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   embassador
         n 1: a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as
               representative from one country to another [syn:
               {ambassador}, {embassador}]

English Dictionary: envisage by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embassy
n
  1. a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
  2. an ambassador and his entourage collectively
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embezzle
v
  1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
    Synonym(s): embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embezzled
adj
  1. taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"
    Synonym(s): embezzled, misappropriated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embezzlement
n
  1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    Synonym(s): embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embezzler
n
  1. someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
    Synonym(s): embezzler, defalcator, peculator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emboss
v
  1. raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embossed
adj
  1. embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"
    Synonym(s): brocaded, embossed, raised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embossment
n
  1. an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: imprint, embossment]
  2. sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
    Synonym(s): relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embouchure
n
  1. the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
    Synonym(s): mouthpiece, embouchure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasis
n
  1. special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
    Synonym(s): emphasis, accent
  2. intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
    Synonym(s): vehemence, emphasis
  3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
  4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
    Synonym(s): stress, emphasis, accent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasise
v
  1. give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
    Synonym(s): underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
  2. to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
    Synonym(s): stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasised
adj
  1. spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word" [syn: emphatic, emphasized, emphasised]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasize
v
  1. to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
    Synonym(s): stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
  2. give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
    Synonym(s): underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasized
adj
  1. spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word" [syn: emphatic, emphasized, emphasised]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasizing
n
  1. the act of giving special importance or significance to something
    Synonym(s): emphasizing, accenting, accentuation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphysema
n
  1. an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age
    Synonym(s): emphysema, pulmonary emphysema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphysematous
adj
  1. relating to or resembling or being emphysema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphysematous gangrene
n
  1. (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
    Synonym(s): gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphysematous phlegmon
n
  1. (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
    Synonym(s): gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
en passant
adv
  1. incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing"
    Synonym(s): in passing, en passant
n
  1. (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envious
adj
  1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
    Synonym(s): covetous, envious, jealous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enviously
adv
  1. with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously"
    Synonym(s): enviously, covetously, jealously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enviousness
n
  1. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
    Synonym(s): envy, enviousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envisage
v
  1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
    Synonym(s): imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envision
v
  1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
    Synonym(s): visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
  2. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
    Synonym(s): envision, foresee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envisioned
adj
  1. seen in the mind as a mental image; "the glory of his envisioned future"; "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination"; "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life"
    Synonym(s): envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envisioning
n
  1. visual imagery
    Synonym(s): picturing, envisioning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envoy extraordinary
n
  1. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador [syn: envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eumops
n
  1. mastiff bats
    Synonym(s): Eumops, genus Eumops
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eye infection
n
  1. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embace \Em*bace"\, v. t.
      See {Embase}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embase \Em*base"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF.
      embaissier.]
      To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to
      debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]
  
               Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills.
                                                                              --Sylvester.
  
               Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the
               better, but it embaseth it.                     --Bacon.
  
               Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for
               nothing but to embase divinity.               --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embasement \Em*base"ment\, n. [From {Embase}, v. t.]
      Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ambassade \Am"bas*sade\, Embassade \Em"bas*sade\, n. [F.
      ambassade. See {Embassy}.]
      1. The mission of an ambassador. [Obs.] --Carew.
  
      2. An embassy. [Obs.] --Strype.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassade \Em"bas*sade\, n. [F. ambassade. See {Embassy}.]
      An embassy. See {Ambassade}. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ambassador \Am*bas"sa*dor\, Embassador \Em*bas"sa*dor\, n. [See
      {Embassador}.]
      1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to
            represent there his sovereign or country.
  
      Note: Ambassadors are either ordinary [or resident] or
               extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or
               unusual occasion or errand. --Abbott.
  
      2. An official messenger and representative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassador \Em*bas"sa*dor\, n. [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador,
      LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See {Embassy}, and cf.
      {Ambassador}.]
      Same as {Ambassador}.
  
               Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to
               Corinth.                                                --Chaucer.
  
