Part 11

=Effectuate.= Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.

ANT. _Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight._

=Effeminate.= Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly, timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.

ANT. _Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy, robust._

=Effervesce.= Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; _express irrepressible emotion_.

ANT. _Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest._

=Effete.= Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted, decrepit.

ANT. _Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant, rank._

=Efficacious.= Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful, adequate, cogent.

ANT. _Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual._

=Efficacy.= Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness, vigor, energy, usefulness.

ANT. _Inefficacy, incompetency._

=Efficiency.= Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness, productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill, ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty, cleverness, genius, acuteness.

ANT. _Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention, awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation, distraction, laziness, stupidity._

=Efficient.= Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective, effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.

ANT. _Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent, sluggish, senseless, stupid._

=Effigy.= Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.

ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait._

=Efflorescence.= Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst; bloom, luxuriance.

ANT. _Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity, bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation._

=Effluence.= Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring; emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.

ANT. _Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption, retention._

=Effluvium.= Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious vapor.

ANT. _Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm._

=Effort.= Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain, striving, stretch.

ANT. _Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency, misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility._

=Effrontery.= Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness, presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.

ANT. _Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking, timidity, bashfulness._

=Effulgence.= Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance, refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.

ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade._

=Effuse=, _a._ Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious, abundant, effluent.

ANT. _Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin._

=Effusion.= Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance; speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.

ANT. _Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument; influx; retention._

=Effusive.= Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely, diffused.

ANT. _Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief._

=Egoism.= Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion, self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.

ANT. _Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness, considerateness, unostentatiousness._

=Egregious.= Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.

ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday._

=Egress.= Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.

ANT. _Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion._

=Either.= One _or_ the other of two; each, both.

ANT. _Neither, not any one of two._

=Ejaculation.= Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.

ANT. _Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech._

=Eject.= Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss, discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.

ANT. _Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate, welcome; introduce, inject._

=Eke out.= Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.

ANT. _Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust._

=Elaborate.= Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare, concoct, work upon, labor over.

ANT. _Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage; chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize._

=Elapse.= Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.

ANT. _Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize._

=Elastic.= Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant; alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.

ANT. _Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull, inert._

=Elated.= Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited, inflated.

ANT. _Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed, confounded._

=Elder.= Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.

ANT. _Younger, junior, juvenile._

=Elect=, _a._ Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated; redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.

ANT. _Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved._

=Election.= Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote; alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination, discernment, distinction; predestination.

ANT. _Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment._

=Electric.= Charged with electricity, relating to electricity; inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing, thrilling, stirring, exciting.

=Electrify.= Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite, thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.

ANT. “_Kill_” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); _disconnect, sever_ (of apparatus for carrying electricity); _stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize_.

=Elegance.= Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.

ANT. _Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion._

=Elegant.= Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.

ANT. _Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude._

=Elegy.= Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious _or_ melancholy poem.

ANT. _Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem._

=Element.= Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (_pl._) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.

ANT. _Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount._

=Elementary.= Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.

ANT. _Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized; immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable._

=Elevate.= Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve, dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer, excite, exhilarate.

ANT. _Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate._

=Elevation.= Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation; dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude, superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.

ANT. _Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth; deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness._

=Elicit.= Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.

ANT. _Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill, incorporate, insinuate; suggest._

=Eligible.= Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable, suitable, prime, choice.

ANT. _Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable._

=Elimination.= Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection, eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.

ANT. _Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation._

=Elision.= Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.

ANT. _Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation._

=Elliptical.= Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.

ANT. _Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative._

=Elocution.= Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.

ANT. _Reading, lection._

=Elongation.= Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.

ANT. _Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction._

=Eloquence.= Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.

ANT. _Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence, bombast, fustian._

=Elucidate.= Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make plain, expound.

ANT. _Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog._

=Elucidation.= Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration; comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.

ANT. _Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity._

=Elude.= Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart, disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.

ANT. _Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge._

=Elusive, Elusory.= Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive, fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting, slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.

ANT. _Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal._

=Em-=, or =en-=. A prefix meaning _in_ or _into_, sometimes interchangeable with _in-_. The form _em-_ is used before words beginning with _p_, _b_, or _m_. The prefix has also a causal force. Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word.

