- Discerning, a. Discriminating, knowing, sagacious, perspicacious, judicious, acute, intelligent, ingenious, clear-headed, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, Argus-eyed.
- Discernment, n. Discrimination, sagacity, shrewdness, sharpness, brightness, astuteness, acuteness, cleverness, perspicacity, ingenuity, penetration, insight, judgment, intelligence, mother wit, quick parts.

- 6. Dismiss, discard, cashier, break, turn away, send away.
- 7. Remove, destroy, put away, clear from.
- 8. Perform, execute, fulfil, observe, acquit one's self of.
- 9. Remove, take out (as the cargo of a vessel).
- 10. (Law.) Cancel, rescind, annul, nullify, invalidate, make void.
- Discharge, n. 1.Unloading, disburdening.
- 2.Emission, ejection, expulsion, excretion, vent, evacuation.
- 3.Firing, explosion, blast, burst, firing off.
- 4.Observance, performance, fulfilment, execution.
- 5.Payment, settlement, liquidation, satisfaction, clearance.
- 6. Release, liberation, exemption.
- 7. Acquittal, exoneration, absolution.
- Disciple, n. 1.Scholar, pupil, learner.
- 2.Follower, adherent, partisan, supporter, retainer.
- Disciplinarian, n. Martinet, enforcer of discipline.
- Discipline, n. 1.Instruction, training, drilling, drill, exercise, education, culture, schooling, breeding.
- 2.Subjection, control, regulation, government.
- 3.Punishment, chastisement, correction, castigation.
- Discipline, v. a. 1.Instruct, train, breed, educate, teach, drill, exercise, form, bring up.
- 2.Regulate, control, govern, school, bring under subjection.
- 3.Punish, chastise, correct, castigate.
- Disclaim, v. a. 1.Disown, disavow, deny any knowledge of.
- 2.Renounce, reject, cast off.
- Disclaimer, n. 1.Disavowal.
- 2.(Law.) Renunciation (of a claim or a title), relinquishment.
- Disclose, v. a. 1.Uncover, expose, bring to view, bring to light.
- 2.Reveal, divulge, show, unfold, unvail, tell, utter, betray, communicate, lay open, make known.
- Disclosure, n. Revelation, exposure, discovery.
- Discolor, v. a. Stain, tarnish, change the color of.
- Discomfit, v. a. Defeat, overthrow, rout, overcome, overpower, conquer, vanquish, subdue, beat, checkmate, put to flight, put down, get the upper hand of, scatter in fight.
- Discomfiture, n. Rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin.
- Discomfort, n. Uneasiness, disquiet, inquietude, trouble, annoyance.
- Discommode, v. a. Disturb, annoy, molest, trouble, disquiet, incommode, inconvenience, put to inconvenience.
- Discompose, v. a. 1.Disorder, derange, disarrange, embroil, jumble, unsettle, confuse, disturb, throw into disorder or confusion.
- 2.Displease, disquiet, ruffle, agitate, harass, worry, annoy, plague, trouble, vex, fret, nettle, irritate, provoke, chafe.
- 3.Disconcert, perplex, bewilder, embarrass, abash, put out.
- Discomposure, n. 1.Derangement, confusion.
- 2.Agitation, disquiet, uneasiness, excitement, vexation, worry, perturbation, annoyance.
- Disconcert, v. a. 1.Frustrate, defeat, thwart, contravene, interrupt, undo.
- 2.Discompose, confuse, perplex, bewilder, embarrass, disturb, abash, put out.
- Disconnect, v. a. Disjoin, separate, disengage, disunite, sever.
- Disconnection, n. Disjunction, disassociation, disunion, separation, isolation, severance.
- Disconsolate, a. Inconsolable, desolate, forlorn, heart-broken, broken-hearted, comfortless, cheerless, sorrowful, melancholy, sad.
- Discontent, n. Dissatisfaction, uneasiness, inquietude.
- Discontinuance, n. Cessation, intermission, suspension, interruption, stoppage, stop, breaking off.
- Discontinue, v. a. Intermit, stop, interrupt, break off, leave off, put an end to.
- Discontinuous, a. Interrupted, broken off.
- Discord, n. 1.Disagreement, contention, strife, dissension.
- 2.Dissonance, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.
- Discordance, n. 1.Disagreement, inconsistency, incongruity, opposition, conflict.
- 2.Discord, dissonance.
- Discordancy, n. 1.Disagreement, inconsistency, incongruity, opposition, conflict.
- 2.Discord, dissonance.
- Discordant, a. 1.Disagreeing, incongruous, contradictory, contrary, opposite, repugnant, at variance.
- 2.Dissonant, harsh, jarring, inharmonious.
- Discount, n. Allowance, deduction, reduction, drawback, abatement, rebate.
- Discountenance, v. a. [Rare.] 1. Abash, put to shame, put out of countenance.
- 2.Discourage, disfavor, frown upon, show disapprobation of.
- Discourage, v. a. 1.Dishearten, dispirit, depress, deject.
- 2.Dissuade, deter, keep back.
- 3.Disfavor, discountenance, throw cold water upon, put a damper on.
- Discouragement, n. 1.Disheartening.
- 2.Dissuasion, dehortation, counter influence.
- 3.Embarrassment, hinderance, obstacle, impediment, damper, wet blanket, cold water.
- Discourse, n. 1. [Rare.] Reason, reasoning faculty.
- 2. Dissertation, treatise, disquisition, homily, sermon.
- 3. Conversation, talk, oral communication, verbal intercourse.
- Discourse, v. n. 1. Speak, expatiate, hold forth, deliver a discourse.
- 2. Talk, converse, parley, confer, advise, hold a conversation, hold a parley or conference, talk together.
- Discourse, v. a. Utter, emit, give forth.
- Discourteous, a. Uncivil, impolite, uncourtly, uncomplaisant, ungentlemanly, disrespectful, inurbane, unmannerly, uncourteous, rude, ill-bred, ill-mannered.
- Discourtesy, n. Incivility, impoliteness, rudeness, inurbanity, ill-breeding.
- Discover, v. a. 1. Reveal, communicate, tell, disclose, exhibit, show, manifest, make manifest, impart, make known, lay open, lay bare, expose to view.
- 2. Ascertain, detect, find out, get the first knowledge of.
- 3. Descry, discern, espy, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of.
- Discovery, n. 1. Disclosure, revelation, making known.
- 2. Finding, finding out.
- 3. First sight, first view.
- Discredit, n. 1. Disbelief, distrust, doubt.
- 2. Disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, ignominy, ill repute.
- Discredit, v. a. 1. Disbelieve, give no credit to, place no confidence in, refuse credence to.
- 2. Disgrace, dishonor, bring reproach upon, make disreputable, BLOW UPON, destroy confidence in, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.
- Discreditable, a. Disgraceful, disreputable.
- Discreet, a. Prudent, cautious, judicious, wise, circumspect, considerate, heedful, wary; not rash, heedless, or headlong.
- Discrepance, n. Difference, incongruity, disagreement, contrariety, inconsistency, variation.
- Discrepancy, n. Difference, incongruity, disagreement, contrariety, inconsistency, variation.
- Discrepant, a. Differing, disagreeing, incongruous, inconsistent, contrary.
- Discrete, a. 1. Separate, distinct, disjunct, not continuous.
- 2. Disjunctive, discretive.
- Discretion, n. 1. Prudence (in things immediately before us), judgment, caution, wariness, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, judiciousness.
- 2. Will, pleasure, choice, liberty of judgment.
- Discretional, a. Optional.
- Discretionary, a. Optional.
- Discretive, a. Disjunctive, discrete.
- Discriminate, v. a. Distinguish, mark the difference between.
- Discriminate, v. n. Distinguish, make a distinction, note differences, judge nicely or accurately.
- Discrimination, n. 1. Distinction.
- 2. Discernment, penetration, acuteness, judgment, sagacity, insight.
- Discriminative, a. Discriminating, distinguishing, characterizing, distinctive.
- Discursive, a. 1. Reasoning, argumentative, capable of reasoning.
- 2. Roving, wandering, rambling, desultory, that takes a wide range.
- Discus, n. Quoit, disk.
- Discuss, v. a. Debate, sift, canvass, ventilate, agitate, argue, reason about.
- Discussion, n. Debate, ventilation, agitation, disquisition, disputation, controversy, canvass.
- Disdain, v. a. Despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath notice.
- Disdain, n. Scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, arrogance, HAUTEUR.
- Disdainful, a. Scornful, contemptuous, supercilious, contumelious, haughty, cavalier.
- Disease, n. Disorder, distemper, malady, complaint, ail, ailment, sickness, illness, indisposition.
- Diseased, a. Disordered, distempered, unsound, sickly, sick.
- Disembark, v. a. Land, put on shore.
- Disembark, v. n. Land, go on shore.
- Disembarrass, v. a. Disengage, extricate, release, disburden, disencumber, ease, rid, free, clear, set free.
- Disembodied, a. Unbodied, incorporeal, immaterial, spiritual.
- Disembogue, v. a. Discharge (at the mouth, as a river), empty, pour out, give vent to.
- Disembogue, v. n. Issue, flow out (at the mouth, as a river), discharge itself, be discharged.
- Disemboguement, n. Discharge, issue.
- Disembowel, v. a. Eviscerate, embowel, take out the bowels of.
- Disembroil, v. a. Disentangle, free from perplexity, extricate from confusion.
- Disenable, v. a. Disqualify, disable, unfit, incapacitate, make incapable.
- Disenchant, v. a. Free from enchantment, deliver from illusions.
- Disencumber, v. a. Disburden, disengage, disembarrass, release, ease, rid, set free.
- Disengage, v. a. 1. Release, extricate, liberate, clear, disentangle, disembroil, disembarrass, loose, unloose, free, set free.
- 2. Separate, detach, divide, disjoin, disunite, dissociate.
- 3.
- Disengaged, a. Unengaged, unoccupied, at leisure, not busy.
- Disengagement, n. 1. Detachment, separation.
- 2. Liberation, release, extrication, disentanglement.
- 3. Leisure, freedom from business.
- Disennoble, v. a. Degrade, disgrace, make ignoble.
- Disentangle, v. a. 1. Unravel, unfold, untwist.
- 2. Extricate, disengage, disembroil, liberate, clear, loose, unloose, free, set free.
- Disestablish, v. a. [Rare.] Abolish, overthrow, annul, discontinue, abrogate, set aside, do away.
- Disestablishment, n. [Rare.] Abolition, annulment, discontinuance, abrogation, overthrow, subversion, destruction, annihilation, extinction.
- Disesteem, n. Disregard, DISFAVOR.
- Disfavor, n. Disregard, disesteem, dislike, disrespect.
- Disfigure, v. a. Deform, deface, mar, injure, spoil, make ugly, make unsightly.
- Disfigurement, n. Defacement, injury.
- Disfranchise, v. a. Deprive of a franchise, deprive of chartered rights or the privileges of a citizen.
- Disfurnish, v. a. Unfurnish, strip, divest, dismantle, disgarnish.
- Disgarnish, v. a. Disfurnish.
- Disgorge, v. a. 1.
- 2. Eject, discharge, throw out.
- 3. Relinquish, surrender, yield, give up, give back.
- Disgrace, n. 1. Disfavor, degradation.
- 2. Dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, scandal, blot on one's escutcheon.
- Disgrace, v. a. Dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase, tarnish, stain, sully, taint; bring shame, reproach, dishonor, or a stain upon.
- Disgraceful, a. Shameful, ignominious, scandalous, dishonorable, discreditable, disreputable, infamous, opprobrious.
- Disguise, v. a. Conceal (by dress or outward appearance), cloak, veil, shroud, muffle, mask, hide, dissemble.
- Disguise, n. 1. Mask, cover, counterfeit dress.
- 2. False appearance, counterfeit show.
- Disguised, a. 1. Cloaked, masked, veiled, in disguise.
- 2. Intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, drunk, fuddled, tipsy, mellow, maudlin, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over.
- Disgust, n. 1. Nausea, disrelish, distaste, loathing.
- 2. Dislike, repugnance, aversion, antipathy, abomination, detestation, abhorrence, hatred.
- Disgust, v. a. 1. Sicken, affect with nausea, turn one's stomach, go against one's stomach.
- 2. Displease, offend.
- Disgusting, a. Nauseous, nauseating, loathsome, sickening, repulsive, revolting, offensive, distasteful, odious, hateful, foul, abominable.
- Dish, n. 1. Platter.
- 2. Viand, article of food.
- Dishabille, n. Undress, loose dress.
- Dishearten, v. a. Dispirit, discourage, deject, depress.
- Dished, a. [Low.] 1. Ruined, spoiled.
- 2. Frustrated, balked, foiled, baffled, disconcerted, disappointed.
- Dishevelled, a. Disordered (as the hair), untrimmed, hanging loosely or negligently, at loose ends.
- Dishing, a. Concave, dish-like.
- Dish-like, a. Dishing, concave, shaped like a dish.
- Dishonest, a. Faithless, knavish, false, unfair, disingenuous, fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous, slippery, unscrupulous, perfidious, wicked, false-hearted.
- Dishonesty, n. Improbity, faithlessness, knavery, treachery, falsehood, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, wickedness.
- Dishonor, n. Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, reproach, degradation, shame, ignominy, obloquy, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.
- Dishonor, v. a. 1. Disgrace, bring shame or reproach upon, stain the character of.
- 2. Violate, debauch, ravish, deflour.
- 3. Refuse to accept or to pay (as a draft).
- Dishonorable, a. Disreputable, discreditable, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous, ignominious.
- Dish-washer, n. Goosander, wagtail, dun-diver (Mergus merganser or Mergus castor).
- Disinclination, n. Indisposition, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, unwillingness.
- Disincline, v. a. Make averse.
- Disinclined, a. Unwilling, indisposed, reluctant, averse.
- Disinfect, v. a. Deodorize, fumigate, purify.
- Disingenuous, a. Unfair, dishonest, insincere, uncandid, artful, cunning, sly, insidious, deceitful, knavish, false, false-hearted, not frank, not open.
- Disintegrate, v. a. Crumble, reduce to fragments, break to pieces.
- Disinter, v. a. Exhume, unbury, disentomb, dig up.
- Disinterested, a. 1. Unbiassed, impartial, indifferent.
- 2. Generous, unselfish, liberal, magnanimous, high-minded.
- Disenthrall, v. a. Liberate, free, release, set free.
- Disjoin, v. a. Disunite, separate, divide, part, sunder, sever, dissever, detach, dissociate.
