.~ Comprehend, include, cover, contain, comprise, enclose, encompass, encircle, embody, take in.

~Embrace~, _n._ Hug, clasp.

~Embroider~, _v. a._ Adorn with needle-work.

~Embroidery~, _n._ Variegated needle-work.

~Embroil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perplex, entangle, ensnarl, implicate, commingle.

~2.~ Disturb, confuse, distract, trouble, disorder, discompose, throw into disorder, bring into difficulty.

~Embryo~, _n._ Germ, rudiment.

~Embryo~, _a._ Embryotic, rudimentary, undeveloped.

~Embryotic~, _a._ EMBRYO.

~Emendation~, _n._ Correction (_of a text_), amendment, rectification, change for the better.

~Emerge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rise (_out of a fluid_), come up.

~2.~ Issue, emanate, escape, come forth.

~3.~ Appear, become visible, rise into view.

~Emergency~, _n._ Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass, push, strait, difficulty, conjuncture, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occasion.

~Emersion~, _n._ ~1.~ Emerging, rising.

~2.~ (_Astron._) Reappearance (_after eclipse_).

~Emetic~, _n._ Vomit, puke.

~Émeute~, _n._ [Fr.] Riot, popular outbreak, seditious commotion.

~Emication~, _n._ Scintillation, sparkling.

~Emigrate~, _v. n._ Migrate, remove (_from one country to settle in another_).

~Emigration~, _n._ ~1.~ Migration, removal, exodus.

~2.~ Body of emigrants.

~Eminence~, _n._ ~1.~ Prominence, projection.

~2.~ Elevation, hill, elevated ground, high point.

~3.~ Exaltation, celebrity, distinction, note, renown, repute, reputation, fame.

~Eminent~, _a._ ~1.~ High, lofty, elevated.

~2.~ Distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, prominent, illustrious, exalted, famous, renowned, remarkable, of great repute.

~Emissary~, _n._ Messenger, spy, scout, secret agent.

~Emission~, _n._ Issue, sending out, throwing out.

~Emit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Eject, discharge, exhale, breathe, breathe out, send forth, throw out, give out.

~2.~ Issue (_for circulation_), put into circulation.

~Emmet~, _n._ Ant, pismire.

~Emolliate~, _v. a._ Soften, effeminate, emasculate, make effeminate.

~Emollient~, _a._ Softening.

~Emolument~, _n._ ~1.~ Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary, stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.

~2.~ Advantage, profit, benefit.

~Emotion~, _n._ Feeling, passion, excitement (_of sensibility_), mental agitation.

~Empawn~, _v. a._ Pawn, pledge, put in pawn.

~Emphasis~, _n._ ~1.~ Stress (_on certain words_), force of utterance.

~2.~ Impressiveness, significance, moment, weight.

~Emphatic~, _a._ Expressive, significant, categorical, strong, forcible, energetic.

~Emphatical~, _a._ Expressive, significant, categorical, strong, forcible, energetic.

~Empire~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereignty, supremacy, dominion, absolute authority, supreme dominion, imperial power.

~2.~ Rule, sway, command, control, government.

~Empiric~, _n._ Quack, charlatan, pretender, mountebank, impostor, cheat, mere experimenter (_without scientific training_).

~Empiric~, _a._ ~1.~ Experimental, experiential, from experience (_as distinguished from inference or reasoning_).

~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.

~Empirical~, _a._ ~1.~ Experimental, experiential, from experience (_as distinguished from inference or reasoning_).

~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.

~Empiricism~, _n._ ~1.~ Dependence on experience.

~2.~ Quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.

~Emplastrum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Emplastra_.] (_Med._) Plaster.

~Employ~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Busy, engage, engross, exercise, occupy.

~2.~ Use, apply, make use of.

~3.~ Entrust with an agency, enlist in one's service, give employment to.

~Employ~, _n._ [_Poetical._] EMPLOYMENT.

~Employé~, _n._ [Fr.] Agent, clerk, servant, hand.

~Employment~, _n._ ~1.~ Business, occupation, engagement, pursuit, AVOCATION, calling, profession, trade, craft.