=Emaciation.= Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation, wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.

ANT. _Obesity, fatness, corpulence._

=Emanate.= Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed, emerge.

ANT. _End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up._

=Emancipate.= Free, enfranchise, liberate, rescue, release, manumit, unfetter, unchain, disenthrall, set free.

ANT. _Subjugate, enslave, enthrall, bind; disqualify, incapacitate._

=Embalm.= Preserve, cherish, enshrine, keep; scent, perfume, make fragrant; treasure, store, consecrate.

ANT. _Abandon, desecrate, expose, vulgarize, violate, profane._

=Embargo.= Prohibition, ban, restraint, hindrance, restriction; detention, stoppage.

ANT. _Permit, permission, release, discharge, congé, liberation, dismissal._

=Embark.= Ship; engage, enlist, put in, invest; launch, enter, start.

ANT. _Land, arrive, anchor, disembark, go ashore._

=Embarrass.= Entangle, perplex, make intricate _or_ difficult; distress, trouble, harass, hamper, confuse, disconcert, clog, puzzle, abash, confound, encumber.

ANT. _Extricate, relieve, disentangle, liberate, deliver; expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist; calm, compose, tranquilize._

=Embellish.= Adorn, decorate, ornament, deck, beautify.

ANT. _Detract, diminish, derogate from, strip, destroy, denude._

=Embezzle.= Appropriate, steal, purloin, peculate; falsify, forge, counterfeit.

ANT. _Square, clear, balance; restore, refund, retrieve._

=Embitter.= Make bitter, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, enrage, anger, madden; molest, provoke, excite.

ANT. _Alleviate, soothe; compose, quiet, pacify; sweeten; delight, please, comfort._

=Emblem.= Figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type, attribute; device, cognizance, representation; badge, mark, signal.

ANT. _Disguise, decoy, incognito, ruse, blind, domino, mask._

=Embody.= Incorporate, make corporeal, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect; systematize, codify; comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.

ANT. _Analyze, dismember, disband, disintegrate, dissipate._

=Embolden.= Encourage, animate, reassure, inspirit, incite, urge, stimulate.

ANT. _Intimidate, frighten, alarm, deter, overwhelm, discourage._

=Embosomed.= Concealed, enveloped, surrounded, encircled, enfolded.

ANT. _Exposed, open, unconcealed, revealed._

=Embrace.= Clasp, hug, press; seize, welcome, accept; comprehend, include, cover, contain, embody, take in.

ANT. _Cast off, reject; exclude, except._

=Embroider.= Embellish, enrich, emboss, adorn with needlework.

ANT. _Darn, botch, patch, repair._

=Embroil.= Implicate, entangle, ensnarl, involve; disturb, perplex, confuse, distract, trouble.

ANT. _Extricate, separate, remove; compose, pacify, arrange, calm._

=Embryo.= Germ, rudiment, nucleus, origin.

ANT. _Development, completion, maturity, fulfilment._

=Emendation.= Amendment, correction, rectification, reformation, improvement.

ANT. _Error, defect, fault, incorrectness, inaccuracy._

=Emerge.= Rise, issue, emanate, escape; appear, become visible.

ANT. _Disappear, sink; retreat, abscond, recede; enter; depart._

=Emergency.= Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, difficulty, extremity, strait; juncture, turn of events; unforeseen occasion; embarrassment, difficulty, casualty.

ANT. _Rescue, deliverance, solution, provision, arrangement, anticipation, foresight, climax._

=Emigration.= Removal, exodus, migration from, colonization; departure.

ANT. _Immigration, migration to_ or _into; settlement, sojourn, abode, stay; domiciliation, domestication_.

=Eminence.= Prominence, projection, elevation, protuberance, hill, high point; distinction, celebrity, reputation, renown, repute, fame, preferment; note, conspicuousness; superiority.

ANT. _Debasement, degradation, lowliness, decline; infamy, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal._

=Eminent.= High, lofty, elevated; celebrated, distinguished, prominent, illustrious, remarkable, renowned, conspicuous, famous, reputed.