- Disjoint, v. a. 1. Dislocate, luxate, put out of joint.
- 2. Unloose, disconnect, disjoin.
- Disjunction, n. Separation, disconnection, disassociation, disunion, isolation, severance.
- Disjunctive, a. Disjoining, discretive.
- Disk, n. 1. Quoit, discus.
- 2. Face (of the sun, moon, &c.).
- Dislike, n. Disinclination, aversion, distaste, disrelish, antipathy, repugnance, displeasure, disgust.
- Dislike, v. a. Disrelish, have an aversion to.
- Dislimb, v. a. Dismember, mutilate.
- Dislocate, v. a. 1. Displace, disarrange, disturb, put out of place or out of order.
- 2. Disjoint, luxate, put out of joint.
- Dislocation, n. 1. Derangement, displacement.
- 2. Luxation, disjointing.
- Dislodge, v. a. Expel, oust, eject, drive out, drive away.
- Disloyal, a. Unfaithful, undutiful, disaffected, faithless, false, treacherous, perfidious, not true in allegiance.
- Disloyalty, n. Unfaithfulness, undutifulness, faithlessness, treachery, perfidy, want of loyalty, lack of fidelity, dereliction of allegiance.
- Dismal, a. 1. Cheerless, gloomy, dark, dull, dreary, lonesome.
- 2. Melancholy, mournful, sad, doleful, dolorous, sombre, lugubrious, funereal.
- 3. Horrid, horrible, terrible, dire, frightful.
- Dismals, n. pl. [With The prefixed] Melancholy, low spirits, the BLUES.
- Dismantle, v. a. 1. Unrig, strip of covering, deprive of apparatus or furniture.
- 2. Despoil, demolish, devastate, destroy, raze, pull to pieces.
- Dismay, v. a. Terrify, frighten, appall, affright, scare, daunt, alarm, intimidate, paralyze with fear.
- Dismay, n. Terror, fright, affright, fear, alarm, horror, consternation.
- Dismember, v. a. 1. Mutilate, dislimb, disjoint.
- 2. Divide, separate, sever, pull apart.
- Dismiss, v. a. 1. Send away, give leave to go, permit to go.
- 2. Discharge, discard, cashier, turn off, turn out, remove from office, turn adrift, send packing, send about one's business.
- Dismission, n. 1. Permission to go, leave to depart.
- 2. Discharge, removal from office.
- Dismount, v. a. 1. Unhorse.
- 2. Take down, bring down.
- Dismount, v. n. Alight (from a horse), descend, get down.
- Disobedience, n. Infraction or violation of a command.
- Disobedient, a. Unsubmissive, uncomplying, refractory, obstinate.
- Disobey, v. a. 1. Refuse to obey, break the command of, refuse submission to.
- 2. Transgress, violate, infringe, set at defiance, go counter to.
- Disoblige, v. a. Displease, offend.
- Disobliging, a. Unaccommodating, unkind, unamiable, unfriendly, ill-natured.
- Disorder, n. 1. Confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, irregularity, jumble, want of order.
- 2. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, turbulence, tumultuousness, riotousness.
- 3. Distemper, complaint, malady, sickness, disease, ail, ailment, indisposition.
- Disorder, v. a. 1. Derange, disarrange, disturb, discompose, confuse, unsettle, disorganize, throw into confusion, turn topsy-turvy, put out of place.
- 2. Impair the functions of, produce disease in.
- Disorderly, a. 1. Immethodical, irregular, confused, not in order.
- 2. Lawless, rebellious, turbulent, unruly, tumultuous.
- Disorganization, n. 1. Disorder, derangement, confusion.
- 2. Destruction, dissolution.
- Disorganize, v. a. 1. Disorder, derange, disarrange, put out of order, throw into disorder.
- 2. Destroy, break up.
- Disown, v. a. 1. Disclaim, disavow, refuse to acknowledge.
- 2. Deny, disallow.
- Disparage, v. a. Depreciate, decry, reproach, traduce, vilify, defame, undervalue, underrate, underestimate, run down, detract from, derogate from, speak ill of, inveigh against.
- Disparagement, n. Depreciation, derogation, detraction, undervaluing, underrating, indignity, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, dispraise.
- Disparity, n. 1. Inequality, difference, disproportion.
- 2. Dissimilitude, unlikeness.
- Dispart, v. a. Sunder, disunite, separate, divide, sever, dissever, burst, rend, rive, cleave, split, break asunder.
- Dispart, v. n. Separate, part.
- Dispassion, n. Apathy, insensibility, impassibility, coldness, dulness, torpor, indifference, unconcern, want of feeling.
- Dispassionate, a. 1. Unimpassioned, imperturbable, inexcitable, unexcited, composed, collected, temperate, undisturbed, unruffled, quiet, calm, cool, staid, serene, sober.
- 2. Impartial, unbiassed, disinterested, indifferent.
- Dispatch, v. a. [Written also Despatch.] 1. Send away (in haste).
- 2. Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world.
- 3. Hasten, expedite, accelerate, speed, quicken, forward, push or urge forward, press or urge on, make short work of.
- Dispatch, n. 1. Speed, haste, expedition, promptness, celerity.
- 2. Message, communication, telegram.
- Dispel, v. a. Disperse (completely), scatter, dissipate, banish, drive away.
- Dispensation, n. 1. Distribution, apportionment, allotment.
- 2. Administration, stewardship.
- 3. Scheme, plan, system, economy.
- 4. Exemption (from some law), license.
- Dispensatory, n. Pharmacopœia.
- Dispense, v. a. 1. Distribute, apportion, allot, deal out.
- 2. Administer, apply, execute, carry out.
- Dispense with, 1. Do without.
- 2. Disregard, neglect, set aside.
- 3. [Rare.] Excuse, exonerate.
- Dispenser, n. Distributor, divider.
- Dispeople, v. a. Depopulate, unpeople.
- Disperse, v. a. 1. Scatter, separate, dissipate, dispel, drive to different parts, sow, broadcast, scatter to the winds.
- 2. Diffuse, disseminate, spread.
- Disperse, v. n. Scatter, separate, be scattered, go different ways.
- Dispersion, n. Scattering.
- Dispirit, v. a. Dishearten, depress, deject, discourage.
- Dispirited, a. Dejected, disheartened, depressed, discouraged, down-hearted, downcast, despondent, cast down, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, down in the mouth.
- Displace, v. a. 1. Remove, dislodge, put out of place, change the place of.
- 2. Depose, oust, dismiss, discharge, cashier, eject from office.
- Display, v. a. 1. Expand, unfold, extend, open, spread.
- 2. Exhibit, show, bring into view, hold up to view, make manifest.
- 3. Parade, show off.
- Display, n. 1. Exhibition, manifestation, show.
- 2. Parade, pomp, pageant, ostentation, flourish.
- Displease, v. a. 1. Offend, dissatisfy, disgust, give offence to.
- 2. Provoke, irritate, vex, chagrin, affront, pique, chafe, fret, anger, nettle, make angry.
- Displeasure, n. 1. Dissatisfaction, dislike, distaste, disapprobation.
- 2. Anger, indignation, vexation, resentment, wrath.
- 3. Offence, injury.
- Displode, v. a. & n. Explode.
- Disport, n. [Poetical.] Play, amusement, diversion, pastime, sport.
- Disport, v. a. Amuse, divert, entertain, cheer, solace, beguile, relax.
- Disport, v. n. Play, gambol, frolic, sport, make merry.
- Disposal, n. 1. Arrangement, disposition.
- 2. Management, control, government, regulation, disposure, direction, ordering, conduct.
- 3. Dispensation, distribution, bestowment.
- Dispose, v. a. 1. Arrange, range, rank, group, marshal, set, place, place in order.
- 2. Adjust, regulate, settle, determine, set right.
- 3. Incline, lead, move, induce, bias, predispose.
- Dispose of, 1. Sell, transfer, bestow, alienate, part with, put out of one's possession, get rid of.
- 2. Determine the condition of, arrange for.
- 3. Remove, put away, get rid of.
- Disposer, n. 1. Bestower, giver, distributer, donor, DONATOR.
- 2. Regulator, director, governor, manager.
- Disposition, n. 1. Disposing, arranging, arrangement, classification, grouping.
- 2. Management, regulation, control, direction, ordering, adjustment, disposure, disposal.
- 3. Tendency, liability, proneness, aptness, adaptation.
- 4. Temper, inclination, predisposition, propensity, humor, bent, bias, turn.
- 5. Dispensation, distribution, bestowment.
- Dispossess, v. a. 1. Deprive, divest, strip, take from.
- 2. Disseize, oust.
- Dispossession, n. 1. Deprivation.
- 2. (Law.) Ouster, disseisin.
- Disposure, n. Management, direction, regulation, control, disposal, disposition, ordering.
- Dispraise, n. 1. Blame, censure.
- 2. Reproach, dishonor, disgrace, disparagement, shame, opprobrium.
- Dispraise, v. a. Blame, censure, find fault with.
- Disproof, n. Confutation, refutation.
- Disproportion, n. 1. Want of symmetry.
- 2. Disparity, inequality, unsuitableness.
- Disproportional, a. Disproportionate.
- Disproportionate, a. 1. Unsymmetrical, out of proportion.
- 2. Inadequate, unsuitable.
- Disprove, v. a. Confute, refute, show to be false.
- Disputable, a. Controvertible, debatable, doubtful.
- Disputant, n. Controversialist, arguer, debater, disputer.
- Disputation, n. Debate, dispute, controversy, argumentation, verbal contest.
- Disputatious, a. Cavilling, captious, contentious, quarrelsome, polemical.
- Dispute, v. n. 1. Debate, argue, contend in argument.
- 2. Bicker, wrangle, quarrel, BRAWL, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation.
- Dispute, v. a. 1. Debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about.
- 2. Controvert, impugn, call in question, oppose by argument.
- Dispute, n. Debate, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, verbal contest, verbal quarrel, war of words.
- Disputer, n. Debater, controversialist, disputant, reasoner, arguer.
- Disqualification, n. Incapacity, disability.
- Disqualified, a. Unqualified, unfitted, incapable, incapacitated, disabled.
- Disqualify, v. a. Unfit, disable, incapacitate.
- Disquiet, n. Uneasiness, restlessness, disturbance, anxiety, vexation, trouble, disquietude, inquietude.
- Disquiet, v. a. Trouble, annoy, vex, disturb, worry, harass, plague, bother, molest, pester, incommode.
- Disquietude, n. Uneasiness, DISQUIET.
- Disquisition, n. Dissertation, treatise, discourse, essay, formal inquiry.
- Disregard, n. Neglect, slight, contempt.
- Disregard, v. a. Neglect, slight, overlook, contemn, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, take no notice of, turn a deaf ear to.
- Disrelish, n. 1. Dislike, distaste, want of relish.
- 2. Aversion, antipathy, repugnance, disgust.
- Disrelish, v. a. Dislike, loathe, have an aversion to.
- Disreputable, a. Discreditable, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous, opprobrious, derogatory, low, mean, vulgar.
- Disrepute, n. Discredit, dishonor, disgrace, ingloriousness, degradation, derogation, abasement, odium, ill repute.
- Disrespect, n. 1. Disesteem, irreverence, slight, neglect.
- 2. Incivility, discourtesy, rudeness.
- Disrespectful, a. 1. Irreverent.
- 2. Uncivil, impolite, ungentlemanly, discourteous, uncourteous.
- Disrobe, v. a. Divest, strip, undress, uncover, unclothe.
- Disruption, n. Breach, rent, rupture, burst, breaking asunder.
- Dissatisfaction, n. 1. Discontent, uneasiness, inquietude.
- 2. Displeasure, distaste, dislike, disapprobation.
- Dissatisfied, a. Discontented, uneasy, displeased.
- Dissect, v. a. 1. Anatomize, cut in pieces.
- 2. Analyze, scrutinize, sift, examine, investigate, explore, lay open.
- Dissection, n. 1. Anatomy.
- 2. Scrutiny, analysis, examination, investigation, sifting.
- Disseize, v. a. Dispossess, oust.
- Dissemble, v. a. 1. Conceal, hide, disguise, cloak, cover.
- 2. Feign, simulate, affect.
- Dissemble, v. n. Feign, be hypocritical, play the hypocrite, play a part.
- Dissembler, n. Hypocrite, feigner.
- Disseminate, v. a. Spread, propagate, diffuse, disperse, circulate, promulgate, spread abroad.
- Dissemination, n. Diffusion, dispersion, propagation, scattering, spreading, promulgation.
- Dissension, n. Discord, contention, strife, variance, disagreement, difference, quarrel, breach of friendship.
- Dissent, v. n. Withhold assent, refuse to agree.
- Dissent from, Differ from, disagree with.
- Dissent, n. Disagreement, difference of opinion.
- Dissenter, n. Nonconformist, sectary.
- Dissentient, a. Disagreeing, dissenting.
- Dissepiment, n. (Bot.) Partition.
- Dissertation, n. Disquisition, treatise, discourse, essay.
- Disservice, n. Injury, harm, mischief, hurt, disadvantage.
- Dissever, v. a. Disjoin, dissociate, disunite, separate, part, sunder, dispart, divide, rend, sever.
- Dissident, n. Dissenter, nonconformist.
- Dissimilar, a. Unlike, different, heterogeneous, diverse, various.
- Dissimilarity, n. Unlikeness, dissimilitude, diversity, disparity.
- Dissimilitude, n. Dissimilarity.
- Dissimulation, n. Hypocrisy, deceit, duplicity, simulation, feigning, double dealing, false pretence.
- Dissipate, v. a. 1. Disperse, dispel, scatter, drive away.
- 2.
- Dissipate, v. n. 1. Vanish, disappear, scatter, disperse.
- 2. Live dissolutely, practise dissipation, be dissolute.
- Dissipation, n. 1. Dispersion, scattering, vanishing.
- 2. Waste, squandering.
- 3. Dissoluteness, profligacy, excess.
- Dissociate, v. a. Disjoin, disunite, separate, sever, dissever, divide, part, sunder, detach.
- Dissociation, n. Disunion, separation, severing, dividing.
- Dissoluble, a. Dissolvable.
- Dissolute, a. Loose, licentious, lax, debauched, wanton, lewd, corrupt, profligate, rakish, depraved, reprobate, abandoned, graceless, shameless, wild.
- Dissolution, n. 1. Liquefaction, melting, solution.
- 2. Decomposition, putrefaction.
- 3. Death, decease, extinction of life.
- 4. Destruction, overthrow, ruin.
