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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Embar \Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. {Embargo}.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. --Bacon. | |
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Embarcation \Em`bar*ca"tion\, n. Same as {Embarkation}. | |
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Embarge \Em*barge"\, v. t. To put in a barge. [Poetic] --Drayton. | |
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Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. {Embargoes}. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See {Bar}.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo. | |
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Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embargoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embargoing}.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. | |
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Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embargoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embargoing}.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. | |
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Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. {Embargoes}. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See {Bar}.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo. | |
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Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embargoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embargoing}.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. | |
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Embark \Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarking}.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See {Bark}. a vessel.] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. 2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. --South. | |
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Embark \Em*bark"\, v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. 2. To engage in any affair. Slow to embark in such an undertaking. --Macaulay. | |
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Embarkation \Em`bar*ka"tion\, n. 1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops. 2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. --Smollett. | |
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Embark \Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarking}.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See {Bark}. a vessel.] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. 2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. --South. | |
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Embark \Em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarking}.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See {Bark}. a vessel.] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. 2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. --South. | |
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Embarkment \Em*bark"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.] --Middleton. | |
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Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\, n. [F. embarras. See {Embarrass}, v. t.] Embarrassment. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarrassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarrassing}.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara[?]ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See {Bar}.] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator. 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. 3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements. Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To {Embarrass}, {Puzzle}, {Perplex}. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind. | |
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Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarrassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarrassing}.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara[?]ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See {Bar}.] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator. 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. 3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements. Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To {Embarrass}, {Puzzle}, {Perplex}. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind. | |
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Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarrassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarrassing}.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara[?]ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See {Bar}.] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator. 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. 3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements. Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To {Embarrass}, {Puzzle}, {Perplex}. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind. | |
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Embarrassment \Em*bar"rass*ment\, n. [F. embarrassement.] 1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. --Bancroft. 2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts. | |
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Embar \Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. {Embargo}.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. --Bacon. | |
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Ember \Em"ber\, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See {Amb-}, and {Run}.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. | |
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Ember \Em"ber\, n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. [?]myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. [bd]He rakes hot embers.[b8] --Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. --Colebrooke. | |
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{Ember days} (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks. | |
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Ember-goose \Em"ber-goose`\, n. [Cf. Norw. ember[?]aas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zo[94]l.) The loon or great northern diver. See {Loon}. [Written also {emmer-goose} and {imber-goose}.] | |
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Emberings \Em"ber*ings\, n. pl. Ember days. [Obs.] | |
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Cirl bunting \Cirl" bun`ting\ [Cf. It. cirlo.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bunting ({Emberiza cirlus}). | |
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Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling lark}, and {writing lark}. [Written also {yellow-ammer}.] (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}. (b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. | |
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Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family {Fringillid[91]}). Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting ({Emberiza miliaria}); the ortolan ({E. hortulana}); the cirl ({E. cirlus}); and the black-headed ({Granitivora melanocephala}). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po[94]c[91]tes or Po[d2]cetes gramineus}); the black-throated ({Spiza Americana}); the towhee bunting or chewink ({Pipilo}); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See {Ortolan}, {Chewick}, {Snow bunting}, {Lark bunting}. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}. 2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head. | |
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Emborder \Em*bor"der\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.] To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder. | |
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Embower \Em*bow"er\, v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also {imbower}.] [Poetic] --Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] [bd]In their wide boughs embow'ring. [b8] --Spenser. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embracing}.] [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. [bd]I embrace these conditions.[b8] [bd]You embrace the occasion.[b8] --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. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. i. To join in an embrace. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. --Tennyson. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embracing}.] [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. [bd]I embrace these conditions.[b8] [bd]You embrace the occasion.[b8] --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. | |