~2.~ Service, agency, office, EMPLOY.

~Emporium~, _n._ Mart, market, place of trade, commercial city.

~Empoverish~, _v. a._ [Written also _Impoverish_.] ~1.~ Make poor, bring to want, reduce to indigence.

~2.~ Make less fertile.

~Empower~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority to.

~2.~ Enable, make able.

~Emptiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Vacuity, vacuum, void space.

~2.~ Destitution, lack of supplies, want of furniture.

~3.~ Unsatisfactoriness, vanity, hollowness.

~Empty~, _a._ ~1.~ Void, devoid, vacant, unoccupied.

~2.~ Unfurnished, unsupplied, unfilled, destitute.

~3.~ Unsubstantial, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vain, hollow.

~4.~ Desolate, waste, deserted.

~5.~ Senseless, silly, weak.

~Empty~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhaust, drain, evacuate, deplete.

~2.~ Discharge, disembogue, pour out.

~Empty~, _v. n._ Flow, disembogue, flow out, be discharged.

~Emptyings~, _n. pl._ Yeast.

~Empyreal~, _a._ Ethereal, aërial, airy, highly refined.

~Empyrean~, _n._ Highest heaven.

~Emulate~, _v. a._ Rival, vie with, compete with, strive to equal or to excel.

~Emulation~, _n._ Rivalry, competition, desire to excel, desire of superiority.

~Emulous~, _a._ ~1.~ Competing, rivalling.

~2.~ Very desirous.

~Emunctories~, _n. pl._ Excretory ducts.

~Enable~, _v. a._ Empower, qualify, capacitate, make able, make capable, render capable.

~Enact~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to.

~2.~ Play, act, act the part of.

~Enactment~, _n._ ~1.~ Enacting.

~2.~ Law, act, decree, edict, ordinance.

~Enamour~, _v. a._ Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enrapture, inflame with love.

~Enarthrosis~, _n._ (_Anat._) Ball-and-socket joint.

~Encage~, _v. a._ [Written also _Incage_.] Confine, coop, coop up.

~Encamp~, _v. n._ Camp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.

~Encamp~, _v. a._ Place in a camp.

~Encampment~, _n._ Camp.

~Enceinte~, _a._ [Fr.] Pregnant, big with child, in the family way.

~Enchain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bind, shackle, manacle, enslave, hold in chains, hold in bondage.

~2.~ Hold, rivet, fix, hold fast.

~Enchant~, _v. a._ Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enamour, win, catch, enrapture, ravish, beatify, please highly, lead captive.

~Enchanting~, _a._ Charming, captivating, fascinating, bewitching, delightful, ravishing, Circean.

~Enchanter~, _n._ Charmer, magician, sorcerer.

~Enchantment~, _n._ ~1.~ Incantation, conjuration, necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchery, spell, charm.

~2.~ Delight, fascination, rapture, ravishment, transport.

~Enchase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose (_as a gem in gold_), infix.

~2.~ Chase, emboss.

~Encircle~, _v. a._ Surround, encompass, environ, gird, engird, enclose.

~Enclose~, _v. a._ [Written also _Inclose_.] ~1.~ Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.

~2.~ Cover, envelop, wrap.

~Enclosure~, _n._ [Written also _Inclosure_.] ~1.~ Enclosing.

~2.~ Being enclosed.

~3.~ Thing inclosed.

~4.~ Circle, compass, space enclosed.

~5.~ Yard, COMPOUND.

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

~Encomiastic~, _a._ Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.

~Encomiastical~, _a._ Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.

~Encomium~, _n._ Praise, eulogy, eulogium, laudation, commendation, panegyric, good word.

~Encompass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surround, environ, compass, gird, engird, encircle, enclose.

~2.~ Invest, beset, besiege, hem in, wall in, lay siege to.

~Encore~, _ad._ [Fr.] Again, once more.

~Encounter~, _n._ ~1.~ Meeting, rencounter, clash, collision.

~2.~ Attack, onset, assault.