- 5. Termination, breaking up.
- Dissolvable, a. Dissoluble.
- Dissolve, v. a. 1. Liquefy, melt.
- 2. Disunite, sever, separate, divide, loose, disorganize, break apart.
- 3. Destroy, ruin.
- 4. Terminate, bring to an end, put an end to, break up.
- Dissolve, v. n. 1. Melt, liquefy, be melted.
- 2. Vanish, disappear, fade, melt away, be dissipated.
- 3. Perish, crumble, be destroyed.
- Dissonance, n. 1. Discord, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.
- 2. Disagreement, inconsistency, incongruity.
- Dissonant, a. 1. Discordant, unharmonious, harsh, grating, jarring, out of tune.
- 2. Disagreeing, incongruous, inconsistent, discrepant.
- Dissuade, v. a. Turn from a purpose, divert by persuasion.
- Dissuasion, n. Dehortation, dissuasive, dissuasive advice.
- Dissuasive, n. Dissuasion.
- Dissuasive, a. Dissuading, dehortatory, tending to dissuade.
- Dissyllable, n. Word of two syllables.
- Distain, v. a. [Poetical.] Stain.
- Distance, n. 1. Remoteness, space, interval.
- 2. Reserve, coldness, shyness, distant behavior.
- Distance, v. a. Outdo, surpass, excel, outstrip, leave behind.
- Distant, a. 1. Remote, far, not near.
- 2. Reserved, shy, cold, cool, coy, not cordial.
- 3. Slight, faint, indirect, indistinct, obscure.
- Distaste, n. Disrelish, disinclination, aversion, dislike, repugnance, disgust, displeasure, dissatisfaction.
- Distasteful, a. 1. Nauseous, loathsome, disgusting, unpalatable, unsavory.
- 2. Disagreeable, offensive, unpleasant, unpleasing.
- Distemper, n. Disease, malady, complaint, disorder, ail, ailment, illness, indisposition, sickness.
- Distempered, a. 1. Diseased, disordered, out of order.
- 2. Immoderate, intemperate, inordinate, unregulated.
- Distend, v. a. Expand, dilate, bloat, enlarge, swell, stretch, swell out.
- Distention, n. Dilation, enlargement, swelling, expansion, stretching.
- Distich, n. Couplet, couple of verses.
- Distil, v. n. [Written also Distill.] Drop, drip, trickle, dribble, fall in drops.
- Distil, v. a. [Written also Distill.] 1. Drop, let fall in drops.
- 2. Separate by evaporation, extract by heat.
- 3. Extract spirit from.
- Distinct, a. 1. Separate, different, not the same.
- 2. Definite, defined, clear, plain, unmistakable, unconfused, not obscure, not dim, well defined.
- Distinction, n. 1. Discrimination, notation of difference.
- 2. Repute, reputation, celebrity, note, name, fame, renown, account, credit, respectability, eminence, superiority.
- Distinctive, a. Distinguishing, discriminative, characterizing.
- Distinctness, n. 1. Difference.
- 2. Clearness, precision, perspicuity, explicitness, lucidness.
- Distinguish, v. a. 1. Characterize, mark, indicate by a mark, mark out.
- 2. Discriminate, discern, perceive, tell, know.
- 3. Separate, divide.
- 4. Signalize, make famous, make celebrated, make known, bring into notice.
- Distinguish, v. n. Make distinction, show the difference.
- Distinguishable, a. 1. Separable, divisible.
- 2. To be distinguished, to be recognized as distinct.
- Distinguished, a. Illustrious, famous, noted, eminent, conspicuous, celebrated, extraordinary, transcendent.
- Distort, v. a. 1. Twist, writhe, wrest, contort, deform.
- 2. Pervert, misrepresent, falsify, strain the sense of.
- Distortion, n. 1. Twist, wryness, contortion, deformity.
- 2. Perversion, misrepresentation, falsification.
- Distract, v. a. Perplex, confuse, discompose, harass, disturb, disconcert, bewilder, confound, mystify, embarrass.
- Distracted, a. 1. Perplexed, confused, bewildered, embarrassed.
- 2. Deranged, insane, mad, frantic, furious, raving.
- Distraction, n. 1. Confusion, perplexity, embarrassment, bewilderment, abstraction, mystification.
- 2. Disturbance, discord, tumult, disorder, division, perturbation, commotion, turmoil, agitation.
- 3. Derangement, madness, raving, insanity, alienation, aberration, incoherence, wandering, delirium, mania, lunacy, raving, hallucination, loss of the senses, disordered intellect or faculties, loss of reason.
- Distrain, v. a. (Law.) Seize (for debt), take, attach, distress.
- Distress, n. 1. Affliction, calamity, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity.
- 2. Anguish, agony, pain, suffering, gripe, griping.
- 3. Privation, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, straits.
- Distress, v. a. 1. Afflict, perplex, pain, trouble, grieve, make unhappy, make miserable.
- 2. (Law.) Take, seize, distrain.
- Distribute, v. a. 1. Apportion, assign, allot, dispense, mete, divide, share, parcel out, deal out, portion out.
- 2. Classify, class, arrange, assort, dispose.
- Distribution, n. 1. Apportionment, allotment, assignment, dole, partition, division, dispensation.
- 2. Arrangement, classification, disposal, disposition, grouping.
- District, n. Region, tract, territory, circuit, province, quarter.
- Distrust, v. a. Disbelieve, discredit, doubt, suspect, mistrust, not rely upon, not confide in.
- Distrust, n. Disbelief, discredit, suspicion, misgiving, mistrust, want of confidence.
- Distrustful, a. 1. Suspicious, mistrustful, apt to distrust.
- 2. Diffident, not confident.
- Disturb, v. a. 1. Agitate, shake, stir, derange, disorder, confuse, unsettle, throw into confusion, put into disorder.
- 2. Molest, annoy, disquiet, vex, ruffle, worry, plague, trouble, incommode.
- 3. Interrupt, impede, hinder.
- Disturbance, n. 1. Agitation, derangement, commotion, disorder, confusion, tumult, breeze, disquiet.
- 2. Perturbation, molestation, annoyance, discomposure.
- 3. Interruption, hinderance.
- Disunion, n. 1. Separation, disjunction, severance.
- 2. Schism, breach, rupture, feud.
- Disunite, v. a. Disjoin, dissociate, separate, sever, dissever, part, divide, detach, dissociate, sunder, be separated.
- Disunite, v. n. Part, separate, fall assunder, be separated.
- Disuse, n. Desuetude, discontinuance, non-observance.
- Ditch, n. 1. Trench.
- 2. Rivulet, brook.
- Ditty, n. Song, lay.
- Diurnal, a. Daily, quotidian.
- Diuturnal, a. Lasting, of long duration, of long continuance.
- Diuturnity, n. Long duration, long time.
- Divagation, n. [Rare.] Wandering, rambling.
- Divan, n. 1. Turkish council of state.
- 2. State-chamber, council-chamber, audience-chamber.
- 3. Sofa, long seat.
- Divaricate, v. n. Diverge, part, fork, separate into two, open wide, branch off, spread asunder.
- Divarication, n. Divergence, forking, separation, spreading.
- Dive, v. n. 1. Plunge.
- 2. Penetrate, inquire, go deep.
- Diverge, v. n. 1. Radiate, tend from one point in different directions.
- 2. Divaricate, separate, branch off.
- Divergence, n. 1. Radiation.
- 2. Divarication, forking, separation.
- Divergent, a. 1. Radiating.
- 2. Divaricating, separating.
- Divers, a. Various, several, sundry, numerous, many.
- Diverse, a. Different, differing, unlike, varying, multiform.
- Diversify, v. a. 1. Variegate, vary, make different, give variety to.
- 2. Dapple, spot.
- Diversion, n. 1. Turning aside.
- 2. Amusement, recreation, pastime, sport, play, entertainment, relaxation.
- Diversity, n. 1. Difference, dissimilitude, unlikeness, variation.
- 2. Variety, multiformity.
- Divert, v. a. 1. Turn aside, draw away.
- 2. Amuse, entertain, recreate, please, gratify, delight, exhilarate, refresh.
- Divest, v. a. Deprive, strip, dispossess.
- Divide, v. a. 1. Sever, sunder, part, separate, cleave, disunite.
- 2. Keep apart, put a barrier between.
- 3. Make hostile, make discordant, set at variance.
- 4. Distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, mete, dispense, deal out, parcel out, portion out.
- Divide, v. n. Part, separate, cleave, open, be divided, be separated.
- Dividend, n. Share, division.
- Divider, n. 1. Distributor, dealer.
- 2. Separator.
- Dividers, n. pl. Compasses.
- Divination, n. 1. Divining, foretelling.
- 2. Presage, prediction, prophecy.
- Divine, a. 1. God-like, superhuman.
- 2. Sacred, holy, spiritual, heavenly.
- Divine, n. 1. Minister, priest, clergyman, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.
- 2. Theologian.
- Divine, v. a. Predict, foretell, presage, prognosticate, vaticinate, prophesy.
- Divine, v. n. Conjecture, surmise, guess, suppose, believe, fancy, think, suspect.
- Diviner, n. 1. Conjurer, magician, sorcerer, seer.
- 2. Conjecturer.
- Divinity, n. 1. Deity, Godhead, divine nature, divine essence.
- 2. Theology, science of divine things.
- Divisible, a. Separable.
- Division, n. 1. Separation.
- 2. Portion, section, class, head, category.
- 3. Partition, demarcation.
- 4. Compartment, separate part.
- 5. Apportionment, allotment, distribution.
- 6. Difference, disagreement, variance, breach, rupture, disunion, discord, feud, alienation.
- Divorce, n. Separation (of husband and wife), dissolution of the marriage contract.
- Divorce, v. a. Separate, part, sever.
- Divulge, v. a. Publish, disclose, communicate, discover, impart, tell, proclaim, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad, reveal to the world.
- Dizzy, a. 1. Giddy, vertiginous.
- 2. Thoughtless, heedless, careless.
- Do, v. a. 1. Perform, effect, execute, accomplish, achieve, bring about, work out, carry into effect.
- 2. Complete, finish, conclude, end, terminate.
- 3. Transact, carry on.
- 4. Confer, bestow, grant, vouchsafe.
- 5. Translate, render.
- Do, v. n. 1. Act (well or ill).
- 2. Answer, answer the purpose.
- 3. Be enough, be sufficient.
- Do-all, n. Factotum, general manager.
- Do away, 1. Remove, take away.
- 2. Destroy, overthrow.
- Dob-chick, n. Didapper, dab-chick (Podiceps minor).
- Do by, Treat, behave towards.
- Do without, Dispense with.
- Docible, a. Teachable, DOCILE.
- Docile, a. Teachable, docile, docible, tractable, apt, easily taught.
- Docility, n. Teachableness, aptness, aptitude, readiness to learn.
- Dock, v. a. 1. Curtail, clip, cut short.
- 2. Shorten, lessen, deduct from.
- 3. Put into a dock (as a vessel).
- Doctor, n. 1. Instructor, teacher.
- 2. Adept, savant, learned man.
- 3. Physician, medical practitioner.
- Doctress, n. Female physician.
- Doctrine, n. Dogma, tenet, opinion, precept, principle.
- Document, n. Paper, writing.
- Dodge, v. n. 1. Start aside, shift place suddenly.
- 2. Shuffle, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play fast and loose, be evasive.
- Dodge, v. a. Evade (by starting aside).
- Dodge, n. 1. Starting aside.
- 2. Evasion, artifice, trick, subterfuge, quibble, cavil.
- Dodo, n. Dronte.
- Doe, n. She-deer, female deer (particularly of the fallow deer).
- Doer, n. Actor, operator, performer, agent, executor.
- Doff, v. a. Put off, lay aside.
- Dog, n. 1. Hound, BITCH, SLUT, PUP, PUPPY, CUB, WHELP.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Fellow.
- 3. Andiron, sadiron.
- Dog-days, n. pl. Canicular days.
- Dogged, a. 1. Sullen, sour, morose churlish, growling, surly, snarling, snappish.
- 2. Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, inflexible, pertinacious, unyielding, headstrong, intractable, impracticable, cantankerous, perversely resolute.
- Doggish, a. Snarling, snappish, growling, churlish, surly, sullen, sour, morose, dogged.
- Dog-grass, n. Dog's-grass.
- Dogma, n. Doctrine, tenet, opinion, principle, article of faith.
- Dogmatic, a. 1. Authoritative, oracular, formal, categorical, magisterial.
- 2. Positive, confident, peremptory.
- 3. Arrogant, overbearing.
- Dogmatical, a. 1. Authoritative, oracular, formal, categorical, magisterial.
- 2. Positive, confident, peremptory.
- 3. Arrogant, overbearing.
- Dogmatism, n. Positiveness of opinion, arrogance of assertion.
- Dogmatist, n.
- Dogmatize, v. n. Assert positively, speak with an air of authority, express one's self arrogantly.
- Dog's-grass, n. Knot-grass, quick-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, dog-wheat, dog-grass, witch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (Triticum repens).
- Dog-star, n. Sirius, Canicula.
- Doings, n. pl. Deeds, actions, acts, transactions.
- Dole, n. 1. Apportionment, allotment, distribution.
- 2. Part, share, portion.
- 3. Gift, gratuity, donation, pittance, alms.
- 4. Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction.
- Doleful, a. 1. Sorrowful, rueful, woful, piteous, melancholy, lugubrious, sad.
- 2. Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolorous, dolesome.
- Dole out, Distribute, divide, apportion, allot, assign, share, deal, deal out.
- Dolesome, a. Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolorous, doleful.
- Do-little, n. Idler, sluggard, drone, laggard, lounger, trifler, doodle, slow-back, inefficient person.
- Doll, n. Puppet (for a child), baby.
- Dolorous, a. 1. Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolesome.
- 2. Sorrowful, sad, doleful, piteous, rueful, woful, lugubrious.
- Dolt, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
- Doltish, a. Stupid, dull, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled, buffle-headed.
- Domain, n. 1. Dominion, empire.
- 2. Estate, lands, landed estate.
- Dome, n. Cupola.
- Domestic, a. 1. Homely.
- 2. Fond of home.
- 3. Intestine, not foreign.
- 4. Tame, domesticated, not wild.
- Domestic, n. Servant, house-servant, HELP.
- Domestics, n. pl. [U. S.] Cotton goods.
- Domesticate, v. a. 1. Make domestic, accustom to keep at home.
- 2. Tame, attach to the house.