               Myself my king's embassador will go.      --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassadorial \Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. ambassadorial.]
      Same as {Ambassadorial}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassadress \Em*bas"sa*dress\, n. [Cf. F. ambassadrice.]
      Same as {Ambassadress}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassadry \Em*bas"sa*dry\, n. [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.]
      Embassy. [Obs.] --Leland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassage \Em"bas*sage\ (?; 48), n.
      1. An embassy. [bd]He sent a solemn embassage.[b8] --Bacon.
  
                     Except your embassages have better success.
                                                                              --Motley.
  
      2. Message; errand. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassy \Em"bas*sy\, n.; pl. {Embassies}. [OF. ambass[82]e,
      embasc[82]e, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to
      go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic
      or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts
      servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. {Ambassador}.]
      1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or
            business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public
            message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence,
            any solemn message.
  
                     He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the
            ambassador and his suite; envoys.
  
      3. The residence or office of an ambassador.
  
      Note: Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embassy \Em"bas*sy\, n.; pl. {Embassies}. [OF. ambass[82]e,
      embasc[82]e, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to
      go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic
      or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts
      servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. {Ambassador}.]
      1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or
            business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public
            message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence,
            any solemn message.
  
                     He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the
            ambassador and his suite; envoys.
  
      3. The residence or office of an ambassador.
  
      Note: Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embastardize \Em*bas"tard*ize\, v. t. [Pref. em- + bastardize.]
      To bastardize. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embezzle \Em*bez"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf.
      OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.]
      1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property
            intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by
            a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
  
      2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
            [Obs.]
  
                     To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                                              --Sharp.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embezzle \Em*bez"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf.
      OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.]
      1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property
            intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by
            a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
  
      2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
            [Obs.]
  
                     To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                                              --Sharp.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embezzlement \Em*bez"zle*ment\, n.
      The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom
      it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his
      employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public
      officer having them in charge.
  
      Note: Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from
               another's possession; embezzlement denotes an
               appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already
               in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most
               of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by
               statute.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embezzler \Em*bez"zler\, n.
      One who embezzles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embezzle \Em*bez"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf.
      OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.]
      1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property
            intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by
            a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
  
      2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
            [Obs.]
  
                     To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                                              --Sharp.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embogue \Em*bogue"\, v. i. [See {Disembogue}.]
      To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the
      sea or another river. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboguing \Em*bo"guing\, n.
      The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are
      discharged. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embosom \Em*bos"om\, v. t. [Written also imbosom.]
      1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to
            foster.
  
                     Glad to embosom his affection.            --Spenser.
  
      2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in
            the midst of something.
  
                     His house embosomed in the grove.      --Pope.
  
                     Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest
                     glade.                                                --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.]
      To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embossed} (?;
      115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embossing}.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
      boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
      1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
            particularly, to ornament with raised work.
  
                     Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
            on a coin, or the like.
  
                     Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's
                     death.                                                --Dryden.
  
                     Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
                     upon a purple ground.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare,
      F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
      1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose,
            shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]
  
                     In the Arabian woods embossed.            --Milton.
  
      2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
  
                     A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. i.
      To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S.
      Butler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embossed} (?;
      115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embossing}.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
      boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
      1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
            particularly, to ornament with raised work.
  
                     Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
            on a coin, or the like.
  
                     Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's
                     death.                                                --Dryden.
  
                     Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
                     upon a purple ground.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
      1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
  
      2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
  
      3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] [bd]An embossed
            carbuncle.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embosser \Em*boss"er\ (?; 115), n.
      One who embosses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embossed} (?;
      115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embossing}.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
      boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
      1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
            particularly, to ornament with raised work.
  
                     Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
            on a coin, or the like.
  
                     Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's
                     death.                                                --Dryden.
  
                     Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
                     upon a purple ground.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embossment \Em*boss"ment\, n.
      1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state
            of being so formed.
  