~3.~ Conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action, skirmish, brush, affair.

~Encounter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Meet (_suddenly_), meet face to face.

~2.~ Confront, face.

~3.~ Meet with, fall upon, come upon.

~4.~ Attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight with.

~Encounter~, _v. n._ Clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into collision.

~Encourage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Embolden, inspirit, animate, enhearten, hearten, stimulate, cheer, incite, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.

~2.~ Support, favor, countenance, further, advance, promote, foster, aid, help, abet, patronize, help forward.

~Encourager~, _n._ Favorer, promoter.

~Encroach~, _v. n._ Trespass, intrude, infringe, trench, make inroad, make invasion, advance stealthily.

~Encroachment~, _n._ Infringement, trespass, inroad, invasion.

~Encumber~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, clog, oppress, impede, hinder, obstruct, overload.

~2.~ Embarrass, perplex, entangle, involve, complicate.

~Encumbrance~, _n._ [Written also _Incumbrance_.] ~1.~ Load, clog, impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.

~2.~ Debt, claim, liability.

~Encyclical~, _a._ Circular.

~Encyclopædia~, _n._ Cyclopædia.

~Encyclopedian~, _a._ ENCYCLOPEDIC.

~Encyclopedic~, _a._ That embraces the whole circle of learning, encyclopedian.

~Encyclopedical~, _a._ That embraces the whole circle of learning, encyclopedian.

~Encysted~, _a._ Enclosed in a cyst or sac.

~End~, _n._ ~1.~ Extremity, extreme point.

~2.~ Close, cessation, period, expiration, finale, finis, last, fall of the curtain.

~3.~ Conclusion, completion.

~4.~ Termination, bound, limit.

~5.~ Final state, ultimate condition.

~6.~ Result, event, consequence, sequel, upshot, final issue.

~7.~ Fragment, scrap, remnant.

~8.~ Aim, purpose, object, design, drift, intent, intention, view, final cause.

~End~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Terminate, conclude, finish, close, put an end to, bring to an end, make an end of, cut short.

~2.~ Destroy, kill, put to death.

~End~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Conclude, terminate, cease, be finished, come to an end, come to a close.

~2.~ Close, conclude a discourse, cease speaking.

~Endanger~, _v. a._ Hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit, compromit, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in jeopardy.

~Endear~, _v. a._ Attach, secure the affection of, bind by ties of affection, gain the love of.

~Endearment~, _n._ Caressing, caress, blandishment, fondling.

~Endeavor~, _n._ Effort, attempt, essay, trial, struggle, exertion, aim.

~Endeavor~, _v. n._ Try, attempt, essay, labor, strive, aim, make an effort, make an attempt.

~Endemic~, _a._ (_Med._) Of a particular district.

~Endemical~, _a._ (_Med._) Of a particular district.

~Endemic~, _n._ (_Med._) Endemical disease.

~Endless~, _a._ ~1.~ Interminable, illimitable, unlimited, boundless, immeasurable, infinite.

~2.~ Eternal, everlasting, perpetual, incessant, continual, uninterrupted.

~3.~ Immortal, undying, deathless, ever-living, never-dying, imperishable.

~4.~ Objectless, without purpose or design.

~Endorse~, _v. a._ [Written also _Indorse_.] ~1.~ Superscribe, write on the back of.

~2.~ Sanction, warrant, confirm, ratify, vouch for.

~Endow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Furnish with a dowry, settle a dower upon.

~2.~ Furnish with a fund, supply with means.

~3.~ Enrich, endue, indue, invest.

~Endowment~, _n._ ~1.~ Gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty, present.

~2.~ Property, fund, revenue.

~3.~ Talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification.

~Endue~, _v. a._ [Written also _Indue_.] Supply, invest, clothe, endow, enrich.

~Endurable~, _a._ Tolerable.

~Endurance~, _n._ ~1.~ Bearing, suffering, sufferance.

~2.~ Patience, fortitude.

~3.~ [_Rare._] Continuance, continuation, lastingness.

~Endure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bear, sustain, support.