- Domicile, n. Habitation, dwelling, residence, abode, home, mansion, place of abode, place of residence.
- Domicile, v. a. Establish in a fixed residence.
- Domiciliate, v. a. Establish in a fixed residence.
- Dominant, a. Prevailing, ruling, predominant, predominating, ascendant, in the ascendant.
- Dominate, v. n. Prevail, predominate, have sway, be in the ascendant.
- Domination, n. Sway, ascendancy, rule, dominion, supremacy, command, government, mastery.
- Domineer, v. n. Rule (tyrannically or haughtily), tyrannize, swell, swagger, bluster, bully, vapor, lord it, play the bully, take the lead, rule the roast, ride a high horse, lay down the law, carry it with a high hand.
- Dominican, n. Predicant, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.
- Dominie, n. [Scottish.] Pedagogue, schoolmaster, teacher, instructor.
- Dominion, n. 1. Sway, command, rule, government, supremacy, domination, mastery, ascendancy, control, sovereignty, sovereign authority.
- 2. Territory, region, country.
- Don, v. a. Put on, slip on, dress in.
- Donate, v. a. [Modern.] Give, contribute, bestow.
- Donation, n. Gift, grant, largess, benefaction, boon, present, offering, contribution, subscription, donative.
- Donative, n. Gift, DONATION.
- Donator, n. [L.] (Law.) Donor, giver, bestower.
- Done, p. 1. Performed, executed, accomplished, achieved, effected.
- 2. Completed, finished, concluded, ended, terminated.
- 3. Transacted, carried on.
- 4. Bestowed, conferred, vouchsafed, granted.
- 5. Translated, rendered.
- Done for, [Low.] 1. Spoiled, ruined.
- 2. Disappointed, battled, thwarted.
- Donkey, n. 1. Ass, mule.
- 2. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
- Donor, n. Giver, bestower, disposer, DONATOR.
- Doodle, n. Trifler, idler, silly fellow.
- Doodle-sack, n. Scotch bagpipe.
- Doom, v. a. 1. Condemn, sentence, pronounce sentence on.
- 2. Destine, appoint, decree.
- Doom, n. 1. Sentence, judgment, condemnation, judicial decree.
- 2. Fate, destiny, lot.
- Doomsday, n. Day of judgment, the crack of doom.
- Do one's best, Do all one can, do the best one is capable of, leave no stone unturned.
- Door, n. 1. Entrance.
- 2. Passage, avenue, means of access, means of approach.
- 3. [Familiarly.] House.
- Doorkeeper, n. Porter, CONCIÈRGE.
- Dor, n. Cockchafer, dor-bug, dor-beetle, tree-beetle, dummador, May-bug (Melontha vulgaris).
- Doree, n. (Ich.) John-dory, common dory (Zeus faber).
- Dormant, a. 1. Sleeping, quiescent, at rest.
- 2. Latent, unexerted, suspended, inert, inactive.
- Dormant partner, Sleeping partner, silent partner.
- Dormer, n. [Written also Dormar.] Luthern, dormer-window.
- Dormer-window, n. Dormer, luthern.
- Dormitory, n. Chamber, bed-room, sleeping-room, place to sleep in.
- Dorsal, a. On the back.
- Dory, n. (Ich.) DOREE.
- Dose, n. 1. Prescribed portion (of medicine), drench, draught.
- 2. Sufficient quantity.
- Dose, v. a. Administer a dose to, give doses to.
- Dot, n. Point, period.
- Dot, v. a. 1. Mark with dots.
- 2. Variegate, diversify.
- Dotage, n. Imbecility, senility, second childhood.
- Dotard, n. Driveller, imbecile.
- Dote, v. n. 1. Drivel, be imbecile, be foolish.
- 2. Be over-fond, be foolishly fond.
- Dote on or upon, Love very fondly, love excessively, be foolishly fond of.
- Do the honors, Bestow honor (as on a guest), show civilities.
- Double, a. 1. Coupled, in pairs.
- 2. Twice as much.
- 3. Twofold.
- 4. Deceitful, dishonest, knavish, false, perfidious, hollow, insincere, double-faced, double-tongued.
- Double, ad. Twice, doubly, twofold.
- Double, v. a. 1. Fold, plait.
- 2. Duplicate, multiply by two, make twice as much.
- 3. (Naut.). Sail round.
- Double, v. n. 1. Increase twofold, be doubled.
- 2. Return upon the same track.
- Double, n. 1. Twice as much.
- 2. Doubling, plait, fold.
- 3. Returning upon one's track (to elude pursuit).
- 4. Trick, stratagem, ruse, shift, artifice, wile, manœuvre.
- 5. Counterpart.
- Double-dealer, n. Deceiver, cheat, trickster, tricker.
- Double-dealing, n. Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, hypocrisy, artifice, deception, fraud, dishonesty, trickery, Machiavelism.
- Double entente, [Fr.] Pun (referring to something indelicate), clinch, quibble, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.
- Double-faced, a. Hypocritical, deceitful, knavish, dishonest, false, perfidious, double.
- Double-headed, a. Bicipital, with two heads.
- Double-hearted, a. Deceitful, treacherous, false-hearted.
- Double-minded, a. Unsettled, undetermined, changeable, fickle, vacillating, wavering.
- Doublet, n. 1. Pair, couple, two (of the same kind).
- 2. Waistcoat, vest.
- Double upon, (Mil.) Enclose between two fires.
- Doubling, n. 1. Fold, plait.
- 2. Artifice, trick, shift, stratagem.
- Doubly, ad. Twice, double.
- Doubt, v. n. 1. Hesitate, waver, be doubtful, be in suspense, be undetermined, entertain doubts, be in a state of uncertainty, not know what to think.
- 2. [Rare.] Suspect, fancy, apprehend.
- Doubt, v. a. 1. Question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable, have doubts about.
- 2. Distrust, suspect, not confide in.
- Doubt, n. 1. Indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, uncertainty, suspense, misgiving.
- 2. Suspicion, distrust, mistrust.
- Doubtful, a. 1. Wavering, undecided, hesitating, undetermined, in suspense.
- 2. Ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, obscure, enigmatical, problematical.
- 3. Indeterminate, undecided, uncertain, questionable.
- Douceur, n. [Fr.] 1. Gentleness, mildness, kindness, pleasant manner.
- 2. Present or gift (especially one intended as a bribe), bribe, lure.
- Doughface, n. [U. S.] Pliable politician, nose of wax.
- Doughfaced, a. [U. S.] Pliable, weak, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone.
- Doughty, a. Brave, courageous, bold, fearless, dauntless, valiant, valorous, gallant, intrepid, adventurous, chivalrous, heroic.
- Doura, n. Indian millet, Guinea corn, negro-corn (Sorghum vulgare).
- Douse, v. a. Plunge, immerse, submerge, dip, souse, put under water (or other liquid).
- Dove-cot, n. Columbary, pigeon-house.
- Dowdy, a. Slovenly (in dress), ill-dressed (applied to women).
- Dower, n. 1. Endowment, gift.
- 2. Dowry.
- 3. (Law.) Widow's portion (of real estate).
- Down, prep. 1. From the top to the bottom of.
- 2. Along the course of.
- Down, ad. 1. Downward, in a descending course, from a high to a low position.
- 2. On the ground, the floor, &c.
- 3. From a thin to a dense state, into a denser consistence.
- Down in the mouth, [Colloquial.] Dejected, DOWNCAST.
- Downcast, a. Sad, MELANCHOLY, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, despondent, discouraged, depressed, cast down, down-hearted, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, DOWN IN THE MOUTH.
- Downfall, n. Ruin, destruction, fall.
- Down-hearted, a. Dejected, downcast.
- Downright, a. 1. Plain, simple, explicit, clear, undisguised, positive, absolute.
- 2. Honest, sincere, artless, ingenuous, frank, open, above-board.
- Downward, ad. Down, in a descending course.
- Downwards, ad. Down, in a descending course.
- Down with, (Imperatively.) 1. Raze, overturn, take down, throw down.
- 2. Put down, lay down.
- Dowry, n. Dower.
- Doxy, n. 1. Mistress, sweetheart, paramour, flame.
- 2. Prostitute, courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, drab, street-walker, Cyprian, night-walker, punk, woman of the town.
- Doze, v. n. Slumber, drowse, nap, sleep lightly, be half asleep, be drowsy.
- Doze away, Pass drowsily, spend in drowsiness, sleep through, doze out.
- Doze out, Doze away.
- Dozen, a. Twelve.
- Dozy, a. Sleepy, drowsy, heavy, sluggish.
- Drab, n. 1. Strumpet, courtesan, DOXY.
- 2. Slut, draggle-tail, low woman.
- Drab, a. Dun, dull brown.
- Drabble, v. a. Draggle, trail, daggle, befoul, bemire.
- Draff, n.
- Draft, n. 1. Drawing, selection.
- 2. Bill of exchange.
- 3. [Written also Draught.] Outline, delineation, rough sketch, rough copy.
- Draft, v. a. 1. Detach, select.
- 2. Make an outline of, make a draft of, make a rough sketch of.
- Drag, v. a. Draw, pull, haul, tug.
- Drag, v. n. 1. Trail, be drawn along.
- 2. Linger, move slowly, make slow progress.
- Draggle, v. a. Trail, daggle, drabble, befoul, bemire.
- Draggle-tail, n. Slut, DRAB.
- Dragoman, n. Interpreter (in Turkey and the East).
- Dragoon, n. Horse-soldier, CHASSEUR, cavalier, equestrian, mounted soldier.
- Dragoon, v. a. Compel, force, drive.
- Drain, v. a. 1. Draw off.
- 2. Empty, exhaust.
- 3. Make dry, clear of water or moisture.
- Drain, v. n. 1. Flow off.
- 2. Become dry.
- Drain, n. Sewer, channel, trench, water-course.
- Drake, n. Male duck.
- Drama, n. 1. Dramatic composition.
- 2. Dramatic literature.
- Dramatis personæ, [L.] Characters of a play, interlocutors in a drama.
- Drape, v. a. Cover with drapery.
- Drapery, n. Hangings, tapestry.
- Drastic, a. (Med.) Powerful (as a purgative), active, efficacious.
- Drastics, n. pl. (Med.) Powerful or active purgatives.
- Draught, n. 1. Drawing, pulling.
- 2. Potion, cup, dose, drench.
- 3. Current of air.
- 4. [Written also Draft.] Sketch, outline, delineation, design, rough sketch, rough copy.
- Draughts, n. pl. Checkers.
- Draw, v. a. 1. Pull, drag, haul, tug, pull along.
- 2. Attract, bring towards, pull towards.
- 3.
- 4. Inhale, inspire, breathe in, take into the lungs.
- 5. Extract, take out, draw out.
- 6. Induce, move, lead, allure, entice, engage, persuade, influence.
- 7. Produce, bring, bear.
- 8. Extend, protract, stretch, lengthen out.
- 9. Describe, delineate, sketch, depict, trace, trace out.
- 10. Deduce, derive, infer.
- 11. Extort, force out.
- 12. Compose, write, prepare, draw up.
- 13. Gain, win.
- Draw up, 1. Compose, write, prepare, frame, draw.
- 2. Array, marshal, form in order.
- Draw, v. n. 1. Pull.
- 2. Move, come, go, proceed.
- 3. Sketch, practise drawing, or the art of delineation.
- 4. Produce inflammation.
- 5. Request payment by draft, make a draft.
- Draw back, Retire, withdraw, retreat.
- Draw nigh, Approach, come near.
- Draw near, Approach, come near.
- Draw on, Approach, advance.
- Drawback, n. 1. Disadvantage, detriment, injury, damage, faultiness, imperfection, deficiency.
- 2. Discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement.
- Drawcansir, n. Braggadocio, blusterer, bully, swaggerer, braggart, BLATHERSKITE.
- Drawing, n. 1. Art of delineation.
- 2. Delineation, sketch, picture, plan, outline, draught.
- Drawing-knife, n. Shave.
- Draw in one's horns, [Colloquial.] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, pull in one's horns.
- Dread, n. 1. Fear, apprehension.
- 2. Awe.
- Dread, a. 1. Frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful.
- 2. Venerable, awful.
- Dread, v. a. Fear greatly.
- Dreadful, a. 1. Terrible, horrible, horrid, direful, dire, fearful, frightful, terrific, awful, tremendous.
- 2. Venerable, awful.
- Dream, n. 1. Sleeping vision.
- 2. Reverie, fancy, fantasy, conceit, idle fancy, day-dream.
- Dream, v. n. 1. Have visions in sleep.
- 2. Think, imagine, fancy, have a notion.
- 3. Give a loose rein to the fancy, give the reins to the imagination, indulge in reverie, build castles in the air.
- Dream away, Spend idly, pass in reverie.
- Dreamer, n. Visionary, enthusiast, castle-builder.
- Drear, a. Gloomy, DREARY.
- Dreary, a. Gloomy, cheerless, comfortless, dismal, dark, drear.
- Dredge-box, n. Dredging-box, flour-dredge.
- Dreggy, a. Muddy, turbid, dirty, feculent, foul.
- Dregs, n. pl. 1. Sediment, lees, grounds, feculence.
- 2. Dross, scum, refuse.
- Drench, v. a. 1. Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly.
- 2. Physic, purge.
- Drenching, n. Soaking, wetting, ducking.
- Dress, v. a. 1. Align, make straight.
- 2. Adjust, arrange, dispose, set or put in order.
- 3. Prepare, fit, make suitable or fit, get ready, make ready.
- 4. Clothe, array, attire, apparel, accoutre, robe, rig, trick out.
- 5. Adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, trim, set out, set off.
- Dress, v. n. Be clothed, make one's toilet.
- Dress, n. 1. Clothes, clothing, raiment, garments, garb, habit, apparel, attire, habiliment, vesture, suit, costume.
- 2. Array, fine clothes, rich garments, elegant attire.
- 3. Lady's gown.
- Dress-coat, n. Body-coat.
- Dressing, n. 1. Preparing, putting in order.
- 2. Manure, fertilizer, compost.
- 3. Force-meat, stuffing.
- Dressy, a. Showy, flashy, gaudy, fond of dress.
- Drib, v. a. 1.
- 2. Entice, allure, decoy, coax, tweedle.
- Dribble, v. n. Drip, trickle, fall in drops.
- Driblet, n. Fragment, small portion.
- Drier, n. Desiccative.
- Drift, n. 1. Course, bearing, direction.
- 2. Aim, purpose, intention, intent, proposal, design, scope, tendency, object, mark.