ANT. _Mediocre, worthless; infamous, notorious; egregious, outrageous._

=Emission.= Ejection, expulsion, issue; issuance, putting into circulation.

ANT. _Injection, admission, entrance._

=Emit.= Eject, expel, throw out; issue, decree, discharge; put into circulation.

ANT. _Inject; retain, withhold._

=Emollient.= Softening, laxative, balsamic, soothing, palliative.

ANT. _Irritant, astringent, irritating, galling._

=Emolument.= Gain, pay, profit, remuneration, wages, salary, income, hire, stipend, lucre, compensation; advantage, benefit; gratuity, perquisite.

ANT. _Loss, damage, waste; disadvantage._

=Emotion.= Feeling, passion, excitement, agitation, sensibility, perturbation, tremor, trepidation.

ANT. _Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, stoicism, imperturbability._

=Emphasis.= Stress, force, ictus; weight, significance, impressiveness.

ANT. _Elision, monotony, uniformity._

=Emphatic.= Significant, expressive, strong, forcible, positive, energetic, decided, distinct, unequivocal, earnest, important, special.

ANT. _Mild, ordinary, usual, unimportant, commonplace, unnoticeable, cool, unimpassioned, undemonstrative._

=Empire.= Dominion, supremacy, sovereignty, authority, government, command, control, sway, rule, kingdom.

ANT. _Independence, insurrection, anarchy, mutiny, sedition, uprising._

=Empiric, Empirical.= Tentative, experimental, provisional, hypothetic, experiential; quackish.

ANT. _Regular, scientific, uniform, constant, inductive, categorical._

=Employ.= Engage, call, hire, use, engross, busy, exercise; apply, enlist, entrust, occupy, economize.

ANT. _Discard, dismiss, misuse._

=Employment.= Business, vocation, pursuit, calling, profession, craft, trade, occupation; service, agency, office, employ; application, engrossment.

ANT. _Leisure, laziness, indolence; recreation, vacation._

=Empower.= Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.

ANT. _Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw._

=Empty=, _a._ Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.

ANT. _Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial._

=Emulation.= Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, _or_ surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.

ANT. _Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement._

=Enable.= Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.

ANT. _Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder._

=Enact.= Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.

ANT. _Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge._

=Enamor.= Charm, captivate, fascinate, inflame with love, enslave, endear, bewitch, enchain.

ANT. _Disenthrall, repel, estrange, disgust, disenchant, horrify._

=Encamp.= Bivouac, pitch, settle, quarter, camp.

ANT. _March, decamp, retire, retreat, advance, charge._

=Enchain.= Bind with chains, fetter, manacle, enslave.

ANT. _Loose, liberate, manumit, extricate, free._

=Enchant.= Charm, fascinate, bewitch, enamor, captivate, win, catch, lead captive; enrapture, ravish, transport, beatify, delight.

ANT. _Repel, estrange, disgust, horrify, shock, alienate._

=Enchantment.= Incantation, fascination, charm, conjuration, necromancy, magic, witchery, sorcery, spell; delight, rapture, ravishment, transport, bliss.

ANT. _Disillusionment, repulsion, shock, alienation._

=Encircle.= Surround, encompass, environ, gird, enclose; embrace, fold, clasp; hem in, beset, circumscribe.

=Enclose.= Encompass, encircle, shut, include, environ, envelop, wrap, circumscribe.

=Enclosure.= Space enclosed, compass, circle; yard, compound; fence, ring, limit, park, field, boundary, precinct.

ANT. _Space, waste, desert, wild, open, prairie, wilderness, stretch, void, clearing._

=Encomium.= Eulogy, praise, eulogium, panegyric, commendation, laudation, pæan, compliment, good word.

ANT. _Invective, taunt, vituperation, obloquy, vilification, slander._

=Encompass.= Encircle, enclose, gird, hem in, surround, circumscribe.

=Encounter.= Meet, confront, face, withstand; assault, combat, engage, fight, attack, contend, compete with; fall upon.