~2.~ Suffer, undergo, experience, go through.

~3.~ Brook, tolerate, abide, submit to, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily.

~Endure~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Remain, continue, last, abide, be permanent, be durable.

~2.~ Bear, suffer, submit, resign one's self, be patient, take it patiently, take it easily or quietly, not fret about it.

~Enema~, _n._ (_Med._) Clyster, glyster, injection, lavement.

~Enemy~, _n._ ~1.~ Foe, adversary.

~2.~ Opponent, antagonist.

~3.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] DEVIL, Satan, arch-fiend.

~Energetic~, _a._ Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, strong, effective, efficacious, potent.

~Energize~, _v. i._ Act with vigor, act forcibly.

~Energize~, _v. a._ Give energy to, give force to, excite to action.

~Energy~, _n._ ~1.~ Force, power, might, efficacy, potency, efficiency, strength, activity, intensity.

~2.~ Spirit, spiritedness, animation, life, vigor, manliness, zeal, pluck, bottom, animal spirits.

~Enervate~, _v. a._ Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, paralyze, break, deprive of force or strength, render feeble.

~Enfeeble~, _v. a._ Weaken, unnerve, ENERVATE.

~Enfilade~, _v. a._ (_Mil._) Rake with shot.

~Enforce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind.

~2.~ Put in execution, put in force.

~3.~ Constrain, compel, oblige, force, require.

~Enforcement~, _n._ ~1.~ Inculcation.

~2.~ Sanction.

~3.~ Execution, putting in force.

~4.~ Constraint, compulsion.

~Enfranchise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Admit as a freeman, endow with a franchise.

~2.~ Free, emancipate, release, set free, make free, restore to liberty.

~Engage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pledge, commit, promise, bind, put under pledge.

~2.~ Enlist, induce to serve.

~3.~ Gain, win, attach, attract, allure, entertain, draw, fix, arrest, gain over.

~4.~ Occupy, employ, busy, engross.

~5.~ Attack, encounter, fight with, join battle with.

~Engage~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fight, combat, contend, struggle, contest, join battle.

~2.~ Embark, enlist, take the first step.

~3.~ Promise, agree, stipulate, bargain, undertake, pledge one's word, plight one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's self, become bound, be sworn, take upon one's self.

~Engagement~, _n._ ~1.~ Promise, stipulation, assurance, contract, pledge, obligation.

~2.~ Employment, occupation, business, AVOCATION, calling, vocation.

~3.~ Battle, conflict, combat, contest, action, fight, encounter, rencounter.

~Engaging~, _a._ Attractive, winning, entertaining, pleasing, interesting, captivating, charming, taking.

~Engender~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Generate, beget, procreate, breed.

~2.~ Produce, cause, occasion, give rise to, call forth.

~Engine~, _n._ ~1.~ Machine.

~2.~ Implement, instrument, weapon, agent, means.

~Enginery~, _n._ Engines, machines.

~Engird~, _v. a._ Surround, environ, gird, begird, encircle, encompass.

~English~, _n._ ~1.~ English people.

~2.~ English language.

~Engorge~, _v. a._ Gorge, devour, swallow up, swallow eagerly, gulp down.

~Engorge~, _v. n._ Devour food, feed greedily, be gluttonous.

~Engorgement~, _n._ ~1.~ Engorging.

~2.~ (_Med._) Congestion, obstruction, over-fulness.

~Engrain~, _v. a._ Dye in the grain, dye deep.

~Engrave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark by incisions, cut, chisel, carve, STIPPLE.

~2.~ Imprint, infix, impress deeply.

~Engraving~, _n._ ~1.~ Engraved plate.

~2.~ Print.

~Engross~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Absorb, engage, occupy, take up.

~2.~ Monopolize, forestall.

~3.~ Copy in large hand, write out fair.

~Engrossment~, _n._ ~1.~ Absorption, monopoly, forestalling.

~2.~ Engrossed copy.

~Engulf~, _v. a._ [Written also _Ingulf_.] Absorb, swallow up.

~Enhance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise (_as price_), advance, heighten, swell.