- 3. (Geol.) Diluvium, diluvial formations.
- 4. (Mining.) Passage (under ground, between shafts).
- Drift, v. a. Drive into heaps.
- Drift, v. n. 1. Float, be wafted.
- 2. Accumulate in heaps, be driven into heaps.
- Driftless, a. Aimless, purposeless, without an object.
- Drill, v. a. 1. Pierce, perforate, bore.
- 2. Instruct, exercise, teach, train.
- Drink, v. n. 1. Guzzle.
- 2. Take a drink (of spirituous liquor), TAKE A HORN, LIQUOR UP, SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE, WET ONE'S WHISTLE.
- 3. Tipple, tope, be a drunkard, be a toper, be intemperate (in the use of spirituous liquors), be of intemperate habits, take a drop too much.
- 4. Carouse, revel, indulge in a drinking-bout.
- Drink, v. a. 1. Swallow, QUAFF, SIP, SUP, GUZZLE, SWILL, SWIG.
- 2.  Beverage, potion.
- Drinkable, a. Potable, that may be drunk.
- Drinking, n. Tippling, toping, intemperate habits.
- Drinking-bout, n. Carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, SPREE, jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies.
- Drink to, Pledge, toast, drink in honor of, drink the health of.
- Drip, v. n. 1. Dribble, trickle, fall in drops.
- 2. Have drops falling from.
- Drip, v. a. Let fall in drops.
- Drive, v. a. 1. Impel.
- 2. Hurl, send, propel.
- 3. Force, oblige, coerce, compel.
- 4. Press, urge.
- 5. Prosecute, carry on.
- 6. Guide (by reins).
- 7. Take in a carriage, carry on a drive.

- Drive back, Repel, repulse.
- Drive off, Expel, drive away.
- Drive out, Expel, reject, eject, cast out, turn out.
- Drive, v. n. 1. Be forced along, be impelled, be urged forward.
- 2. Rush, go furiously.
- 3. Ride in a carriage.
- 4. (Naut.) Scud, drift.
- Drive at, Intend, purpose, aim at, tend to, be after, aspire at, aspire after, endeavor after.
- Drive, n. Airing, ride.
- Drivel, v. n. 1. Slaver, slobber, drool.
- 2. Dote, be imbecile, be foolish.
- Drivel, n. 1. Slaver, drivelling.
- 2.
- Driveller, n. [Written also Driveler.]
- Drivelling, n. [Written also Driveling.] 1. Slaver.
- 2. Foolishness, folly, idiocy.
- Drizzle, v. n. Rain (in small drops), mizzle.
- Droll, n. 1. Jester (by profession), buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, jack-pudding, merry Andrew, pickle-herring.
- 2. Farce, comic show.
- Droll, a. 1.
- 2. Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.
- Drollery, n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality.
- Drone, n. 1. Male honey-bee.
- 2. Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow.
- 3. Humming, humming noise.
- Drone, v. n. 1. Lounge, dawdle, waste time in trifles, live in idleness.
- 2. Make a dull, humming sound.
- Drone, v. a. Read monotonously.
- Dronish, a. Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive.
- Dronte, n. Dodo.
- Drool, v. n. Slaver, drivel, drop saliva.
- Droop, v. n. 1. Wilt, wither, fade.
- 2. Languish, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.
- Drop, n. 1. Globule.
- 2. Ear-ring.
- Drop, v. a. 1. Lower, sink, depress, let down, let fall, let go.
- 2. Leave, quit, forsake, desert, relinquish, abandon, forswear, give up, give over.
- 3.
- 4. Bedrop, spot, speckle, variegate.
- Drop, v. n. 1. Distil, fall in drops.
- 2. Fall suddenly.
- 3. Cease, come to an end, come to nothing.
- Drop astern, (Naut.) Move back.
- Drop down, (Naut.) Move toward the sea.
- Drop in, Call, happen in.
- Drop serene, Amaurosis, GUTTA SERENA.
- Dross, n. 1. Scum, recrement, scoria.
- 2. Refuse, waste matter.
- Drought, n. Dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain.
- Drouth, n. Drought.
- Drove, n. 1. Herd, flock.
- 2. Crowd, collection.
- Drown, v. a. 1. Kill by immersing.
- 2. Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.
- 3. Overcome, overpower.
- Drown, v. n. Be drowned.
- Drowse, v. n. Slumber, doze, nap, be half asleep.
- Drowsy, a. 1. Sleepy, dozy.
- 2.
- 3. Soporific, lulling.
- Drub, v. a. Beat, thrash, cudgel, cane.
- Drubbing, n. Beating, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, caning, pounding, flagellation.
- Drudge, v. n. Slave, toil, plod, work hard.
- Drudge, n. Slave, menial, scullion, hack, fag, hard-worker.
- Drudgery, n. Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor.
- Drug, n. 1. Medicine, physic, remedy.
- 2. Unsalable article.
- Drum, n. (Anat.) Tympanum.
- Drunk, a. Intoxicated, tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised, maudlin, drunken, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over.
- Drunkard, n. Toper, tippler, sot, carouser, reveller, bacchanal, bacchanalian.
- Drunken, a. 1. Intoxicated, drunk.
- 2. Sottish, given to intoxication.
- Drunkenness, n. 1. Intoxication, inebriety, ebriety.
- 2. Sottishness.
- Drupe, n. Stone-fruit.
- Dry, a. 1. Arid, not wet, not moist.
- 2. Thirsty, craving drink.
- 3. Uninteresting, barren, dull, jejune, meagre, tame, vapid, unembellished, plain.
- 4. Sarcastic, severe, sly, keen, sharp.
- Dry, v. a. Desiccate, exsiccate, free from moisture, make dry.
- Dry, v. n. Become dry, lose moisture.
- Dryad, n. Wood-nymph.
- Dry goods, Textile fabrics (as distinguished from groceries).
- Dry-rot, n. Sap-rot, POWDER-POST.
- Dualism, n. Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (good and evil).
- Dub, v. a. Name, style, term, denominate, designate, call, entitle, christen.
- Dubiety, n. [Rare.] Doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty.
- Dubious, a. Uncertain, doubtful, equivocal, ambiguous, not plain, not clear.
- Duck, v. a. Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.
- Duck, v. n. 1. Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one's self.
- 2. Bow, cringe.
- Duck-bill, n. Ornithorhynchus, platypus, mullangong, tambreet, water-mole.
- Duck-hawk, n. Harpy, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (Circus œruginosus).
- Ducking, n. 1. Plunge, dive, dip.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Wetting, drenching, soaking.
- Ducking-stool, n. Trebuchet, tumbrel, castigatory, cucking-stool.
- Duct, n. Conduit, channel, canal.
- Ductile, a. 1. Tractable, complying, docile, yielding, facile.
- 2. Extensible, capable of being drawn out.
- Ductility, n. 1. Tractableness, docility.
- 2. Extensibility.
- Dudgeon, n. Anger, resentment, indignation, ire, malice, ill-will.
- Duds, n. pl. 1. Old clothing, tattered garments.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Effects, things.
- Due, a. 1. Owed, to be paid.
- 2. Proper, fit, suitable, appropriate, becoming, befitting.
- 3. Owing, to be ascribed.
- Due, n. 1. Debt, what is due.
- 2. Right, just title, lawful claim.
- Due, ad. Directly, exactly.
- Due to, Owing to, occasioned by, to be ascribed to.
- Duel, n. Affair of honor.
- Dug, n. Teat (of a beast), nipple, pap, udder.
- Dulcamara, n. Woody night-shade, bitter-sweet (Solanum dulcamara).
- Dulcet, a. 1. Sweet, luscious, honeyed.
- 2. Pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, delightful, charming.
- Dull, a. 1. Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, blunt-witted.
- 2. Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous.
- 3. Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid.
- 4. Blunt, obtuse, not sharp.
- 5. Gloomy, sad, dismal, cheerless.
- 6. Dim, obscure, not bright, not vivid.
- 7. Tedious, wearisome, tiresome, uninteresting.
- Dull, v. a. 1. Blunt, make blunt.
- 2. Stupefy, benumb, deaden, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make or render insensible, render callous, make obtuse.
- 3. Depress, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, deject, make melancholy, make sad or dejected.
- 4. Quiet, allay, moderate, assuage, mitigate, alleviate, soften.
- 5. Sully, tarnish.
- Dullard, n. Simpleton, DUNCE.
- Duly, ad. 1. Properly, fitly, in a suitable manner.
- 2. Regularly, in course, at the proper time.
- Dumb, a. 1. Unable to speak, incapable of speech.
- 2. Mute, speechless, silent, taciturn, mum.
- Dumb-show, n. Pantomime.
- Dumb-waiter, n. Dummy.
- Dumfound, v. a. Confuse, confound, pose, nonplus, strike dumb.
- Dumfounder, v. a. Confuse, confound, pose, nonplus, strike dumb.
- Dummador, n. Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, May-bug, tree-beetle, May-beetle, (Melontha vulgaris).
- Dummy, n. 1.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Dumb-waiter.
- 3. Fourth hand (when only three persons play at whist).
- Dumpish, a. Sad, dejected, dispirited, MELANCHOLY, despondent, moping.
- Dumps, n. pl. Dejection, depression, sadness, MELANCHOLY, despondency, BLUES, blue devils.
- Dumpy, a. Short and thick (in person).
- Dun, a. Dull brown.
- Dun, v. a. Press (for a debt), importune, urge.
- Dun, n. 1. Importunate creditor.
- 2. Dunning letter.
- Dunce, n.
- Dunder, n. Lees (of cane juice).
- Dunderhead, n. Simpleton, DUNCE.
- Dunder-pate, n. Dunce.
- Dundiver, n. Goosander, dish-washer, wagtail (Mergus-merganser or Mergus castor).
- Dung, n. Excrement, ordure, fæces.
- Dung, v. a. Manure (with dung).
- Dungeon, n. Prison (especially one underground and dark).
- Dungmeers, n. pl. Compost pits.
- Dupe, n. Cat's-paw, gull, cully, credulous person.
- Dupe, v. a. Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon.
- Duplicate, a. Double, twofold.
- Duplicate, n. Copy, transcript, counterpart.
- Duplicity, n. Dissimulation, chicanery, guile, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, circumvention, artifice, Machiavelism, double dealing.
- Durability, n. Permanence, durableness.
- Durable, a. Permanent, lasting, abiding, continuing, constant, stable.
- Durableness, n. Permanence, durability.
- Durance, n. Duress.
- Duration, n. Continuance (in time), continuation, lastingness, ENDURANCE.
- Duress, n. Constraint, restraint, captivity, confinement, imprisonment, durance.
- During, prep. For the time of, for the period of.
- Dusk, n. Twilight.
- Dusky, a. Obscure, murky, dim, shadowy, cloudy, shady, overcast, somewhat dark.
- Dutch gold, Pinchbeck.
- Dutch oven, [U. S.] Bake-kettle.
- Duteous, a. Obedient, DUTIFUL.
- Dutiful, a. 1. Obedient, submissive, duteous.
- 2. Reverential, respectful, deferential.
- Duty, n. 1. What one ought to do, what one is bound or under obligation to do.
- 2. Service, business, function, office.
- 3. Tax, impost, toll, custom, excise.
- Dwale, n. 1. Stupefying potion, soporific draught.
- 2. Belladonna, banewort, deadly-night-shade (Atropa belladonna).
- Dwarf, n. Pygmy, hop o' my thumb.
- Dwarf, v. a. Stunt, hinder from growth.
- Dwarfish, a. Stunted, dwarfed, under-sized, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Lilliputian, Pygmean.
- Dwell, v. n. Inhabit, reside, live, stay, sojourn, tarry, abide, plant one's self, be settled, have a habitation.
- Dweller, n. Inhabitant, inhabiter, resident, citizen.
- Dwelling, n. Habitation, abode, residence, lodging, quarters, domicile, home, place of residence, place of abode, dwelling-place, house.
- Dwelling-place, n. Dwelling.
- Dwell on, 1. Hang upon fondly, be absorbed with, be deeply interested in.
- 2. Continue long upon, occupy a long time with.
- Dwell upon, 1. Hang upon fondly, be absorbed with, be deeply interested in.
- 2. Continue long upon, occupy a long time with.
- Dwindle, v. n. 1. Diminish, decrease, lessen, shrink, grow less, grow little.
- 2. Sink, degenerate, decline, decay, fall away, fall off.
- Dwindle, v. a. Diminish, decrease, lessen, make less.
- Dye, n. 1. Coloring liquor.
- 2. Color, hue, tint, tinge, stain, cast, shade.
- Dye, v. a. Color, tinge, stain.
- Dyer's-weed, n. Green-broom, green-weed (Genista tinctoria).
- Dying, a. 1. Expiring.
- 2. Mortal, perishable.
- Dying, n. Death, decease, demise, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life.
- Dynamics, n. Science of forces.
- Dynasty, n. 1. Government, sovereignty, dominion, empire.
- 2. Race of rulers, family of sovereigns.
- Dysentery, n. Bloody-flux.
- Dyspepsia, n. (Med.) Indigestion, difficulty of digestion.
- Dyspepsy, n. (Med.) Indigestion, difficulty of digestion.
- Dyspnœa, n. [L.] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing.
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- Each, a. 1. One and the other (of two), both.
- 2. Every one (of several).
- Eager, a. 1. Longing, yearning, greedy, impatient, keenly desirous.
- 2. Ardent, zealous, vehement, impetuous, earnest, animated, fervent, fervid, glowing, hot, sanguine.
- Eagerness, n. 1. Longing, yearning, avidity, greediness, impatience.
- 2. Ardor, zeal, vehemence, impetuosity, earnestness, fervor, fervency, heartiness, devotion.
- Eagle, n. 1. King of birds.
- 2. Ten dollars (U. S. gold coin).
- Eagle-eyed, a. Discerning, perspicacious, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed.
- Eagre, n. Bore, great tidal wave.
- Ear, n. 1. Organ of hearing.
- 2. Musical perception, faculty of discriminating sounds, sense of hearing.
- 3. Regard, heed, attention, hearing.
- 4. Spike (of grain), head.
- Earache, n. Otalgia, otalgy, pain in the ear.
- Ear-drop, n. Ear-ring, pendant.
- Early, a. 1. Timely, seasonable, in season, not late.
- 2. Forward, premature.
- 3. At dawn, at day-break, at the opening of day.
- Early, ad. Soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time.
- Earn, v. a. 1. Gain, get, acquire, win, obtain, procure.
- 2. Merit, deserve, be entitled to.