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Embracement \Em*brace"ment\, n. [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. | |
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Embraceor \Em*brace"or\, n. (Law) One guilty of embracery. | |
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Embracer \Em*bra"cer\, n. One who embraces. | |
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Embracery \Em*bra"cer*y\, n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. | |
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embracing}.] [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. [bd]I embrace these conditions.[b8] [bd]You embrace the occasion.[b8] --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. | |
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Embracive \Em*bra"cive\, a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] --Thackeray. | |
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Embraid \Em*braid"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.] 1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To upbraid. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Embranchment \Em*branch"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embranchement.] The branching forth, as of trees. | |
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Embrangle \Em*bran"gle\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.] To confuse; to entangle. I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. --Berkeley. | |
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Embrasure \Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Embrace}.] An embrace. [Obs.] [bd]Our locked embrasures.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Embrasure \Em*bra"sure\ (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to [82]braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. --Longfellow. 2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of {Casemate}. | |
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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. | |
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Embrawn \Em*brawn"\, v. t. To harden. [Obs.] It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. --Nash. | |
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Embread \Em*bread"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.] To braid. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Embreathement \Em*breathe"ment\, n. The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. --W. Lee. | |
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Embrew \Em*brew"\, v. t. To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Embright \Em*bright"\, v. t. To brighten. [Obs.] | |
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.] 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! --Shak. 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8] --Shak. 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts. {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black. {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc. {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}). {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}. {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras. {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe. {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}. {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.] {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}. {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See {Cockatoo}. {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}. {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia. {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar. {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward. {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance. {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum}) injurious to turnips. {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C. {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests. The larv[91] are aquatic. (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}). {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest. {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock}, {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}. {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay. {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See {Tupelo}. {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape. {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker. {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the {acoumbo} of the natives. {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See {Blacklist}, v. t. {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, {MnO2}. {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail. {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}. {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See {Tillandsia}. {Black oak}. See under {Oak}. {Black ocher}. See {Wad}. {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar. {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight. {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox. {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses. {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain. {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble. {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}. {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs. {Black tea}. See under {Tea}. {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight. {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}. {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo Harlani}). Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. | |
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Embrocate \Em"bro*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embrocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embrocating}.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. [?] lotion, fomentation, fr. [?] to foment; [?] in + [?] to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge. | |
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Embrocate \Em"bro*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embrocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embrocating}.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. [?] lotion, fomentation, fr. [?] to foment; [?] in + [?] to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge. | |
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Embrocate \Em"bro*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embrocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embrocating}.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. [?] lotion, fomentation, fr. [?] to foment; [?] in + [?] to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge. | |
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Embrocation \Em`bro*ca"tion\, n. [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. | |
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Embroglio \Em*brogl"io\, n. See {Imbroglio}. | |
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Imbroglio \Im*brogl"io\, n.; pl. {Imbroglios}. [Written also {embroglio}.] [It. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Embroil}.] 1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction. 2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. --Carlyle. | |
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Embroglio \Em*brogl"io\, n. See {Imbroglio}. | |
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Imbroglio \Im*brogl"io\, n.; pl. {Imbroglios}. [Written also {embroglio}.] [It. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Embroil}.] 1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction. 2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. --Carlyle. | |
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Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex. xxviii. 39. | |
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Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex. xxviii. 39. | |
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Embroiderer \Em*broid"er*er\, n. One who embroiders. | |