~2.~ Increase, augment, aggravate.

~Enhearten~, _v. a._ Encourage, embolden, animate, hearten, inspirit, cheer, incite, stimulate, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.

~Enigma~, _n._ Riddle, puzzle, dark saying, obscure question.

~Enigmatic~, _a._ Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible, puzzling, perplexing.

~Enigmatical~, _a._ Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible, puzzling, perplexing.

~Enjoin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Urge, admonish, advise, importune, beg, entreat.

~2.~ Order, direct, bid, command, require, prescribe to.

~3.~ (_Law._) Prohibit, restrain, put an injunction on.

~Enjoy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take pleasure in, be delighted with, take delight in, derive pleasure from.

~2.~ Have fruition of.

~Enjoyment~, _n._ ~1.~ Pleasure, gratification, delight, happiness.

~2.~ Fruition, satisfactory possession.

~Enjoy one's self~, Be happy.

~Enkindle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inflame, ignite, kindle, set on fire.

~2.~ Incite, excite, rouse, stimulate, instigate, provoke, stir up, set on.

~Enlarge~, _v. a._ Increase, augment, extend, expand, magnify, amplify, make larger, make greater.

~Enlarge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Expatiate, dilate, descant, speak at length, launch out.

~2.~ Increase, swell, grow, extend, expand, grow larger.

~Enlargement~, _n._ ~1.~ Expansion, dilatation, extension, augmentation, increase.

~2.~ Expatiation, copious discourse, extended remark.

~Enlighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Illuminate, illume, illumine, irradiate, make light, make luminous, supply with light.

~2.~ Instruct, inform, teach.

~Enlightened~, _a._ Instructed, informed, educated, intelligent, refined, highly civilized.

~Enlightenment~, _n._ Instruction, illumination.

~Enlist~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enroll, register, record, list.

~2.~ Engage, induce to serve, secure the assistance of.

~Enlist~, _v. n._ ~1.~ List, enroll one's self.

~2.~ Embark, engage, pledge one's assistance.

~Enlistment~, _n._ Enrolment.

~Enliven~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quicken, animate, wake, rouse, invigorate, give life to.

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

~En masse~, [Fr.] Altogether, in a mass, in a body.

~Enmity~, _n._ Animosity, hatred, hate, hostility, malignity, malice, aversion, malevolence, rancor, bitterness, ill-will.

~Ennoble~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Raise to nobility, raise to the peerage.

~2.~ Exalt, dignify, elevate, raise, aggrandize.

~Ennui~, _n._ [Fr.] Listlessness (_for want of occupation_), languor, tedium, lassitude, wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness.

~Enormity~, _n._ ~1.~ Atrociousness, depravity, atrocity, flagitiousness, wickedness.

~2.~ Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.

~Enormous~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Inordinate, irregular, abnormal, exceptional.

~2.~ Huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, Cyclopean, Herculean, elephantine, very large.

~3.~ Flagitious, very wicked.

~Enough~, _n._ Sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT.

~Enough~, _a._ SUFFICIENT (_to satisfy desire_).

~Enough~, _ad._ Sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction.

~Enounce~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Declare, enunciate, announce, publish, proclaim, promulgate, state, propound, make known.

~2.~ Articulate, utter, pronounce.

~En passant~, [Fr.] In passing, by the way, by the by.

~Enquire~, _v. a._ [Written also and usually _Inquire_.] Ask about.

~Enquire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Ask, question, seek information (_by questioning_), make inquiry.

~2.~ Make investigation, make examination.

~Enrage~, _v. a._ Irritate, exasperate, incense, madden, infuriate, provoke, inflame, chafe, AGGRAVATE, anger, make furious, excite to rage.

~Enrapture~, _v. a._ Enchant, charm, fascinate, captivate, entrance, enravish, transport, beatify, make happy.

~Enravish~, _v. a._ Enchant, ENRAPTURE.

~Enravishment~, _n._ Rapture, ecstasy, transport, ravishment.

~Enrich~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endow, make rich, make wealthy.

~2.~ Fertilize, make productive.