      2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut;
            protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces
            having a decorative effect. [bd]The embossment of the
            figure.[b8] --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embox \Em*box"\, v. t.
      To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emboyssement \Em*boysse"ment\, n. [See {Embushment}.]
      An ambush. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embush \Em*bush"\, v. t. [Cf. {Ambush}, {Imbosk}.]
      To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] --Shelton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embushment \Em*bush"ment\, n. [OE. embusshement, OF.
      embuschement, F. emb[96]chement.]
      An ambush. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embusy \Em*bus"y\, v. t.
      To employ. [Obs.] --Skelton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empaistic \Em*pais"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] to stamp
      in; [?] in + [?] to strike.] (Fine Arts)
      Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with
      reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empasm \Em*pasm"\, n. [F. empasme, fr. Gr. [?] to sprinkle in or
      on; [?] in + [?] to sprinkle.]
      A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of
      sweat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empassion \Em*pas"sion\, v. t.
      To move with passion; to affect strongly. See {Impassion}.
      [Obs.]
  
               Those sights empassion me full near.      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empassionate \Em*pas"sion*ate\, a.
      Strongly affected. [Obs.]
  
               The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empeach \Em*peach"\, v. t.
      To hinder. See {Impeach}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphasis \Em"pha*sis\, n.; pl. {Emphases}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]
      significance, force of expression, fr. [?] to show in,
      indicate; [?] in + [?] to show. See {In}, and {Phase}.]
      1. (Rhet.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of
            voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words
            whose signification the speaker intends to impress
            specially upon his audience.
  
                     The province of emphasis is so much more important
                     than accent, that the customary seat of the latter
                     is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.
                                                                              --E. Porter.
  
      2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of
            thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to
            dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
  
                     External objects stand before us . . . in all the
                     life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphasis \Em"pha*sis\, n.; pl. {Emphases}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]
      significance, force of expression, fr. [?] to show in,
      indicate; [?] in + [?] to show. See {In}, and {Phase}.]
      1. (Rhet.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of
            voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words
            whose signification the speaker intends to impress
            specially upon his audience.
  
                     The province of emphasis is so much more important
                     than accent, that the customary seat of the latter
                     is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.
                                                                              --E. Porter.
  
      2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of
            thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to
            dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
  
                     External objects stand before us . . . in all the
                     life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.]
      To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
      make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.]
      To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
      make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.]
      To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
      make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Emphysema \[d8]Em`phy*se"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] inflation,
      fr. [?] to inflate; [?] in + [?] to blow: cf. F.
      emphys[8a]me.] (Med.)
      A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular
      tissue.
  
      {Emphysema of the lungs}, {Pulmonary emphysema} (Med.), a
            common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are
            distended and their partition walls ruptured by an
            abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emphysematous \Em`phy*sem"a*tous\, a. [Cf. F. emphys[82]mateux.]
      (Med.)
      Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled;
      bloated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empight \Em*pight"\, a. [Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.]
      Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empoison \Em*poi"son\, v. t. [F. empoisonner; pref. em- + F.
      poison. See {Poison}, and cf. {Impoison}.]
      To poison; to impoison. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empoison \Em*poi"son\, n.
      Poison. [Obs.] --Remedy of Love.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empoisoner \Em*poi"son*er\, n.
      Poisoner. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empoisonment \Em*poi"son*ment\, n. [F. empoisonnement.]
      The act of poisoning. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empugn \Em*pugn"\, v. t. [Obs.]
      See {Impugn}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empuse \Em*puse"\, n. [LL. empusa, Gr. [?].]
      A phantom or specter. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empuzzle \Em*puz"zle\, v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.]
      To puzzle. [Archaic] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enavigate \E*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [L. enavigatus, p. p. of
      enavigare.]
      To sail away or over. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enface \En*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Enfacing}.] [Pref. en- + face.]
      1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.);
            as, to enface drafts with memoranda.
  
      2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like)
            on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the
            words [bd]Payable in Calcutta[b8] upon the face of a
            draft.
  
      {Enfaced paper} (Com.), Indian government securities the
            principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in
            silver rupees. --Dict. of Pol. Econ.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enface \En*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Enfacing}.] [Pref. en- + face.]
      1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.);
            as, to enface drafts with memoranda.
  
      2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like)
            on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the
            words [bd]Payable in Calcutta[b8] upon the face of a
            draft.
  
      {Enfaced paper} (Com.), Indian government securities the
            principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in
            silver rupees. --Dict. of Pol. Econ.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enface \En*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Enfacing}.] [Pref. en- + face.]
      1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.);
            as, to enface drafts with memoranda.
  