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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. | |
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Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex. xxviii. 39. | |
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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. | |
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Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [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 [?]able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. | |
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Embroil \Em*broil"\, n. See {Embroilment}. | |
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Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [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 [?]able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. | |
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Embroiler \Em*broil"er\, n. One who embroils. | |
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Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [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 [?]able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. | |
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Embroilment \Em*broil"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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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. | |
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Embrothel \Em*broth"el\, v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] --Donne. | |
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Embroude \Em*broud"e\, Embrowde \Em*browd"e\, Embroyde \Em*broyd"e\, v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. --Chaucer. | |
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Embroude \Em*broud"e\, Embrowde \Em*browd"e\, Embroyde \Em*broyd"e\, v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. --Chaucer. | |
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Embrown \Em*brown"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. --Fenton. | |
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Embroude \Em*broud"e\, Embrowde \Em*browd"e\, Embroyde \Em*broyd"e\, v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. --Chaucer. | |
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Embrue \Em*brue"\, v. t. See {Imbrue}, {Embrew}. [Obs.] | |
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Embrute \Em*brute"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brute. Cf. {Imbrute}.] To brutify; to imbrute. All the man embruted in the swine. --Cawthorn. | |
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Embryo \Em"bry*o\, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud. | |
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Embryo \Em"bry*o\, n.; pl. {Embryos}. [F. embryon, Gr. 'e`mbryon, perh. fr. [?] in (akin to L. [?] E. in) + [?] to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) 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. [bd]The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Embryo sac \Em"bry*o sac`\ (Bot.) See under {Embryonic}. | |
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Embryogenic \Em`bry*o*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo. | |
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Embryogeny \Em`bry*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + root of [?] to produce: cf. F. embryog[82]nie.] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo. | |
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Embryogony \Em`bry*og"o*ny\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + gonh` generation.] (Biol.) The formation of an embryo. | |
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Embryography \Em`bry*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -graphy.] (Biol.) The general description of embryos. | |
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Embryologic \Em`bry*o*log"ic\, Embryological \Em`bry*o*log"ic*al\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology. | |
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Embryologic \Em`bry*o*log"ic\, Embryological \Em`bry*o*log"ic*al\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology. | |
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Embryologist \Em`bry*ol"o*gist\, n. One skilled in embryology. | |
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Embryology \Em`bry*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) 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. | |
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Embryon \Em"bry*on\, n. & a. [NL.] See {Embryo}. | |
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Embryonal \Em"bry*o*nal\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic. | |
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Embryonic \Em`bry*on"ic\, a. (Biol.) 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}. | |
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Embryonary \Em"bry*o*na*ry\, a. (Biol.) Embryonic. | |
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Embryonate \Em"bry*o*nate\, Embryonated \Em"bry*o*na`ted\, a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal. | |
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Embryonate \Em"bry*o*nate\, Embryonated \Em"bry*o*na`ted\, a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal. | |
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Embryonic \Em`bry*on"ic\, a. (Biol.) 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}. | |
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Embryoniferous \Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous\, a. [Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.) Having an embryo. | |
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Embryoniform \Em`bry*on"i*form\, a. [Embryo + -form.] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form. | |
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Embryoplastic \Em`bry*o*plas"tic\, n. [Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells. | |
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Embryo \Em"bry*o\, n.; pl. {Embryos}. [F. embryon, Gr. 'e`mbryon, perh. fr. [?] in (akin to L. [?] E. in) + [?] to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) 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. [bd]The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Embryotic \Em`bry*ot"ic\, a. (Biol.) Embryonic. | |
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Embryotomy \Em`bry*ot"o*my\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. embryotomie.] (Med.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. | |
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Embryotroph \Em"bry*o*troph`\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + trofh` nourishment.] (Biol.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished. | |
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Embryous \Em"bry*ous\, a. Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.] | |
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Emburse \Em*burse"\, v. t. [See {Imburse}.] To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.] | |
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Emforth \Em*forth"\, prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + for[edh] forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Emforth my might}, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.] | |
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Emforth \Em*forth"\, prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + for[edh] forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Emforth my might}, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.] | |
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Empair \Em*pair"\, v. t. To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.] To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. --Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope. Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate. | |
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Empair \Em*pair"\, v. t. To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.] To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. --Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope. Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate. | |
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Emparadise \Em*par"a*dise\, v. t. Same as {Imparadise}. | |