~3.~ Store, supply abundantly.

~4.~ Adorn, decorate, deck, ornament, embellish.

~Enrobe~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, invest, attire, array, apparel, robe.

~Enroll~, _v. a._ Enlist, register, chronicle.

~En route~, [Fr.] On the way, on the passage.

~Ensanguine~, _v. a._ Stain with blood, smear with blood.

~Ensconce~, _v. a._ Shelter, cover, shield, secure, screen, hide, protect, harbor.

~Ensemble~, _n._ [Fr.] The whole.

~Enshrine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose in a shrine.

~2.~ Preserve (_as something sacred_), embalm, treasure, cherish, keep unimpaired.

~Ensiform~, _a._ Sword-shaped.

~Ensign~, _n._ ~1.~ Banner, standard, colors, streamer, flag, pennon.

~2.~ Symbol, sign, signal.

~3.~ Badge, distinctive mark, mark of distinction.

~Enslave~, _v. a._ Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty.

~Ensnare~, _v. a._ [Written also _Insnare_.] ~1.~ Entrap, catch.

~2.~ Inveigle, allure, seduce.

~3.~ Entangle, embarrass, confound, perplex, bewilder, pose, nonplus, stagger, mystify.

~Ensue~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Follow, succeed, come after, be subsequent.

~2.~ Issue, arise, spring, flow, come, result, proceed, accrue.

~Ensure~, _v. a._ [Written also and usually _Insure_.] ~1.~ Make secure.

~2.~ Secure against loss, indemnify against risk.

~Entail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Transfer (_by inalienable title_).

~2.~ Transmit (_by necessity_), fix unalterably.

~Entangle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ensnare, entrap, catch, involve in complication.

~2.~ Confuse (_by twisting or crossing_), interweave, tangle, knot, mat.

~3.~ Perplex, embarrass, puzzle, confound, bewilder, pose, nonplus, stagger, mystify.

~Entanglement~, _n._ ~1.~ Intricacy, involution, complication.

~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, bewilderment.

~Entelechy~, _n._ [_Peripatetic Philosophy._] Actuality (_as distinguished from potential existence_).

~Enter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Go into, come into.

~2.~ Record, register, enroll, note, set down, chronicle, jot down, take down.

~3.~ Insert, set in.

~Enter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Come in, go in, pass in.

~2.~ Penetrate, pierce.

~Enter into~, ~1.~ Form a part of.

~2.~ Share, participate in, be a partaker of.

~3.~ Sympathize with.

~Enterprise~, _n._ ~1.~ Undertaking, adventure, venture, attempt, effort, essay, endeavor, cause.

~2.~ Energy, activity, efficiency, force of character.

~Enterprising~, _a._ ~1.~ Adventurous, venturesome, venturous, dashing, daring, audacious, bold.

~2.~ Active, prompt, alert, stirring, smart, energetic, efficient, spirited, zealous, strenuous, eager, on the alert, in earnest.

~Entertain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lodge, treat hospitably, show hospitality to, receive as a guest.

~2.~ Feed, maintain, support.

~3.~ Hold, cherish, harbor.

~4.~ Take into consideration.

~5.~ Divert, amuse, please.

~Entertainer~, _n._ Host.

~Entertainment~, _n._ ~1.~ Hospitable treatment.

~2.~ Feast, banquet, treat, COLLATION, festival.

~3.~ Amusement, diversion, recreation, pastime.

~Enter upon~, Begin, commence, take the first steps in.

~Enthrall~, _v. a._ [Written also _Inthrall_.] Enslave, reduce to servitude, put under restraint.

~Enthralment~, _n._ [Written also _Inthralment_.] Enslavement, servitude, slavery, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, captivity.

~Enthrone~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invest with sovereign power, seat upon a throne.

~2.~ Exalt, elevate, raise to superiority.

~Enthusiasm~, _n._ ~1.~ Ecstasy (_from a belief of being inspired_), fanaticism, religious frenzy.

~2.~ Ardor, zeal, warmth, earnestness, passion, devotion, heat of imagination, mental excitement.

