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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĕn'vi-er, n. p. 454One who envies; one who desires what another possesses, and hates him, or wishes his downfall.En'vi-oüs, a. p. 454Feeling or harboring envy; repining, or feeling uneasiness, at a view of the excellence, prosperity, or happiness of another; exhibiting envy; feeling, or actuated by, envy; — said of a person…En'vi-oüs-ly, adv. p. 454In an envious manner; with envy or malignity; spitefully.En'vi-oüs-ness, n. p. 454The quality or state of being envious.En-vī'ron, v. t. p. 454[Fr. environner, Pr. en-vironar, O. It. invironare, from Fr. & Pr. environ, about, thereabout, Pr. al viron, round about, from viron, circle, circuit, from Pr., Sp., & Pg. virar, O. Fr. virer, to…En-vī'ron, adv. p. 454About; around. [Obs. and rare.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.En-vī'ron-ment, n. p. 454Act of surrounding; state of being environed. 2. That which environs or surrounds.En-vī'rons or Ēn'vi-rōns, n. pl. p. 454The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; as, the environs of a city or town.En-vĭs'age, v. t. p. 454To look in the face of; to apprehend by a direct or immediate act; to know by intuition. From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.En-vĭs'age-ment, n. p. 454The act of envisaging.En-vŏl'ūme, v. t. p. 454To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [Rare.]En'voy, n. p. 454One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; especially, a person deputed by a prince or government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign prince or government…En'voy-ship, n. p. 455The office of an envoy.En'vy, v. t. p. 455To look with grudging or invidious eyes upon; to regard with discontent and malevolent longing, as some enjoyable thing which a person dislikes to see another have possession of, and would have…En'vy, v. i. p. 455To be filled with envious feelings; to regard any thing with grudging and longing eyes; — used especially with at. Thronged to the lists, and envied to behold The names of others, not their own…En'vy, n. p. 455Pain, uneasiness, mortification, or discontent excited by the sight of another’s superiority or success, accompanied with some degree of hatred or malignity, and often or usually with a desire or an…En-wall', v. t. p. 455See INWALL. Sidney.En-wal'low, v. t. p. 455To plunge into, or immerse or roll in, filth; to wallow. So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.En-wheel', v. t. p. 455To encircle. Shak.En-wid'en, v. t. p. 455To make wider; to widen. [Obs.] Cockeram.En-wom'an, v. t. p. 455To make womanish; to endow with the qualities of a woman. [Obs.] Daniel.En-wŏmb', v. t. p. 455To make pregnant. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern. Donne.En-wrāp', v. t. p. 455See INWRAP.En-wrāp'ment, n. p. 455The act of enwrapping, or the state of being enwrapped; also, that which enwraps; a covering; a wrapping or wrapper.E'o-cēne, a. p. 455(Geol.) First in time of the three subdivisions into which the tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; pertaining to the…Ē'o-cēne, n. p. 455(Geol.) A rock pertaining to the eocene epoch, or the earliest part of the tertiary period. Lyell.E-ō'li-an, a. p. 455E-ōl'ie p. 455Pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor. 2. Pertaining to Æolus, the god of the winds, in ancient mythology; and hence to the wind. Eolian attachment. See ÆOLIAN. — Eolian harp. See ÆOLIAN.E-ōl'ie, n. p. 455The dialect of Greek spoken in ancient Æolia; the music or verse of the Æolians.Ēōl'i-pīle, n. p. 455The same as ÆOLIPILE. See ÆOLIPILE.E'o-lis, n. p. 455(Zööl.) A genus of shell-less mollusks having branchial tufts along the back. Carpenter.Ē'on, n. p. 455A space or period of time, especially the time during which a person lives, or any thing exists; hence, also, the period during which the universe has duration; infinite space of time; eternity…Ĕp', or Ĕp'i. p. 455A prefix, signifying on, toward, to, among, &c.E'pāct, n. p. 455(Chron.) The moon's age at the end of the year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Menstrual or monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month…Ĕp'a-gō'ge, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which universal propositions are proved by particulars; induction.E-păl’pate, a. p. 455(Entom.) Without antennæ or feelers.Ĕp'an-a-di-plō'sis, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and end of a sentence; as, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Phil. iv. 4.Ep'an-a-lĕp'sis, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.Ĕp'a-năph'o-ră, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses; anaphora.Ĕp'a-năs'tro-phe, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which the speaker makes the end of one clause the beginning of the next.E-păn'o-dŏs, n. p. 455(Rhet.) (a.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following lines: — O more exceeding love, or law more just; Just law indeed, but…Ep'a-nor-thō'sis, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker recalls what he has said, in order to substitute a stronger or more significant one; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!Ep-ăn'tho'us, a. p. 455(Bot.) Growing upon flowers; — said of certain species of fungi.Ĕp'ärch, n. p. 455The governor or prefect of a province; — in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy, or subdivision of a country, inferior to a monarch.Ĕp'ărch-y, n. p. 455A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor. Tooke.E-paule', n. p. 455(Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the angle made by the face and flank. Brande.E-pau-le'ment, n. p. 455(Fort.) A side-work, or work to cover sidewise, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or with earth heaped up. It is used to afford cover from the fire of an enemy, but is not…Ep'au-let' or Ep'au-let'te, n. p. 455(Mil.) A shoulder-piece, an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder by military and naval officers, the difference of rank being distinctly marked by some peculiarity of form or size.Ep'au-let'ed or Ep'au-let'ted, a. p. 455Furnished with epaulets.Ep'au lēt'ied, a. p. 455(Mil.) A shoulder-piece, an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder by military and naval officers, the difference of rank being distinctly marked by some peculiarity of form or size.Ep’en-ce-phāl’ic, a. p. 455(Anat.) Belonging or relating to the encephalon; — said of the bony arch which surrounds and protects it.Ĕp'en-cĕph'a-lon, n. p. 455(Anat.) The hindmost of the four principal divisions of the brain.Ĕp'e-nēt'ĭc, a. p. 455Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] Phillips.E-pĕn' the-sĭs, n. p. 455(Gram.) The insertion of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word; as, alitum for altum.Ěp'en-thĕt'ic, a. p. 455(Gram.) Inserted in the middle of a word.Épargne, n. p. 455An ornamental stand for a large dish in the center of a table. Smart.Ep·ex'ē·gē'sis, n. p. 455An explanation of something that has gone before; exegesis.Ep-ēx'e-gĕt'ĭc-al, a. p. 455Explanatory of that which immediately precedes; exegetical.E'phā or E'phāh, n. p. 455A Hebrew measure, equal, according to Josephus, to the Attic medimnus, or one and four ninths bushels English.E·phēd'rā, n. p. 455(Bot.) A genus of plants resembling the horse-tail, the berries of some species of which are used by the Russian peasants for food.