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Empark \Em*park"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. {Impark}.] To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.] | |
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Emparlance \Em*par"lance\, n. Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Empearl \Em*pearl"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. {Impearl}.] To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl. | |
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Emperess \Em"per*ess\, n. See {Empress}. [Obs.] | |
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Emperice \Em"per*ice\, n. An empress. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Emperil \Em*per"il\, v. t. To put in peril. See {Imperil}. --Spenser. | |
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Emperished \Em*per"ished\, a. Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. --Spenser. | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Emperorship \Em"per*or*ship\, n. The rank or office of an emperor. | |
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Empery \Em"per*y\, n. [L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See {Empire}.] Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] --Shak. Struggling for my woman's empery. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Emphractic \Em*phrac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] obstructing, fr. [?] to block up.] (Med.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. | |
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Emphrensy \Em*phren"sy\, v. t. To madden. [Obs.] | |
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Empierce \Em*pierce"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. {Impierce}.] To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Empire \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See {Emperor}; cf. {Imperial}.] 1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. [bd]The empire of the sea.[b8] --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. [bd]Under the empire of facts.[b8] --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. | |
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Empire \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See {Emperor}; cf. {Imperial}.] 1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. [bd]The empire of the sea.[b8] --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. [bd]Under the empire of facts.[b8] --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. | |
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Empire State \Empire State\ New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth. | |
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Empire \Em"pire\, n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See {Emperor}; cf. {Imperial}.] 1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. [bd]The empire of the sea.[b8] --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. [bd]Under the empire of facts.[b8] --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. | |
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Empire State of the South \Empire State of the South\ Georgia; -- a nickname. | |
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Empire State of the West \Empire State of the West\ Missouri; -- a nickname. | |
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Empiric \Em*pir"ic\, Empirical \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}. | |
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Empiric \Em*pir"ic\ (?; 277), n. [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. [?] experienced, equiv. to [?]; [?] in + [?] a trial, experiment; akin to [?] ford, way, and E. 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. | |
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Empiric \Em*pir"ic\, Empirical \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}. | |
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Empiric \Em*pir"ic\, Empirical \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}. | |
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Formula \For"mu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Formulas}, L. {Formul[91]}. [L., dim. of forma form, model. See{Form}, n.] 1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said. 2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines. 3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula. 4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound. 5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound. Note: Chemical formul[91] consist of the abbreviations of the names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each element contained. {Empirical formula} (Chem.), an expression which gives the simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical formula of acetic acid is {C2H4O2}. {Graphic formula}, {Rational formula} (Chem.), an expression of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is {CH3.(C:O).OH}; -- called also {structural formula}, {constitutional formula}, etc. See also the formula of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. {Molecular formula} (Chem.), a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound. | |
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Empirically \Em*pir"ic*al*ly\, adv. By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks. | |
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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.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience. | |
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Empiricist \Em*pir"i*cist\, n. An empiric. | |
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Empiristic \Em`pi*ris"tic\, a. (Physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic. | |
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Emporetic \Em`po*ret"ic\, Emporetical \Em`po*ret"ic*al\, a. [L. emporeticus, Gr. [?]. See {Emporium}.] Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Emporetic \Em`po*ret"ic\, Emporetical \Em`po*ret"ic*al\, a. [L. emporeticus, Gr. [?]. See {Emporium}.] Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Emporium \Em*po"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Emporiums}, L. {Emporia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] belonging to commerce, fr. [?] traveler, trader; [?] in + [?] way through and over, path. See {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.) The brain. [Obs.] | |
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Emporium \Em*po"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Emporiums}, L. {Emporia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] belonging to commerce, fr. [?] traveler, trader; [?] in + [?] way through and over, path. See {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.) The brain. [Obs.] | |
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Emporium \Em*po"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Emporiums}, L. {Emporia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] belonging to commerce, fr. [?] traveler, trader; [?] in + [?] way through and over, path. See {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.) The brain. [Obs.] | |
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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. [bd]These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.[b8] --Keble. | |
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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. [bd]These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.[b8] --Keble. | |
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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. [bd]These eyes . . . empowered to gaze.[b8] --Keble. | |
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Empress \Em"press\, n. [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. [bd]Empress of my soul.[b8] --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. | |
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Empress \Em"press\, n. [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. [bd]Empress of my soul.[b8] --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. | |
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Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, n. 1. Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The harp seal. (b) The great blackbacked gull ({Larus marinus}). (c) The larva of a bombycid moth ({Empretia stimulea}) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back. | |