~Enthusiast~, _n._ ~1.~ Fanatic, devotee, bigot, zealot, religious madman.

~2.~ Zealot, visionary, dreamer, castle-builder.

~Enthusiastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Fanatical, bigoted.

~2.~ Visionary, extravagant.

~3.~ Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning, flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.

~Enthusiastical~, _a._ ~1.~ Fanatical, bigoted.

~2.~ Visionary, extravagant.

~3.~ Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning, flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.

~Entice~, _v. a._ Allure (_to evil_), lure, attract, decoy, seduce, tempt, coax, inveigle, wheedle, cajole, persuade, lead astray.

~Enticement~, _n._ Allurement, lure, attraction, temptation, decoy, bait, seduction, inveiglement, inducement, persuasion.

~Entire~, _a._ ~1.~ Whole, complete, perfect, undivided, unbroken, undiminished, unimpaired.

~2.~ Full, plenary, thorough, unalloyed.

~3.~ (_Bot._) With even margins, not toothed, not notched.

~Entireness~, _n._ ~1.~ Wholeness, completeness, totality, entirety, integrity.

~2.~ Fulness, thoroughness.

~Entirety~, _n._ Wholeness, ENTIRENESS.

~Entitle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Name, designate, denominate, style, call, dub, christen, TITLE.

~2.~ Give a claim to, give a right to, qualify for, fit for.

~Entity~, _n._ Being, existence, essence.

~Entomb~, _v. a._ Bury, inhume, inter.

~Entombment~, _n._ Burial, interment, sepulture.

~Entrails~, _n. pl._ Intestines, bowels, viscera, guts, inwards.

~Entrance~, _n._ ~1.~ Ingress.

~2.~ Entry, inlet, mouth, avenue, passage, door, gate, portal.

~3.~ Beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction.

~Entrance~, _v. a._ Charm, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, captivate, delight, bewitch, ravish, electrify, throw into ecstasies.

~Entrap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ensnare, catch.

~2.~ Inveigle, seduce, allure, entice.

~3.~ Entangle, involve, perplex, embarrass, confound, bewilder, mystify, stagger, pose, nonplus.

~Entreat~, _v. a._ Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, ADJURE, solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer to.

~Entreaty~, _n._ Supplication, prayer, petition, suit, solicitation, appeal, importunity, ADJURATION.

~Entrée~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Admittance, admission, free access.

~2.~ First course (_of dishes_).

~Entremets~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Side dishes.

~Entre nous~, [Fr.] Confidentially, privately, in confidence, between ourselves, between you and me, under the rose, SUB ROSA.

~Entrepot~, _n._ [Fr.] Magazine, warehouse, storehouse.

~Entry~, _n._ ~1.~ Ingress, entrance.

~2.~ Passage (_into a house_), avenue, inlet, hall.

~3.~ Record, note, minute, memorandum.

~Entwine~, _v. a._ [Written also _Intwine_.] ~1.~ Twine, twist together.

~2.~ Encircle, surround, embrace, wind about, wind around.

~Enumerate~, _v. a._ Reckon, compute, count, number, tell, cite, recount, numerate, call over, relate in detail, mention one by one.

~Enumeration~, _n._ ~1.~ Numbering, computation, citation, mention, detailed account.

~2.~ (_Rhet._) Recapitulation, summing-up.

~Enunciate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Declare, speak, proclaim, publish, express, relate, promulgate, state, propound, announce, enounce.

~2.~ Utter, pronounce, articulate.

~Enunciate~, _v. n._ Articulate, speak, utter articulate sounds.

~Enunciation~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaration, utterance, expression, announcement.

~2.~ Elocution, articulation, manner of utterance.

~Enunciative~, _a._ Declarative, expressive, declaratory, enunciatory.

~Enunciatory~, _a._ Declarative, enunciative.

~Enure~, _v. n._ [Written also and usually _Inure_.] (_Law._) Be applied, come into use, take effect.

~Envelop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Infold, inwrap, wrap, fold, wrap up, put a wrapper about.