ANT. _Elude, avoid, escape, shun, miss, flee, frustrate._

=Encourage.= Inspirit, animate, embolden, hearten, incite, stimulate; cheer, comfort, console; support, countenance, reassure; advance, further; foster, abet, aid, help, patronize; prompt, urge.

ANT. _Deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade; depress, deject; provoke, incite, exasperate; retard, hinder, prevent._

=Encroach.= Intrude, trespass, infringe, invade; creep, advance stealthily; transgress.

ANT. _Respect, recognize, observe; protect; refrain._

=Encumber.= Clog, load, impede, obstruct, hinder, burden, overload; embarrass, perplex, involve, entangle, complicate.

ANT. _Free, liberate; assist, aid, help; relieve, straighten._

=Encumbrance.= Load, impediment, hindrance; debt, claim, liability.

ANT. _Aid, assistance; relief; cancelation._

=End=, _n._ Limit, outcome, period, extremity, extent, bound, conclusion, boundary, completion, close, effect, expiration, finish, finis, finale; issue, goal, intent, fulfilment, purpose, point, result, termination, terminus; utmost, uttermost; accomplishment, achievement; cessation, consummation, design, consequence; fragment, scrap, remnant.

ANT. _Commencement, origin, beginning, source, spring, start, fountain, arising, inception, opening, initiation, outset, rise._

=End=, _v._ Cease, break off, close, complete, conclude, stop, quit, desist, terminate, finish, expire, wind up; destroy, kill, put to death.

ANT. _Begin, commence, initiate, start, open; restore, revivify._

=Endanger.= Hazard, risk, peril; commit, compromise, expose to danger, jeopardize.

ANT. _Protect, shield, save, defend, cover, screen, preserve._

=Endear.= Make dear, attach, secure the affection of, gain; conciliate.

ANT. _Estrange, alienate, embitter, antagonize._

=Endeavor=, _v._ Attempt, essay, try, strive, undertake, make effort, labor, aim, exert one’s self.

ANT. _Neglect, omit, abandon, drop, dismiss, pass by, let go, give up, throw away, up_, or _over, overlook_.

=Endless.= Interminable, boundless, limitless, infinite, immeasurable, illimitable; everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, without end; incessant, ceaseless, uninterrupted, continual, continuous; immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable.

ANT. _Limited, brief, temporary, periodic, transient, fugitive, finite, ephemeral, transitory, temporal._

=Endow.= Furnish with dowry, enrich, endue, put on, invest, present, furnish, qualify, supply, clothe.

ANT. _Denude, deprive, divest, spoliate, strip, impoverish, despoil._

=Endowment.= Grant, gift, bequest, bounty, present, largess, boon; property, fund, revenue; talent, faculty, power, quality, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification, ability; attainment, provision, benefaction.

ANT. _Poverty, lack, incapacity, impoverishment, spoliation._

=Endure.= Suffer, submit, bear, tolerate, allow, sustain, support, undergo, abide, afford, brook; experience; continue, remain, persist, be permanent.

ANT. _Fail, sink, succumb, surrender, yield, break down, despair, droop, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up._

=Enemy.= Adversary, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, antagonist.

ANT. _Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent._

=Energetic.= Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.

ANT. _Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive._

=Energy.= Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.

ANT. _Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness._

=Enervate.= Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, effeminate; break, paralyze; incapacitate.

ANT. _Invigorate, strengthen, harden, nerve, brace, empower._

=Enfeeble.= Enervate, weaken, debilitate, unnerve.

ANT. _Strengthen, nerve, invigorate, brace._

=Enfold.= Envelop, wrap, enclose, embrace, encircle, encompass.

ANT. _Disclose, unwrap, develop, reveal, expose._

=Enforce.= Urge, impress, compel, constrain, oblige, force, require, exact, exert, strain.

ANT. _Relax, abandon, remit, waive, forego._

=Enforcement.= Inculcation, execution, sanction, constraint, compulsion.

ANT. _Relaxation, abandonment, remission._

=Enfranchise.= Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.

ANT. _Disenfranchise, disqualify._

=Engage.= Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.

ANT. _Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract._