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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Em'ber-week, n. p. 439See EMBER.Em-bĕt'ter, v. t. p. 439To cause to be, or grow, better; to meliorate. [Obs.] Daniel.Em-bĕz'le, v. t. p. 439To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as that intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle public money. 2. To misappropriate; to dissipate in…Em-bĕz'le-ment, n. p. 439The act of fraudulently appropriating to one's own use what is intrusted to one's care and management; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money, or public funds by the public officer…Em-bĕz'zler, n. p. 439One who embezzles.Em-bĭl'lōw, v. i. p. 439To swell or heave like a wave of the sea. [Rare.] Lisle.Em-bĭt'ter, v. t. p. 439To make bitter. See IMBITTER.Em-bit'ter-ment, n. p. 439The act of embittering.Em-blāze′, v. t. p. 439To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or…Em-blā'zon, v. t. p. 439To deck in glaring colors; to set off with ornament; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott. 2. To adorn with figures of…Em-blā'zōn-er, n. p. 439One who emblazons; a blazoner. 2. One who publishes and displays any thing with pomp.Em-blā'zōn-ment, n. p. 439An emblazoning.Em-blā'zon-ry, n. p. 439The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, &c. “Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry.” Trench.Em'blem, n. p. 439Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton. 2. An object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting some other object, quality, or the like…Em'blem, v. t. p. 439To represent or suggest by similarity of qualities. [Rare.] “Emblemed by the cozening fig-tree.” Feltham.Em'blem-ăt'ic or Em'blem-ăt'ic-al, a. p. 439Pertaining to, or comprising, an emblem; symbolic; using or dealing in emblems; as, emblematic figures or worship. 2. Representing by similarity of qualities or conventional significance; as, a crown…Ĕm'blem-ăt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 439By way or means of emblems; in the manner of emblems.Ĕm'blem-ăt'i-cīze, v. t. p. 439To emblematize. [Rare.]Em-blēm'a-tīst, n. p. 439A writer or inventor of emblems. Browne.Em-blēm'a-tize, v. t. p. 439To represent, as by an emblem; to symbolize. Walpole. Anciently the sun was emblematized by a starry figure. Hurd.Em'blē-ment, n. p. 439(Law.) The produce or fruits of land sown or planted; the growing crops of those vegetable productions of the soil, such as grain, garden roots, and the like, which are not spontaneous, but require…Em'blem-īze, v. t. p. 439To represent by an emblem. [Rare.]Em-blōōm', v. t. p. 439To cover, decorate, or enrich with bloom; to adorn with blossoms. Savage.Em-blŏs'som, v. t. p. 439To cover with blossoms; to embloom. “The white emblossomed spray.” Cunningham.Em-bŏd'i-er, n. p. 439One who embodies.Em-bŏd'i-ment, n. p. 439The act of embodying; the state of being embodied. 2. That which is embodied; a bodily representation; a complete system, like an organized body; a whole, comprehending essential parts; as, the…Em-bŏd'y, v. t. p. 439To form into a body; to make corporeal; to invest with matter; as, to embody the soul or spirit; a form embodied. “Devils embodied and disembodied.” W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no…Em-bŏd'y, v. i. p. 439To unite in a body, mass, or collection; to coalesce. [Rare.] “To embody against this court party.” Burke.Em-bōgue', v. i. p. 439To discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.Em-bōg'uing, n. p. 439The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged into the sea.Em-boil', v. i. p. 439To burn with indignation or anger. [Obs.] “Emboiling in his haughty Heart.” Spenser.Em-boil', v. t. p. 439To cause to burn with indignation; to vex, chafe, or irritate. [Obs.] Spenser.Emboîtement, n. p. 439(Mil.) The closing up of a number of men in order to secure the front rank from injury.Em-bōld'en, v. t. p. 439To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. “Emboldened in their reliance upon the vigilance and good faith of the unseen Administrator of affairs.” Isaac Taylor.Em-bōld'en-er, n. p. 439One who emboldens.Ĕm’bo-lĭsm, n. p. 439Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year. 2. Intercalated time. Johnson.Ĕm′bo-lĭs′mal, a. p. 439Pertaining to intercalation; intercalated; inserted; as, embolismal months.Ĕm'/bo-lĭs-măt'ic or Ĕm'/bo-lĭs-măt'ic-al, a. p. 439Embolismic. Scott.Em'bo-lĭs'mic or Em'bo-lĭs'mic-al, a. p. 440Pertaining to, or formed by, intercalation; intercalated; inserted; as, an embolismic year.Ĕm'bo-līte, n. p. 440(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the chloride of silver and the bromide of silver.Ĕm’bo-lŭs, n. p. 440Something inserted or acting in another; that which thrusts or drives, as a piston or a wedge.Embonpoint, n. p. 440Plumpness of person; rotundity of figure; fleshiness.Em-bôrd'er, v. t. p. 440To adorn with a border; to imborder.Em-bos'om, v. t. p. 440To take into the bosom; to receive into the heart; to cherish. “Glad to embosom his affection.” Spenser. 2. To hide or half conceal; to overshadow. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope.Em-bŏss', v. t. p. 440To cover with bosses or protuberances; hence, to fashion the surface of with raised work; to ornament in relief. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. To fashion relief or raised…Em-bŏssed', p. a. p. 440Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures. 2. (Bot.) Having the center projecting like the boss of a shield.Em-bōss'ment, n. p. 440The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed. 2. A boss-like prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance. “The embossment of the figure.” Addison.Em-bŏt'tle, v. t. p. 440To put in a bottle; to bottle; to include or confine in a bottle. Phillips.Embouchure, n. p. 440A mouth, aperture, or opening, as of a river, cannon, and the like. 2. (Mus.) (a.) The mouth-piece of a wind-instrument. (b.) The shaping of the lips to the mouth-piece; as, a flute-player has a good…Em-bōw', v. t. p. 440To form like a bow; to arch; to curve. “Embowed arches.” W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spencer.Em-bow'el, v. t. p. 440To remove the bowels of; to free from viscera; to eviscerate; hence, to prepare for embalming; to embalm. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak. Embow(e)led [i. e., embalmed]…Em-bow'el-er, n. p. 440One who takes out the bowels.Em-bow'el-ment, n. p. 440Evisceration.Em-bow'er, v. i. p. 440To lodge or rest in a bower.Em-bow'er, v. t. p. 440To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.Em-bōwl', v. t. p. 440To make globular or convex, like a bowl; to form into a bowl. [Obs.] Sidney.Em-bŏx', v. t. p. 440To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.Em-brā'ce, v. t. p. 440To clasp or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection; to hug. Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acts xx. 1. 2. To cling to with warmth or earnestness; to…Em-brāce’, v. i. p. 440To join in an embrace. Shak.Em-brāce’,, n. p. 440Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. “Parting with a long embrace.” Tennyson. Syn.—Hug; clasp; lock; grapple; pressure.