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Emprint \Em*print"\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Imprint}. | |
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Emprise \Em*prise"\, n. [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. | |
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Emprise \Em*prise"\, v. t. To undertake. [Obs.] --Sackville. | |
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Emprising \Em*pris"ing\, a. [From {Emprise}, v. t.] Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] --T. Campbell. | |
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Emprison \Em*pris"on\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Imprison}. | |
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Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empurpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empurpling}.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. {Impurple}.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. [bd]The deep empurpled ran.[b8] --Philips. | |
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Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empurpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empurpling}.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. {Impurple}.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. [bd]The deep empurpled ran.[b8] --Philips. | |
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Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empurpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Empurpling}.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. {Impurple}.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. [bd]The deep empurpled ran.[b8] --Philips. | |
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Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, n. Empyrean. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. [?], [?], in fire, fiery; [?] in + [?] fire. See {In}, and {Fire}.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a[89]rial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope. {Empyreal air}, oxygen gas. | |
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Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. [?], [?], in fire, fiery; [?] in + [?] fire. See {In}, and {Fire}.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a[89]rial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope. {Empyreal air}, oxygen gas. | |
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Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\ (?; 277), n. [See {Empyreal}.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. --Milton. | |
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Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\, a. Empyreal. --Akenside. | |
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Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical \Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. {Empyreumatic oils}, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C. | |
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Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical \Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. {Empyreumatic oils}, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C. | |
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Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical \Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. {Empyreumatic oils}, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C. | |
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Empyreumatize \Em`py*reu"ma*tize\, v. t. To render empyreumatic. [R.] | |
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Empyrical \Em*pyr"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] in fire. See {Empyreal}.] Containing the combustible principle of coal. --Kirwan. | |
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Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of {Casemate}.] | |
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d8Brochette \[d8]Bro`chette"\ (br[osl]`sh[ecr]t"), n. [F., dim. of broche. See {Broach}, n.] (Cookery) A small spit or skewer. {En bro`chette"} ([aum]n) [F.], on a brochette; skewered. | |
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Enbroude \En*broud"e\, v. t. See {Embroude}. | |
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Enfierce \En*fierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfiercing}.] To make fierce. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enfierce \En*fierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfiercing}.] To make fierce. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enfierce \En*fierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfiercing}.] To make fierce. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enfire \En*fire"\, v. t. To set on fire. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enforce \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.] 1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. --Shak. 2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. [bd]Enforcing furious way.[b8] --Spenser. 3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. --Shak. 4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. --Burke. 5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws. 6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. | |
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Enforce \En*force\, v. i. 1. To attempt by force. [Obs.] 2. To prove; to evince. [R.] --Hooker. 3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Enforce \En*force"\, n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.] A petty enterprise of small enforce. --Milton. | |
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Enforceable \En*force"a*ble\, a. Capable of being enforced. | |
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Enforce \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.] 1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. --Shak. 2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. [bd]Enforcing furious way.[b8] --Spenser. 3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. --Shak. 4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. --Burke. 5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws. 6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. | |
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Enforced \En*forced"\, a. Compelled; forced; not voluntary. [bd]Enforced wrong.[b8] [bd]Enforced smiles.[b8] --Shak. -- {En*for"ced*ly}, adv. --Shak. | |
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Enforced \En*forced"\, a. Compelled; forced; not voluntary. [bd]Enforced wrong.[b8] [bd]Enforced smiles.[b8] --Shak. -- {En*for"ced*ly}, adv. --Shak. | |
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Enforcement \En*force"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.] 1. The act of enforcing; compulsion. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. --Sir W. Raleigh. Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. --Shak. 2. A giving force to; a putting in execution. Enforcement of strict military discipline. --Palfrey. 3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied. The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. --Locke. | |
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Enforcer \En*for"cer\, n. One who enforces. | |
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Enforcible \En*for"ci*ble\, a. That may be enforced. | |
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Enforce \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.] 1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. --Shak. 2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. [bd]Enforcing furious way.[b8] --Spenser. 3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. --Shak. 4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. --Burke. 5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws. 6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. | |
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Enforcive \En*for"cive\, a. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. --Marsion. -- {En*for"cive*ly}, adv. | |
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Enforcive \En*for"cive\, a. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. --Marsion. -- {En*for"cive*ly}, adv. | |
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Enforest \En*for"est\, v. t. To turn into a forest. | |
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Enform \En*form"\, v. t. [F. enformer. See {Inform}.] To form; to fashion. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enframe \En*frame"\, v. t. To inclose, as in a frame. | |
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Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. | |
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Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. | |
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Enfranchisement \En*fran"chise*ment\, n. 1. Releasing from slavery or custody. --Shak. 2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. {Enfranchisement of copyhold} (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. --Mozley & W. | |
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Enfranchisement \En*fran"chise*ment\, n. 1. Releasing from slavery or custody. --Shak. 2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. {Enfranchisement of copyhold} (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. --Mozley & W. | |
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Enfranchiser \En*fran"chis*er\, n. One who enfranchises. | |
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Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. | |
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Enfree \En*free"\, v. t. To set free. [Obs.] [bd]The enfreed Antenor.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Enfreedom \En*free"dom\, v. t. To set free. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Enfreeze \En*freeze"\, v. t. To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. --Spenser. | |
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Enfroward \En*fro"ward\, v. t. To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys. | |
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Enpierce \En*pierce"\, v. t. [See {Empierce}.] To pierce. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Envermeil \En*ver"meil\, v. t. [Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See {Vermil}.] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Envier \En"vi*er\, n. One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses. | |
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Environ \En*vi"ron\, adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. --Fairfax. | |
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Environ \En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. {Veer}.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. --Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. --Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne. | |
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Environ \En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. {Veer}.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. --Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. --Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Environ \En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. {Veer}.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. --Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. --Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Environment \En*vi"ron*ment\, n. [Cf. F. environnement.] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed. 2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. It is no friendly environment, this of thine. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Environs \En*vi"rons\ (?; 277), n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. --Chesterfield. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Embarrass, MN Zip code(s): 55732 Embarrass, WI (village, FIPS 23850) Location: 44.67074 N, 88.70334 W Population (1990): 461 (148 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Empire, AL Zip code(s): 35063 Empire, CO (town, FIPS 24620) Location: 39.75970 N, 105.68260 W Population (1990): 401 (222 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Empire, LA (CDP, FIPS 23725) Location: 29.41189 N, 89.61061 W Population (1990): 2654 (979 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 6.1 sq km (water) Empire, MI (village, FIPS 25980) Location: 44.81317 N, 86.05894 W Population (1990): 355 (244 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49630 Empire, NV Zip code(s): 89405 Empire, OH (village, FIPS 25368) Location: 40.51096 N, 80.62502 W Population (1990): 364 (147 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Empire City, OK (town, FIPS 23900) Location: 34.46483 N, 98.04303 W Population (1990): 219 (88 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Empire Landing, AZ Zip code(s): 85344 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Emporia, KS (city, FIPS 21275) Location: 38.41142 N, 96.19307 W Population (1990): 25512 (10732 housing units) Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66801 Emporia, VA (city, FIPS 595) Location: 36.69479 N, 77.53670 W Population (1990): 5306 (2178 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Emporia, VA (city, FIPS 25808) Location: 36.69479 N, 77.53670 W Population (1990): 5306 (2178 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23847 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Emporium, PA (borough, FIPS 23600) Location: 41.51087 N, 78.23712 W Population (1990): 2513 (1220 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15834 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
empire n. Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. A number of multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various commercial derivatives the best known is probably "Empire Deluxe" on PCs and Amigas. Modern empire is a real-time wargame played over the internet by up to 120 players. Typical games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of months (long term). The amount of sleep you can get while playing is a function of the rate at which updates occur and the number of co-rulers of your country. Empire server software is available for unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other platforms. A comprehensive history of the game is available at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/infopages/History.html'. The Empire resource site is at `http://empire.idlpaper.com/'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
empire game written by Peter Langston many years ago. Five or six multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both {Unix} and {VMS}; the latter is even available as {MS-DOS} {freeware}. All are notoriously addictive. [{Jargon File}] (1995-08-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
environment {environment variable} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
environment variable the current environment. When evaluating an expression in some environment, the evaluation of a variable consists of looking up its name in the environment and substituting its value. Most programming languages have some concept of an environment but in {Unix} {shell scripts} it has a specific meaning slightly different from other contexts. In shell scripts, environment variables are one kind of {shell variable}. They differ from {local variables} and {command line arguments} in that they are inheritted by a {child process}. Examples are the PATH variable that tells the shell the {file system} {paths} to search to find command {executables} and the TZ variable which contains the local time zone. The variable called "SHELL" specifies the type of shell being used. These variables are used by commands or {shell scripts} to discover things about the environment they are operating in. Environment variables can be changed or created by the {user} or a program. To see a list of environment variables type "setenv" at the {csh} or {tcsh} {prompt} or "set" at the {sh}, {bash}, {jsh} or {ksh} prompt. In other programming languages, e.g. {functional programming} languages, the environment is extended with new bindings when a {function}'s {parameters} are bound to its {actual arguments} or when new variables are declared. In a {block-structured} {procedural} language, the environment usually consists of a {linked list} of {activation records}. (1999-01-26) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Embroider The art of embroidery was known to the Jews (Ex. 26:36; 35:35; 38:23; Judg. 5:30; Ps. 45:14). The skill of the women in this art was seen in the preparation of the sacerdotal robes of the high priest (Ex. 28). It seems that the art became hereditary in certain families (1 Chr. 4:21). The Assyrians were also noted for their embroidered robes (Ezek. 27:24). |