- Earnest, a. 1. Ardent, zealous, eager, fervent, fervid, glowing, animated, importunate, warm, hearty.
- 2. Intent, steady, fixed, close.
- Earnest, n. 1. Seriousness, reality, not a jest.
- 2. Pledge, first-fruits.
- 3. Earnest-money.
- Earnest-money, n. Earnest, pay in advance (to bind a bargain).
- Earnings, n. pl. Wages.
- Ear-ring, n. Pendant, ear-drop.
- Earth, n. 1. World, globe.
- 2. Soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod.
- Earth-born, a. 1. Terrigenous, born on the earth.
- 2. Of low birth, of mean extraction.
- 3. Earthly, low, mean, base, abject, grovelling, earth-bred.
- Earth-bred, a. Low, base, vile, abject, grovelling, earth-born.
- Earth-flax, n. Amianth, amianthus (species of Asbestos).
- Earthly, a. 1. Terrestrial.
- 2. Sensual, sordid, worldly, low, grovelling, vile, base, gross, earthly-minded, earth-born, not spiritual.
- Earthly-minded, a. Sensual, sordid, EARTHLY.
- Earthy, a. 1. Terrene, composed of earth.
- 2. Earthly, terrestrial.
- 3. Gross, coarse, unrefined.
- Ear-wax, n. Cerumen.
- Ease, n. 1. Rest, repose, quiescence.
- 2. Quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, peace, content, contentment.
- 3. Facility, easiness, readiness.
- Ease, v. a. 1. Relieve, disburden, disencumber, free from pressure or restraint.
- 2. Alleviate, allay, assuage, appease, mitigate, soothe, pacify, quiet, still, abate.
- Ease away, (Naut.) Slacken gradually (a rope), ease off.
- Easement, n. (Law.) Privilege (by grant or prescription), convenience, accommodation, advantage.
- Ease off, (Naut.) Ease away.
- Eastern, a. 1. Oriental, orient.
- 2. Towards the east.
- Easy, a. 1. Light, not difficult, not burdensome.
- 2. Quiet, tranquil, untroubled, comfortable, contented, satisfied, at rest, at ease, without anxiety, without pain.
- 3. Yielding, complying, pliant, facile, submissive, accommodating, complaisant.
- 4. Unconstrained, graceful, not formal, not stiff.
- 5. Gentle, moderate.
- 6. Not straitened (pecuniarily).
- Eat, v. a. 1. Chew and swallow.
- 2. Corrode, consume, wear away.
- Eat, v. n. 1. Feed, take food.
- 2. Act corrosively.
- 3. [Colloquial.] Taste, relish.
- Eatable, a. Esculent, edible.
- Eat dirt, Humble one's self, abase one's self, lower one's note, fall on one's knees, eat humble pie, get a set-down, sing small.

- Eating, a. Corrosive, erosive, corroding, caustic, catheretic.
- Eating-house, n. Restaurant, chop-house.
- Eat one's words, Take back what was said, retract a statement.
- Eau-de-Cologne, [Fr.] Cologne, cologne-water.
- Eavesdropper, n. Stealthy listener.
- Eavesdropping, n. Listening by stealth.
- Ebb, n. 1. Regression, regress, retrocession, retrogression, reflux, refluence, return.
- 2. Decline, decay, deterioration, degeneracy.
- 3. Decrease, diminution, abatement, decrement, subsidence.
- Ebb, v. n. 1. Recede, retire, flow back.
- 2. Decline, decrease, decay, wane, sink, fall away.
- Ebon, a. 1. Dark, black, inky.
- 2. Made of ebony.
- Ebriety, n. Drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, inebriety.
- Ebullience, n. Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.
- Ebulliency, n. Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.
- Ebullient, a. Effervescing, boiling over.
- Ebullition, n. 1. Boiling.
- 2. Effervescence, fermentation.
- 3. Burst, outburst, outbreak, fit, paroxysm.
- Eccentric, a. 1. Not circular.
- 2. Irregular, abnormal, anomalous, peculiar, uncommon, unnatural, singular, strange, wayward, odd, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.
- Eccentricity, n. Irregularity, peculiarity, oddness, oddity, singularity, waywardness, strangeness, aberration.
- Ecclesiastic, a. Not civil, not secular.
- Ecclesiastical, a. Not civil, not secular.
- Ecclesiastic, n. Priest, clergyman, churchman, minister, parson, pastor, divine.
- Echinate, a. Prickly, bristled.
- Echinated, a. Prickly, bristled.
- Echo, n. Reverberation, reflected sound.
- Echo, v. n. Resound, reverberate, be sounded back.
- Echo, v. a. 1. Reverberate, reëcho.
- 2. Repeat, sound again.
- Éclaircissement, n. [Fr.] Explanation, explication.
- Eclaircize, v. a. [Modern.] Explain, unfold, expound, elucidate, illustrate, make plain, make clear.
- Éclat, n. 1. Acclamation, applause, plaudit, burst of applause.
- 2. Brilliancy, splendor, show, pomp, lustre, striking effect.
- Eclectic, a. Selecting, choosing.
- Eclecticism, n. Eclectic philosophy.
- Eclipse, n. 1. Occultation.
- 2. Obscuration.
- Eclipse, v. a. 1. Darken, obscure, dim.
- 2. Cloud, veil, shroud, hide.
- 3. Degrade, throw into the shade.
- Eclogue, n. Bucolic, idyl, pastoral, pastoral poem.
- Economical, a. Saving, sparing, provident, thrifty, frugal, not wasteful, not lavish.
- Economics, n. Household management, household economy.
- Economize, v. a. Save, husband, manage frugally, use prudently.
- Economize, v. n. Retrench, be frugal, be prudent, be economical, practise economy, husband one's resources.
- Economy, n. 1. Frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery.
- 2. Arrangement, regulation, management.
- 3. System, plan, established order.
- Ecphonesis, n. [Gr.] (Rhet.) Exclamation, ejaculation, interjection.
- Ecstasy, n. 1. Trance.
- 2. Transport, rapture, ravishment, delight, great joy.
- 3. Enthusiasm, fanaticism.
- Ecstatic, a. 1. Entrancing.
- 2. Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.
- Ecstatical, a. 1. Entrancing.
- 2. Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.
- Ecumenic, a. [Written also [Œcumenic and Œcumenical.] General (applied especially to councils of the Church), universal.
- Ecumenical, a. [Written also [Œcumenic and Œcumenical.] General (applied especially to councils of the Church), universal.
- Edacious, a. Greedy, voracious, devouring.
- Eddish, n. Aftermath, rowen.
- Eddy, n. 1. Counter-current.
- 2. Whirlpool, vortex.
- Edentate, a. Toothless.
- Edentated, a. Toothless.
- Edge, n. 1. Cutting side (of a blade).
- 2. Border, rim, brim, margin, verge, brink.
- 3. Keenness, sharpness, intensity.
- Edge, v. a. 1. Sharpen.
- 2. Fringe, border.
- 3. Move sideways, move little by little.
- Edge, v. n. Move sideways, move little by little.
- Edge-bone, n. Aitchbone, natchbone.
- Edging, n. Fringe, border.
- Edible, n. Eatable, esculent.
- Edict, n. Command, order, decree, rescript, mandate, ordinance, proclamation, ban.
- Edification, n. Instruction (with reference to improving the character), enlightenment, improvement, education.
- Edifice, n. Building, fabric, structure.
- Edify, v. a. Instruct (in order to improve the character), teach, enlighten, educate, improve.
- Edit, v. a. Conduct (a literary work), manage, prepare for publication, superintend the publication of.
- Edition, n. Impression, number (of copies) printed at once.
- Editor, n. Conductor (of a literary work).
- Educate, v. a. Train, discipline, teach, instruct, nurture, breed, school, EDIFY, drill, bring up, develop the faculties of, form the mind and character of.
- Education, n. Training, teaching, schooling, instruction, discipline, cultivation, tuition, nurture, breeding, EDIFICATION, drilling.
- Educe, v. a. Extract, draw out, bring out.
- Edulcorate, v. a. (Chem.) Wash, purify, cleanse.
- Edulcoration, n. (Chem.) Washing, cleaning, purification.
- Eel-pont, n. Burbot (Lota vulgaris).

- Effect, n. 1. Consequence, result, issue, event.
- 2. Force, validity, weight, power, efficiency.
- 3. Purport, import, drift, tenor, meaning, general intent.
- 4. Fact, reality, truth.
- 5. Impression (on the organs of sense).
- Effect, v. a. 1. Cause, produce, create.
- 2. Accomplish, achieve, execute, perform, do, consummate, realize, carry, compass, effectuate, bring about, bring to pass, carry out, work out.
- Effective, a. 1. Competent, adequate, powerful, forcible, energetic, potent, cogent, sufficient, efficacious.
- 2. Operative, active, efficient, effectual.
- Effects, n. pl. Goods, furniture, movables, personal estate.
- Effectual, a. 1. Operative, successful.
- 2. Efficacious, effective, active, efficient, of adequate power.
- Effectuate, v. a. Accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, carry out, bring to pass.
- Effeminacy, n. Weakness, softness, timidity, womanish delicacy.
- Effeminate, a. 1. Womanish, feminine, timorous, unmanly.
- 2. Delicate, tender, womanly (in a good sense).
- Effeminate, v. a. Unman, soften, emasculate, emolliate, make effeminate.
- Effervesce, v. n. Froth, bubble, ferment.
- Effervescence, n. Bubbling, frothing, ebullition, fermentation.
- Effete, a. 1. Barren, unprolific, unfruitful, fruitless, addle.
- 2. Decayed, spent, exhausted, wasted, worn out.
- Efficacious, a. Effectual, effective, powerful, active, operative, efficient, energetic, of adequate power.
- Efficacy, n. Potency, competency, power, strength, force, efficiency.
- Efficiency, n. Efficacy.
- Efficient, a. 1. Operative, active, efficacious, effective, effectual, potent.
- 2. Able, energetic, skilful, ready.
- Efficient, n. Cause, operator, prime mover, efficient agent.
- Effigies, n. Effigy.
- Effigy, n. Image, figure, representation, likeness, effigies.
- Effloresce, v. n. Become pulverulent (on the surface).
- Efflorescence, n. 1. Flowering, bloom, time of flowering.
- 2. Pulverulence (of the surface).
- Effluence, n. Emanation, efflux.
- Effluvium, n. Exhalation, vapor.
- Efflux, n. 1. Flow, effusion.
- 2. Emanation, effluence.
- Effort, n. 1. Endeavor, attempt, trial, essay, exertion, struggle, strain, straining, stretch.
- 2. Enterprise, undertaking, cause.
- Effrontery, n. Boldness, assurance, impudence, audacity, hardihood, presumption, shamelessness, sauciness, brass, CHEEK.
- Effulgence, n. Brilliancy, lustre, splendor, brightness, radiance, refulgence.
- Effulgent, a. Brilliant, shining, lustrous, splendid, resplendent, bright, radiant, refulgent, dazzling.
- Effuse, v. a. Shed, spill, pour out.
- Effusion, n. 1. Outpouring, efflux, gush.
- 2. Shedding, spilling, waste.
- 3. Utterance, expression of thought.
- Eft, n. Salamander, newt.
- Egg, n. Ovum.
- Egg-shaped, a. Ovate.
- Eglantine, n. Sweet-brier (Rosa rubiginosa).
- Egotism, n. Conceit, vanity, BUMPTIOUSNESS, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-praise, self-commendation.
- Egotistic, a. Conceited, vain, opinionated, BUMPTIOUS, self-important.
- Egotistical, a. Conceited, vain, opinionated, BUMPTIOUS, self-important.
- Egregious, a. Extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, great.
- Egress, n. Exit, departure, going out.
- Either, a. & pron. 1. (Appropriately) One or the other (of two).
- 2. (Less authorized) Any one (of several).
- 3. (Of doubtful propriety) Each (of two), both, one and the other.
- Ejaculate, v. a. Utter in an exclamation, utter briefly and suddenly.
- Ejaculation, n. Exclamation, ECPHONESIS, brief and sudden utterance.
- Eject, v. a. 1.
- 2. Expel, oust, dismiss, discharge, cashier, turn out.
- 3. Reject, banish, throw aside, cast away, throw overboard.
- Ejection, n. 1. Evacuation, discharge.
- 2. Expulsion, dismission, extrusion, banishment.
- Eke out, Add to, supply the deficiency of.
- Elaborate, v. a. 1. Bestow labor upon, work out.
- 2. Improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughly.
- Elaborate, a. Labored, studied, high wrought, highly finished, elaborately prepared.
- Elaboration, n. 1. Labor, painstaking.
- 2. Preparation, ripening, maturing.
- Elapse, v. n. Pass, lapse, glide away, slip away, pass away.
- Elastic, a. Springy, rebounding, resilient, recoiling.
- Elasticity, n. Springiness, resiliency, tendency to rebound.
- Elate, a. Flushed (with success), elated, excited, exhilarated, puffed up, in high spirits.
- Elate, v. a. Cheer, exhilarate, elevate, animate, excite, flush, puff up, make proud.
- Elater, n. Fire-fly (of South America, Cuba, &c.).
- Elation, n. Exultation, elevation, exaltation, pride, high spirits.
- Elbow, n. Angle, bend, turn.
- Elbow, v. a. Push.
- Elbow, v. n. Jostle, push one's way.
- Elbow-chair, n. Arm-chair, armed chair.
- Elbow-room, n. Scope, swing, range, opportunity, liberty of action, a fair field, room enough.
- Elder, a. Older, senior.
- Elder, n. Senior, aged person.
- Elderly, a. Somewhat old.
- Eldership, n. Seniority.
- Eldest, a. Oldest.
- Elect, v. a. Choose, select, cull, pick, pick out, make choice of.
- Elect, a. Chosen, selected, picked, choice.
- Election, n. 1. Selection, preference, choice.
- 2. (Theol.) Predestination.
- Electioneer, v. n. Canvass.
- Elective franchise, Right of voting, right to vote.
- Elector, n. Voter, constituent.
- Electric, n. Non-conductor (of electricity).
- Electrify, v. a. 1. Render electric, charge with electricity.
- 2. Rouse, thrill, excite, stir, enchant.
- Elegance, n. 1. Grace, beauty, symmetry, propriety.
- 2. Refinement, polish, politeness, gentility.
- Elegant, a. 1. Graceful, beautiful, handsome, fine, symmetrical, classical, tasty, tasteful, chaste, neat, well-made, well-proportioned, in good taste.
- 2. Polished, refined, accomplished, cultivated, polite, genteel, courtly, fashionable.
- Elegiac, a. Mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, dirge-like.
- Elegy, n. Dirge, lament, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
- Element, n. 1. Simple body, uncompounded body, ultimate part.
- 2. Constituent, component, ingredient, constituent principle, component part.
- 3. Proper state, proper sphere.
- 4. Rudiment, first principle, essential point.
- Elementary, a. 1. Simple, uncompounded.
- 2. Rudimentary, rudimental, primary.
- Elench, n. Sophism, specious argument.
- Elephantine, a. Huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, Cyclopean, Herculean, enormous, very large.
- Elevate, v. a. 1. Raise, lift, lift up.
- 2. Exalt, promote.
- 3. Improve, dignify, ennoble, refine.
- 4. Animate, elate, cheer, exhilarate, excite, flush.
- Elevation, n. 1. Raising, elevating.
- 2. Exaltation, aggrandizement, promotion.
- 3. Dignity, refinement, improvement, ennobling.
- 4. Hill, elevated place.
- 5. (Astron.) Height, altitude.
- Élève, n. [Fr.] Pupil.
- Elf, n. 1. Fairy, fey, diminutive spirit.
- 2. Dwarf, gnome.
- Elfish, a. Elf-like, mischievous, elvish.
- Elicit, v. a. Draw out, bring out, succeed in obtaining.
- Elide, v. a. Cut off (a syllable).
- Eligible, a. 1. Desirable, preferable, to be preferred, worthy of choice, fit to be chosen.
- 2. Legally qualified.
- Eliminate, v. a. 1. Exclude, expel, reject, thrust out, drive out, get clear of.
- 2. Extricate, release, set free.
- 3. (Algebra.) Disengage, separate.
- Elimination, n. 1. Exclusion, expulsion, rejection.
- 2. Separation, disengagement.
- Élite, n. [Fr.] Flower (of a society), best part, select body.
- Elixir, n. 1. Cordial.
- 2. (Med.) Compound tincture.
- Elk, n. Moose, moose-deer (Cervus alces or Alces molchis).
- Elliptic, a. Oval.
- Elliptical, a. Oval.
- Ellipse, n. Oval, oval figure.
- Elocution, n. 1. Speech, faculty of speech, power of expression.
- 2. Utterance, delivery, manner of speaking, oral expression.
- Éloge, n. [Fr.] Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, funeral oration.
- Elongate, v. a. Lengthen, stretch, draw out, lengthen out.

- Eloquence, n. 1. Oratory, art of speaking well (in public).
- 2. Graceful and vigorous utterance, fit words in fit places, appropriate expression.
- Eloquent, a. 1. Persuasive, impressive.
- 2. Graceful and vigorous.
- Else, a. or pron. Other.
- Else, ad. or conj. 1. Otherwise.
- 2. Besides.
- Elsewhere, ad. 1. Many other places.
- 2. In some other place.
- 3. In other places.
- Elucidate, v. a. Explain, illustrate, unfold, make clear, make plain, throw light upon.
- Elucidation, n. Explanation, illustration, exposition, comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.
- Elucidative, a. Explanatory.
- Elude, v. a. 1. Escape, avoid, shun, get away from, steal away from.
- 2. Baffle, frustrate, foil, disconcert, disappoint, BILK.
- Elusive, a. 1. Evasive, ELUSORY.
- 2. Equivocating, shuffling, equivocatory.
- Elusory, a. Evasive, elusive, delusive, deceptive.
- Elutriate, v. a. Cleanse (as ores, by washing), purify.
- Elvish, a. Elf-like, mischievous, elfish.
- Elysian, a. Charming, delightful, ravishing, enchanting, blissful, heavenly, celestial, exceedingly happy.
- Elysium, n. 1. The Elysian fields, islands of the blest.
- 2. Paradise, Eden, delightful place.
- Emaciate, a. Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.
- Emaciated, a. Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton.
- Emaciation, n. Leanness, lankness, meagreness, TABES, TABEFACTION.
- Emanate, v. a. Issue, arise, spring, flow, proceed, emerge, go out.
- Emanation, n. 1. Flowing out.
- 2. Efflux, effluence, issue.
- Emancipate, v. a. Enfranchise, manumit, liberate, disenthrall, release, unfetter, unshackle, unchain, free, set free, set at liberty.
- Emancipation, a. Enfranchisement, manumission, liberation, release, deliverance.
- Emasculate, v. a. 1. Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility.
- 2. Weaken, debilitate, unman, effeminate, emolliate, make effeminate.
- Emasculation, n. 1. Castration, ORCHOTOMY.
- 2. Effeminacy, weakness, softness.
- Embalm, v. a. 1. Preserve from decay (by aromatics or antiseptics).
- 2. Preserve, enshrine, cherish, keep unimpaired.
- 3. Scent, perfume, make fragrant.
- Embargo, n. Prohibition (of vessels to leave port).
- Embark, v. a. 1. Put on shipboard.
- 2. Engage, enlist.
- Embark, v. n. 1. Go on shipboard.
- 2. Engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step.
- Embarrass, v. a. 1. Perplex, entangle, beset, make intricate, make difficult.
- 2. Harass, distress, trouble, vex, annoy, plague, hamper, clog.
- 3. Confuse, disconcert, confound, nonplus, pose, dumfound, dumfounder.
- Embarrassment, n. 1. Perplexity, difficulty, entanglement.
- 2. Trouble, distress, vexation, plague.
- 3. Confusion, abashment.
- Embassy, n. 1. Commission, mission.
- 2. Legation, ambassadors.
- Embay, v. a. Landlock.
- Embed, v. a. Bed.
- Embellish, v. a. Decorate, deck, bedeck, ornament, adorn, beautify, set out, set off.
- Embellishment, n. Decoration, ornament, adornment.
- Embers, n. pl. Cinders.
- Embezzle, v. a. Appropriate to one's own use (what is intrusted), purloin, peculate, steal, come unlawfully by.
- Embezzlement, n. Peculation.
- Embitter, v. a. [Written also Imbitter.] 1. Make bitter.
- 2. Make unhappy or grievous.
- 3. Exasperate, madden, enrage.
- Emblaze, v. a. 1. Emblazon, blazon.
- 2. Kindle, set in a blaze.
- Emblazon, v. a. 1. Blazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.
- 2. Deck (with showy ornaments), decorate, adorn, embellish, set off, set out.
- Emblazonry, n. 1. Heraldry, blazonry.
- 2. Heraldic ornaments.
- Emblem, n. Type, symbol, sign, representation, token, badge, mark, device, cognizance, allusive figure.
- Emblematic, a. Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical, allusive.
- Emblematical, a. Typical, figurative, representative, symbolical, allusive.
- Emblematize, v. a. Symbolize, typify.
- Embody, v. a. 1. Invest with a body, make corporeal, form into a body.
- 2. Incorporate, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect into a whole, draw into one mass.
- 3. Comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.
- 4. Systematize, methodize, codify.
- Embolden, v. a. Encourage, animate, inspirit, reassure, make bold, give courage to.
- Embolism, n. Intercalation.
- Embolismic, a. Intercalated, intercalary.
- Embolismical, a. Intercalated, intercalary.
- Embonpoint, n. [Fr.] Plumpness, fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, obesity.
- Emboss, v. a. Adorn with raised work, ornament in relief.
- Embossment, n. Protuberance, jut, prominence, raised work, figure in relief.
- Embouchure, n. [Fr.] 1. Mouth (as of a river).
- 2. (Mus.) Aperture (of an instrument), mouthpiece.
- Embowed, p. a. Bent, curved, arched, bowed, arcuated, arcuate.
- Embowel, v. a. Eviscerate, disembowel, gut, take out the bowels or entrails of, free from the viscera.
- Embrace, v. a. 1. Clasp (in the arms), hug.
- 2. Welcome, seize, accept, lay hold on.
- 3. Comprehend, include, cover, contain, comprise, enclose, encompass, encircle, embody, take in.
- Embrace, n. Hug, clasp.
- Embroider, v. a. Adorn with needle-work.
- Embroidery, n. Variegated needle-work.
- Embroil, v. a. 1. Perplex, entangle, ensnarl, implicate, commingle.
- 2. Disturb, confuse, distract, trouble, disorder, discompose, throw into disorder, bring into difficulty.
- Embryo, n. Germ, rudiment.
- Embryo, a. Embryotic, rudimentary, undeveloped.
- Embryotic, a. Embryo.
- Emendation, n. Correction (of a text), amendment, rectification, change for the better.
- Emerge, v. n. 1. Rise (out of a fluid), come up.
- 2. Issue, emanate, escape, come forth.
- 3. Appear, become visible, rise into view.
- Emergency, n. Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass, push, strait, difficulty, conjuncture, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occasion.
- Emersion, n. 1. Emerging, rising.
- 2. (Astron.) Reappearance (after eclipse).
- Emetic, n. Vomit, puke.
- Émeute, n. [Fr.] Riot, popular outbreak, seditious commotion.
- Emication, n. Scintillation, sparkling.
- Emigrate, v. n. Migrate, remove (from one country to settle in another).
- Emigration, n. 1. Migration, removal, exodus.
- 2. Body of emigrants.
- Eminence, n. 1. Prominence, projection.
- 2. Elevation, hill, elevated ground, high point.
- 3. Exaltation, celebrity, distinction, note, renown, repute, reputation, fame.
- Eminent, a. 1. High, lofty, elevated.
- 2. Distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, prominent, illustrious, exalted, famous, renowned, remarkable, of great repute.
- Emissary, n. Messenger, spy, scout, secret agent.
- Emission, n. Issue, sending out, throwing out.
- Emit, v. a. 1. Eject, discharge, exhale, breathe, breathe out, send forth, throw out, give out.
- 2. Issue (for circulation), put into circulation.
- Emmet, n. Ant, pismire.
- Emolliate, v. a. Soften, effeminate, emasculate, make effeminate.
- Emollient, a. Softening.
- Emolument, n. 1. Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary, stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.
- 2. Advantage, profit, benefit.
- Emotion, n. Feeling, passion, excitement (of sensibility), mental agitation.
- Empawn, v. a. Pawn, pledge, put in pawn.
- Emphasis, n. 1. Stress (on certain words), force of utterance.
- 2. Impressiveness, significance, moment, weight.
- Emphatic, a. Expressive, significant, categorical, strong, forcible, energetic.
- Emphatical, a. Expressive, significant, categorical, strong, forcible, energetic.
- Empire, n. 1. Sovereignty, supremacy, dominion, absolute authority, supreme dominion, imperial power.
- 2. Rule, sway, command, control, government.
- Empiric, n. Quack, charlatan, pretender, mountebank, impostor, cheat, mere experimenter (without scientific training).
- Empiric, a. 1. Experimental, experiential, from experience (as distinguished from inference or reasoning).
- 2. Charlatanic, quackish.
- Empirical, a. 1. Experimental, experiential, from experience (as distinguished from inference or reasoning).
- 2. Charlatanic, quackish.
- Empiricism, n. 1. Dependence on experience.
- 2. Quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.
- Emplastrum, n. [L. pl. Emplastra.] (Med.) Plaster.
- Employ, v. a. 1. Busy, engage, engross, exercise, occupy.
- 2. Use, apply, make use of.
- 3. Entrust with an agency, enlist in one's service, give employment to.
- Employ, n. [Poetical.] Employment.
- Employé, n. [Fr.] Agent, clerk, servant, hand.
- Employment, n. 1. Business, occupation, engagement, pursuit, AVOCATION, calling, profession, trade, craft.
- 2. Service, agency, office, EMPLOY.
- Emporium, n. Mart, market, place of trade, commercial city.
- Empoverish, v. a. [Written also Impoverish.] 1. Make poor, bring to want, reduce to indigence.
- 2. Make less fertile.
- Empower, v. a. 1. Authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority to.
- 2. Enable, make able.
- Emptiness, n. 1. Vacuity, vacuum, void space.
- 2. Destitution, lack of supplies, want of furniture.
- 3. Unsatisfactoriness, vanity, hollowness.
- Empty, a. 1. Void, devoid, vacant, unoccupied.
- 2. Unfurnished, unsupplied, unfilled, destitute.
- 3. Unsubstantial, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vain, hollow.
- 4. Desolate, waste, deserted.
- 5. Senseless, silly, weak.
- Empty, v. a. 1. Exhaust, drain, evacuate, deplete.
- 2. Discharge, disembogue, pour out.
- Empty, v. n. Flow, disembogue, flow out, be discharged.
- Emptyings, n. pl. Yeast.
- Empyreal, a. Ethereal, aërial, airy, highly refined.
- Empyrean, n. Highest heaven.
- Emulate, v. a. Rival, vie with, compete with, strive to equal or to excel.
- Emulation, n. Rivalry, competition, desire to excel, desire of superiority.
- Emulous, a. 1. Competing, rivalling.
- 2. Very desirous.
- Emunctories, n. pl. Excretory ducts.
- Enable, v. a. Empower, qualify, capacitate, make able, make capable, render capable.
- Enact, v. a. 1. Ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to.
- 2. Play, act, act the part of.
- Enactment, n. 1. Enacting.
- 2. Law, act, decree, edict, ordinance.
- Enamour, v. a. Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enrapture, inflame with love.
- Enarthrosis, n. (Anat.) Ball-and-socket joint.
- Encage, v. a. [Written also Incage.] Confine, coop, coop up.
- Encamp, v. n. Camp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.
- Encamp, v. a. Place in a camp.
- Encampment, n. Camp.
- Enceinte, a. [Fr.] Pregnant, big with child, in the family way.
- Enchain, v. a. 1. Bind, shackle, manacle, enslave, hold in chains, hold in bondage.
- 2. Hold, rivet, fix, hold fast.
- Enchant, v. a. Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enamour, win, catch, enrapture, ravish, beatify, please highly, lead captive.
- Enchanting, a. Charming, captivating, fascinating, bewitching, delightful, ravishing, Circean.
- Enchanter, n. Charmer, magician, sorcerer.
- Enchantment, n. 1. Incantation, conjuration, necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchery, spell, charm.
- 2. Delight, fascination, rapture, ravishment, transport.
- Enchase, v. a. 1. Enclose (as a gem in gold), infix.
- 2. Chase, emboss.
- Encircle, v. a. Surround, encompass, environ, gird, engird, enclose.
- Enclose, v. a. [Written also Inclose.] 1. Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.
- 2. Cover, envelop, wrap.
- Enclosure, n. [Written also Inclosure.] 1. Enclosing.
