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Embace \Em*bace"\, v. t. See {Embase}. [Obs.] | |
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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. | |
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Embasement \Em*base"ment\, n. [From {Embase}, v. t.] Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. --South. | |
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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. | |
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Embassade \Em"bas*sade\, n. [F. ambassade. See {Embassy}.] An embassy. See {Ambassade}. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Embassadorial \Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. ambassadorial.] Same as {Ambassadorial}. | |
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Embassadress \Em*bas"sa*dress\, n. [Cf. F. ambassadrice.] Same as {Ambassadress}. | |
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Embassadry \Em*bas"sa*dry\, n. [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.] Embassy. [Obs.] --Leland. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Embastardize \Em*bas"tard*ize\, v. t. [Pref. em- + bastardize.] To bastardize. [Obs.] | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Embezzler \Em*bez"zler\, n. One who embezzles. | |
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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. | |
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Embogue \Em*bogue"\, v. i. [See {Disembogue}.] To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.] | |
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Emboguing \Em*bo"guing\, n. The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.] | |
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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. | |
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Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.] | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Emboss \Em*boss"\, v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] --S. Butler. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Embosser \Em*boss"er\ (?; 115), n. One who embosses. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Embox \Em*box"\, v. t. To inclose, as in a box; to imbox. | |
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Emboyssement \Em*boysse"ment\, n. [See {Embushment}.] An ambush. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Embush \Em*bush"\, v. t. [Cf. {Ambush}, {Imbosk}.] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Embushment \Em*bush"ment\, n. [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. emb[96]chement.] An ambush. [Obs.] | |
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Embusy \Em*bus"y\, v. t. To employ. [Obs.] --Skelton. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Empassion \Em*pas"sion\, v. t. To move with passion; to affect strongly. See {Impassion}. [Obs.] Those sights empassion me full near. --Spenser. | |
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Empassionate \Em*pas"sion*ate\, a. Strongly affected. [Obs.] The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. --Spenser. | |
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Empeach \Em*peach"\, v. t. To hinder. See {Impeach}. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Emphysematous \Em`phy*sem"a*tous\, a. [Cf. F. emphys[82]mateux.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated. | |
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Empight \Em*pight"\, a. [Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.] Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Empoison \Em*poi"son\, v. t. [F. empoisonner; pref. em- + F. poison. See {Poison}, and cf. {Impoison}.] To poison; to impoison. --Shak. | |
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Empoison \Em*poi"son\, n. Poison. [Obs.] --Remedy of Love. | |
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Empoisoner \Em*poi"son*er\, n. Poisoner. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Empoisonment \Em*poi"son*ment\, n. [F. empoisonnement.] The act of poisoning. --Bacon. | |
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Empugn \Em*pugn"\, v. t. [Obs.] See {Impugn}. | |
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Empuse \Em*puse"\, n. [LL. empusa, Gr. [?].] A phantom or specter. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Empuzzle \Em*puz"zle\, v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Enavigate \E*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.] To sail away or over. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Enfect \En*fect"\, a. [See {Infect}, a.] Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Enfester \En*fes"ter\, v. t. To fester. [Obs.] [bd]Enfestered sores.[b8] --Davies (Holy Roode). | |
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Envassal \En*vas"sal\, v. t. To make a vassal of. [Obs.] | |
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Enveigle \En*vei"gle\, v. t. To entice. See {Inveigle}. | |
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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. | |
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Envigor \En*vig"or\, v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.] | |
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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 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) |