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English Word Dictionary

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engage

verb · get caught

Example: make sure the gear is engaged

engagement

noun · employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time

Example: the play had bookings throughout the summer

engaging

adjective · attracting or delighting

Example: an engaging frankness

engender

verb · make children

Example: Abraham begot Isaac

engild

verb · decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

englut

verb · overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example: She stuffed herself at the dinner

engram

noun · a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

engross

verb · consume all of one's attention or time

Example: Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely

enigmatically

adverb · in a cryptic manner he said cryptically

Example: we will meet again,

enjoyableness

noun · pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed

Example: the enjoyableness of an afternoon at the beach

enjoyably

adverb · in an enjoyable manner

Example: we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon

enounce

verb · speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

Example: She pronounces French words in a funny way

enquiringly

adverb · in an inquiring manner

Example: Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly

enrich

verb · make better or improve in quality

Example: The experience enriched her understanding

enrol

verb · register formally as a participant or member

Example: The party recruited many new members

enroll

verb · register formally as a participant or member

Example: The party recruited many new members

enshrine

verb · enclose in a shrine

Example: the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral

enshroud

verb · cover as if with a shroud

Example: The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

ensiform

adjective · shaped like a sword blade

Example: the iris has an ensiform leaf

ensue

verb · issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

Example: result in tragedy

ensure

verb · be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

Example: He verified that the valves were closed

entangle

verb · twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Example: The child entangled the cord

entanglement

noun · an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

enterolobium

noun · small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia

enterprisingly

adverb · in an enterprising manner

Example: `Let's go up that mountain,' she said enterprisingly

entertain

verb · take into consideration, have in view

Example: He entertained the notion of moving to South America

entertainingly

adverb · in an entertaining manner

Example: Byron's consumed memoirs possessed the merit of being well and entertainingly written

enthralling

adjective · capturing interest as if by a spell

Example: bewitching smile

enthrallingly

adverb · in a bewitching manner

Example: she was bewitchingly beautiful

enthusiastically

adverb · with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner

Example: they discussed the question enthusiastically

entice

verb · provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

Example: He lured me into temptation

entomb

verb · place in a grave or tomb

Example: Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square

entozoon

noun · any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)

entranced

adjective · filled with wonder and delight

entreat

verb · ask for or request earnestly

Example: The prophet bid all people to become good persons

entrust

verb · confer a trust upon

Example: The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret

enviably

adverb · in an enviable manner

Example: she was enviably fluent in French

enviously

adverb · with jealousy; in an envious manner

Example: he looked at his friend's new car jealously

environ

verb · extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

Example: The forest surrounds my property

environmentally

adverb · for the environment

Example: the new recycling policy is environmentally safe

envy

noun · spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

enwrap

verb · enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

Example: Fog enveloped the house

eon

noun · (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe

ephemeral

adjective · lasting a very short time

Example: the ephemeral joys of childhood

ephippidae

noun · small family comprising the spadefishes

epi

noun · a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)

epidemic hysertia

noun · a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation

epidemiological

adjective · of or relating to epidemiology

Example: epidemiological studies

epidural

adjective · on or outside the dura mater

epigon

noun · an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician

epigrammatic

adjective · terse and witty and like a maxim

Example: much given to apothegmatic instruction

epilate

verb · remove body hair

Example: epilate her legs

epilithic

adjective · growing on stone

Example: epilithic mosses

epiphysial

adjective · relating to the epiphysis of a bone

epistemic

adjective · of or relating to epistemology

Example: epistemic modal