- 2. Being enclosed.
- 3. Thing inclosed.
- 4. Circle, compass, space enclosed.
- 5. Yard, COMPOUND.
- Economiast, n. Eulogist, panegyrist, praiser, extoller.
- Encomiastic, a. Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.
- Encomiastical, a. Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory.
- Encomium, n. Praise, eulogy, eulogium, laudation, commendation, panegyric, good word.
- Encompass, v. a. 1. Surround, environ, compass, gird, engird, encircle, enclose.
- 2. Invest, beset, besiege, hem in, wall in, lay siege to.
- Encore, ad. [Fr.] Again, once more.
- Encounter, n. 1. Meeting, rencounter, clash, collision.
- 2. Attack, onset, assault.
- 3. Conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action, skirmish, brush, affair.
- Encounter, v. a. 1. Meet (suddenly), meet face to face.
- 2. Confront, face.
- 3. Meet with, fall upon, come upon.
- 4. Attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight with.
- Encounter, v. n. Clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into collision.
- Encourage, v. a. 1. Embolden, inspirit, animate, enhearten, hearten, stimulate, cheer, incite, assure, reassure, comfort, console, buoy up.
- 2. Support, favor, countenance, further, advance, promote, foster, aid, help, abet, patronize, help forward.
- Encourager, n. Favorer, promoter.
- Encroach, v. n. Trespass, intrude, infringe, trench, make inroad, make invasion, advance stealthily.
- Encroachment, n. Infringement, trespass, inroad, invasion.
- Encumber, v. a. 1. Load, clog, oppress, impede, hinder, obstruct, overload.
- 2. Embarrass, perplex, entangle, involve, complicate.
- Encumbrance, n. [Written also Incumbrance.] 1. Load, clog, impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.
- 2. Debt, claim, liability.
- Encyclical, a. Circular.
- Encyclopædia, n. Cyclopædia.
- Encyclopedian, a. Encyclopedic.
- Encyclopedic, a. That embraces the whole circle of learning, encyclopedian.
- Encyclopedical, a. That embraces the whole circle of learning, encyclopedian.
- Encysted, a. Enclosed in a cyst or sac.
- End, n. 1. Extremity, extreme point.
- 2. Close, cessation, period, expiration, finale, finis, last, fall of the curtain.
- 3. Conclusion, completion.
- 4. Termination, bound, limit.
- 5. Final state, ultimate condition.
- 6. Result, event, consequence, sequel, upshot, final issue.
- 7. Fragment, scrap, remnant.
- 8. Aim, purpose, object, design, drift, intent, intention, view, final cause.
- End, v. a. 1. Terminate, conclude, finish, close, put an end to, bring to an end, make an end of, cut short.
- 2. Destroy, kill, put to death.
- End, v. n. 1. Conclude, terminate, cease, be finished, come to an end, come to a close.
- 2. Close, conclude a discourse, cease speaking.
- Endanger, v. a. Hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit, compromit, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in jeopardy.
- Endear, v. a. Attach, secure the affection of, bind by ties of affection, gain the love of.
- Endearment, n. Caressing, caress, blandishment, fondling.
- Endeavor, n. Effort, attempt, essay, trial, struggle, exertion, aim.
- Endeavor, v. n. Try, attempt, essay, labor, strive, aim, make an effort, make an attempt.
- Endemic, a. (Med.) Of a particular district.
- Endemical, a. (Med.) Of a particular district.
- Endemic, n. (Med.) Endemical disease.
- Endless, a. 1. Interminable, illimitable, unlimited, boundless, immeasurable, infinite.
- 2. Eternal, everlasting, perpetual, incessant, continual, uninterrupted.
- 3. Immortal, undying, deathless, ever-living, never-dying, imperishable.
- 4. Objectless, without purpose or design.
- Endorse, v. a. [Written also Indorse.] 1. Superscribe, write on the back of.
- 2. Sanction, warrant, confirm, ratify, vouch for.
- Endow, v. a. 1. Furnish with a dowry, settle a dower upon.
- 2. Furnish with a fund, supply with means.
- 3. Enrich, endue, indue, invest.
- Endowment, n. 1. Gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty, present.
- 2. Property, fund, revenue.
- 3. Talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification.
- Endue, v. a. [Written also Indue.] Supply, invest, clothe, endow, enrich.
- Endurable, a. Tolerable.
- Endurance, n. 1. Bearing, suffering, sufferance.
- 2. Patience, fortitude.
- 3. [Rare.] Continuance, continuation, lastingness.
- Endure, v. a. 1. Bear, sustain, support.
- 2. Suffer, undergo, experience, go through.
- 3. Brook, tolerate, abide, submit to, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily.
- Endure, v. n. 1. Remain, continue, last, abide, be permanent, be durable.
- 2. Bear, suffer, submit, resign one's self, be patient, take it patiently, take it easily or quietly, not fret about it.
- Enema, n. (Med.) Clyster, glyster, injection, lavement.
- Enemy, n. 1. Foe, adversary.
- 2. Opponent, antagonist.
- 3. [With The prefixed.] Devil, Satan, arch-fiend.
- Energetic, a. Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, strong, effective, efficacious, potent.
- Energize, v. i. Act with vigor, act forcibly.
- Energize, v. a. Give energy to, give force to, excite to action.
- Energy, n. 1. Force, power, might, efficacy, potency, efficiency, strength, activity, intensity.
- 2. Spirit, spiritedness, animation, life, vigor, manliness, zeal, pluck, bottom, animal spirits.
- Enervate, v. a. Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, paralyze, break, deprive of force or strength, render feeble.
- Enfeeble, v. a. Weaken, unnerve, ENERVATE.
- Enfilade, v. a. (Mil.) Rake with shot.
- Enforce, v. a. 1. Give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind.
- 2. Put in execution, put in force.
- 3. Constrain, compel, oblige, force, require.
- Enforcement, n. 1. Inculcation.
- 2. Sanction.
- 3. Execution, putting in force.
- 4. Constraint, compulsion.
- Enfranchise, v. a. 1. Admit as a freeman, endow with a franchise.
- 2. Free, emancipate, release, set free, make free, restore to liberty.
- Engage, v. a. 1. Pledge, commit, promise, bind, put under pledge.
- 2. Enlist, induce to serve.
- 3. Gain, win, attach, attract, allure, entertain, draw, fix, arrest, gain over.
- 4. Occupy, employ, busy, engross.
- 5. Attack, encounter, fight with, join battle with.
- Engage, v. n. 1. Fight, combat, contend, struggle, contest, join battle.
- 2. Embark, enlist, take the first step.
- 3. Promise, agree, stipulate, bargain, undertake, pledge one's word, plight one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's self, become bound, be sworn, take upon one's self.
- Engagement, n. 1. Promise, stipulation, assurance, contract, pledge, obligation.
- 2. Employment, occupation, business, AVOCATION, calling, vocation.
- 3. Battle, conflict, combat, contest, action, fight, encounter, rencounter.
- Engaging, a. Attractive, winning, entertaining, pleasing, interesting, captivating, charming, taking.
- Engender, v. a. 1. Generate, beget, procreate, breed.
- 2. Produce, cause, occasion, give rise to, call forth.
- Engine, n. 1. Machine.
- 2. Implement, instrument, weapon, agent, means.
- Enginery, n. Engines, machines.
- Engird, v. a. Surround, environ, gird, begird, encircle, encompass.
- English, n. 1. English people.
- 2. English language.
- Engorge, v. a. Gorge, devour, swallow up, swallow eagerly, gulp down.
- Engorge, v. n. Devour food, feed greedily, be gluttonous.
- Engorgement, n. 1. Engorging.
- 2. (Med.) Congestion, obstruction, over-fulness.
- Engrain, v. a. Dye in the grain, dye deep.
- Engrave, v. a. 1. Mark by incisions, cut, chisel, carve, STIPPLE.
- 2. Imprint, infix, impress deeply.
- Engraving, n. 1. Engraved plate.
- 2. Print.
- Engross, v. a. 1. Absorb, engage, occupy, take up.
- 2. Monopolize, forestall.
- 3. Copy in large hand, write out fair.
- Engrossment, n. 1. Absorption, monopoly, forestalling.
- 2. Engrossed copy.
- Engulf, v. a. [Written also Ingulf.] Absorb, swallow up.
- Enhance, v. a. 1. Raise (as price), advance, heighten, swell.
- 2. Increase, augment, aggravate.

- Enigma, n. Riddle, puzzle, dark saying, obscure question.
- Enigmatic, a. Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible, puzzling, perplexing.
- Enigmatical, a. Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible, puzzling, perplexing.
- Enjoin, v. a. 1. Urge, admonish, advise, importune, beg, entreat.
- 2. Order, direct, bid, command, require, prescribe to.
- 3. (Law.) Prohibit, restrain, put an injunction on.
- Enjoy, v. a. 1. Take pleasure in, be delighted with, take delight in, derive pleasure from.
- 2. Have fruition of.
- Enjoyment, n. 1. Pleasure, gratification, delight, happiness.
- 2. Fruition, satisfactory possession.
- Enjoy one's self, Be happy.
- Enkindle, v. a. 1. Inflame, ignite, kindle, set on fire.
- 2. Incite, excite, rouse, stimulate, instigate, provoke, stir up, set on.
- Enlarge, v. a. Increase, augment, extend, expand, magnify, amplify, make larger, make greater.
- Enlarge, v. n. 1. Expatiate, dilate, descant, speak at length, launch out.
- 2. Increase, swell, grow, extend, expand, grow larger.
- Enlargement, n. 1. Expansion, dilatation, extension, augmentation, increase.
- 2. Expatiation, copious discourse, extended remark.
- Enlighten, v. a. 1. Illuminate, illume, illumine, irradiate, make light, make luminous, supply with light.
- 2. Instruct, inform, teach.
- Enlightened, a. Instructed, informed, educated, intelligent, refined, highly civilized.
- Enlightenment, n. Instruction, illumination.
- Enlist, v. a. 1. Enroll, register, record, list.
- 2. Engage, induce to serve, secure the assistance of.
- Enlist, v. n. 1. List, enroll one's self.
- 2. Embark, engage, pledge one's assistance.
- Enlistment, n. Enrolment.
- Enliven, v. a. 1. Quicken, animate, wake, rouse, invigorate, give life to.
- 2. Inspire, inspirit, exhilarate, cheer, delight, gladden.
- En masse, [Fr.] Altogether, in a mass, in a body.
- Enmity, n. Animosity, hatred, hate, hostility, malignity, malice, aversion, malevolence, rancor, bitterness, ill-will.
- Ennoble, v. a. 1. Raise to nobility, raise to the peerage.
- 2. Exalt, dignify, elevate, raise, aggrandize.
- Ennui, n. [Fr.] Listlessness (for want of occupation), languor, tedium, lassitude, wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness.
- Enormity, n. 1. Atrociousness, depravity, atrocity, flagitiousness, wickedness.
- 2. Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.
- Enormous, a. 1. [Rare.] Inordinate, irregular, abnormal, exceptional.
- 2. Huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, Cyclopean, Herculean, elephantine, very large.
- 3. Flagitious, very wicked.
- Enough, n. Sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT.
- Enough, a. Sufficient (to satisfy desire).
- Enough, ad. Sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction.
- Enounce, v. a. [Rare.] 1. Declare, enunciate, announce, publish, proclaim, promulgate, state, propound, make known.
- 2. Articulate, utter, pronounce.
- En passant, [Fr.] In passing, by the way, by the by.
- Enquire, v. a. [Written also and usually Inquire.] Ask about.
- Enquire, v. n. 1. Ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry.
- 2. Make investigation, make examination.
- Enrage, v. a. Irritate, exasperate, incense, madden, infuriate, provoke, inflame, chafe, AGGRAVATE, anger, make furious, excite to rage.
- Enrapture, v. a. Enchant, charm, fascinate, captivate, entrance, enravish, transport, beatify, make happy.
- Enravish, v. a. Enchant, ENRAPTURE.
- Enravishment, n. Rapture, ecstasy, transport, ravishment.
- Enrich, v. a. 1. Endow, make rich, make wealthy.
- 2. Fertilize, make productive.
- 3. Store, supply abundantly.
- 4. Adorn, decorate, deck, ornament, embellish.
- Enrobe, v. a. Dress, clothe, invest, attire, array, apparel, robe.
- Enroll, v. a. Enlist, register, chronicle.
- En route, [Fr.] On the way, on the passage.
- Ensanguine, v. a. Stain with blood, smear with blood.
- Ensconce, v. a. Shelter, cover, shield, secure, screen, hide, protect, harbor.
- Ensemble, n. [Fr.] The whole.
- Enshrine, v. a. 1. Enclose in a shrine.
- 2. Preserve (as something sacred), embalm, treasure, cherish, keep unimpaired.
- Ensiform, a. Sword-shaped.
- Ensign, n. 1. Banner, standard, colors, streamer, flag, pennon.
- 2. Symbol, sign, signal.
- 3. Badge, distinctive mark, mark of distinction.
- Enslave, v. a. Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty.
- Ensnare, v. a. [Written also Insnare.] 1. Entrap, catch.
- 2. Inveigle, allure, seduce.
- 3. Entangle, embarrass, confound, perplex, bewilder, pose, nonplus, stagger, mystify.
- Ensue, v. n. 1. Follow, succeed, come after, be subsequent.
- 2. Issue, arise, spring, flow, come, result, proceed, accrue.
- Ensure, v. a. [Written also and usually Insure.] 1. Make secure.
- 2. Secure against loss, indemnify against risk.
- Entail, v. a. 1. Transfer (by inalienable title).
- 2. Transmit (by necessity), fix unalterably.
- Entangle, v. a. 1. Ensnare, entrap, catch, involve in complication.
- 2. Confuse (by twisting or crossing), interweave, tangle, knot, mat.
- 3. Perplex, embarrass, puzzle, confound, bewilder, pose, nonplus, stagger, mystify.
- Entanglement, n. 1. Intricacy, involution, complication.
- 2. Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, bewilderment.
- Entelechy, n. [Peripatetic Philosophy.] Actuality (as distinguished from potential existence).
- Enter, v. a. 1. Go into, come into.
- 2. Record, register, enroll, note, set down, chronicle, jot down, take down.
- 3. Insert, set in.
- Enter, v. n. 1. Come in, go in, pass in.
- 2. Penetrate, pierce.
- Enter into, 1. Form a part of.
- 2. Share, participate in, be a partaker of.
- 3. Sympathize with.
- Enterprise, n. 1. