Part 27

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~4.~ Fact, reality, truth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Efficiency~, _n._ EFFICACY.

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

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

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

~Effigies~, _n._ EFFIGY.

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

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

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

~2.~ Pulverulence (_of the surface_).

~Effluence~, _n._ Emanation, efflux.

~Effluvium~, _n._ Exhalation, vapor.

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

~2.~ Emanation, effluence.

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

~2.~ Enterprise, undertaking, cause.

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Shedding, spilling, waste.

~3.~ Utterance, expression of thought.

~Eft~, _n._ Salamander, newt.

~Egg~, _n._ Ovum.

~Egg-shaped~, _a._ Ovate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Preparation, ripening, maturing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Elbow~, _v. a._ Push.

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

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

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

~Elder~, _a._ Older, senior.

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

~Elderly~, _a._ Somewhat old.

~Eldership~, _n._ Seniority.

~Eldest~, _a._ Oldest.

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

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

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

~2.~ (_Theol._) Predestination.

~Electioneer~, _v. n._ Canvass.

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

~Elector~, _n._ Voter, constituent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~3.~ Proper state, proper sphere.

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

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

~2.~ Rudimentary, rudimental, primary.

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

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

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

~2.~ Exalt, promote.

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

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

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

~2.~ Exaltation, aggrandizement, promotion.

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

~4.~ Hill, elevated place.

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

~Élève~, _n._ [Fr.] Pupil.

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

~2.~ Dwarf, gnome.

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

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

~Elide~, _v. a._ Cut off (_a syllable_).

~Eligible~, _a._ ~1.~ Desirable, preferable, to be preferred, worthy of choice, fit to be chosen.

~2.~ Legally qualified.

~Eliminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exclude, expel, reject, thrust out, drive out, get clear of.

~2.~ Extricate, release, set free.

~3.~ (_Algebra._) Disengage, separate.

~Elimination~, _n._ ~1.~ Exclusion, expulsion, rejection.

~2.~ Separation, disengagement.

~Élite~, _n._ [Fr.] Flower (_of a society_), best part, select body.

~Elixir~, _n._ ~1.~ Cordial.

~2.~ (_Med._) Compound tincture.

~Elk~, _n._ Moose, moose-deer (_Cervus alces_ or _Alces molchis_).

~Elliptic~, _a._ Oval.

~Elliptical~, _a._ Oval.

~Ellipse~, _n._ Oval, oval figure.

~Elocution~, _n._ ~1.~ Speech, faculty of speech, power of expression.

~2.~ Utterance, delivery, manner of speaking, oral expression.

~Éloge~, _n._ [Fr.] Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, funeral oration.

~Elongate~, _v. a._ Lengthen, stretch, draw out, lengthen out.

~Elope~, _v. n._ Abscond (_as a woman with a paramour_), run away, run off.

~Eloquence~, _n._ ~1.~ Oratory, art of speaking well (_in public_).

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

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

~2.~ Graceful and vigorous.

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

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

~2.~ Besides.

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

~2.~ In some other place.

~3.~ In other places.

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

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

~Elucidative~, _a._ Explanatory.

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

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

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

~2.~ Equivocating, shuffling, equivocatory.

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Paradise, Eden, delightful place.

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Efflux, effluence, issue.

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Effeminacy, weakness, softness.

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

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

~3.~ Scent, perfume, make fragrant.

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

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

~2.~ Engage, enlist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~3.~ Confusion, abashment.

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

~2.~ Legation, ambassadors.

~Embay~, _v. a._ Landlock.

~Embed~, _v. a._ Bed.

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

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

~Embers~, _n. pl._ Cinders.

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

~Embezzlement~, _n._ Peculation.

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

~2.~ Make unhappy or grievous.

~3.~ Exasperate, madden, enrage.

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

~2.~ Kindle, set in a blaze.

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

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

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

~2.~ Heraldic ornaments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~4.~ Systematize, methodize, codify.

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

~Embolism~, _n._ Intercalation.

~Embolismic~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.

~Embolismical~, _a._ Intercalated, intercalary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Embrace~, _n._ Hug, clasp.

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

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

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

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

~Embryo~, _n._ Germ, rudiment.

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

~Embryotic~, _a._ EMBRYO.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Emetic~, _n._ Vomit, puke.

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

~Emication~, _n._ Scintillation, sparkling.

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

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

~2.~ Body of emigrants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Emmet~, _n._ Ant, pismire.

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

~Emollient~, _a._ Softening.

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

~2.~ Advantage, profit, benefit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.

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

~2.~ Charlatanic, quackish.

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

~2.~ Quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Make less fertile.

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

~2.~ Enable, make able.

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

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

~3.~ Unsatisfactoriness, vanity, hollowness.

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

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

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

~4.~ Desolate, waste, deserted.

~5.~ Senseless, silly, weak.

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

~2.~ Discharge, disembogue, pour out.

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

~Emptyings~, _n. pl._ Yeast.

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

~Empyrean~, _n._ Highest heaven.

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

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

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

~2.~ Very desirous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Encampment~, _n._ Camp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Chase, emboss.

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

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

~2.~ Cover, envelop, wrap.

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

~2.~ Being enclosed.

~3.~ Thing inclosed.

~4.~ Circle, compass, space enclosed.

~5.~ Yard, COMPOUND.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Attack, onset, assault.

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

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

~2.~ Confront, face.

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

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

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

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

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

~Encourager~, _n._ Favorer, promoter.

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

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

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

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

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

~2.~ Debt, claim, liability.

~Encyclical~, _a._ Circular.

~Encyclopædia~, _n._ Cyclopædia.

~Encyclopedian~, _a._ ENCYCLOPEDIC.

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

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

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

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

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

~3.~ Conclusion, completion.

~4.~ Termination, bound, limit.

~5.~ Final state, ultimate condition.

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

~7.~ Fragment, scrap, remnant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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