      2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like)
            on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the
            words [bd]Payable in Calcutta[b8] upon the face of a
            draft.
  
      {Enfaced paper} (Com.), Indian government securities the
            principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in
            silver rupees. --Dict. of Pol. Econ.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enface \En*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Enfacing}.] [Pref. en- + face.]
      1. To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.);
            as, to enface drafts with memoranda.
  
      2. To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like)
            on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the
            words [bd]Payable in Calcutta[b8] upon the face of a
            draft.
  
      {Enfaced paper} (Com.), Indian government securities the
            principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in
            silver rupees. --Dict. of Pol. Econ.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfect \En*fect"\, a. [See {Infect}, a.]
      Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfester \En*fes"ter\, v. t.
      To fester. [Obs.] [bd]Enfestered sores.[b8] --Davies (Holy
      Roode).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envassal \En*vas"sal\, v. t.
      To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enveigle \En*vei"gle\, v. t.
      To entice. See {Inveigle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. {Envies}. [F. envie, L. invidia envious;
      akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in
      against + videre to see. See {Vision}.]
      1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]
  
                     If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to
                     the people.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the
            sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied
            with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal
            advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of;
            as, they did this in envy of C[91]sar.
  
                     Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of
                     another, or anger and displeasure at any good of
                     another which we want, or any advantage another hath
                     above us.                                          --Ray.
  
                     No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is
                     emulation in the learned or brave.      --Pope.
  
      3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]
  
                     Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous
                     envy.                                                --Ford.
  
      4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]
  
                     To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson.
  
      5. An object of envious notice or feeling.
  
                     This constitution in former days used to be the envy
                     of the world.                                    --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envigor \En*vig"or\, v. t.
      To invigorate. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L.
      invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf.
      {Invidious}.]
      1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
  
                     Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or
            proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition,
            feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or
            good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed
            by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition,
            attack; envious tongues.
  
                     My soul is envious of mine eye.         --Keble.
  
                     Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
                                                                              19.
  
      3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
  
                     He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
                     victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
  
      4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
  
                     No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
            -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L.
      invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf.
      {Invidious}.]
      1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
  
                     Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or
            proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition,
            feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or
            good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed
            by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition,
            attack; envious tongues.
  
                     My soul is envious of mine eye.         --Keble.
  
                     Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
                                                                              19.
  
      3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
  
                     He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
                     victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
  
      4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
  
                     No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
            -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L.
      invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf.
      {Invidious}.]
      1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
  
                     Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or
            proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition,
            feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or
            good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed
            by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition,
            attack; envious tongues.
  
                     My soul is envious of mine eye.         --Keble.
  
                     Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
                                                                              19.
  
      3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
  
                     He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
                     victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
  
      4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
  
                     No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
            -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envisage \En*vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envisaged}
      (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Envisaging}.] [F. envisager; pref.
      en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See {Visage}.]
      To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.]
      --Keats.
  
               From the very dawn of existence the infant must
               envisage self, and body acting on self.   --McCosh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envisage \En*vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envisaged}
      (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Envisaging}.] [F. envisager; pref.
      en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See {Visage}.]
      To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.]
      --Keats.
  
               From the very dawn of existence the infant must
               envisage self, and body acting on self.   --McCosh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envisagement \En*vis"age*ment\, n.
      The act of envisaging.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envisage \En*vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envisaged}
      (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Envisaging}.] [F. envisager; pref.
      en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See {Visage}.]
      To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.]
      --Keats.
  
               From the very dawn of existence the infant must
               envisage self, and body acting on self.   --McCosh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envoyship \En"voy*ship\, n.
      The office or position of an envoy.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   embosser
  
      {Braille printer}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   empeg
  
      An in-car audio product that plays {MP3} files from
      a {hard disk}.   It is based around a {DEC}/{Intel} {StrongARM}
      {S-1100} processor and runs a version of {Linux}.   The {user
      interface} is written in {Python}.
  
      {Home (http://www.empeg.com/)}.
  
      See also {MPEG}.
  
      (1999-09-14)
  
  
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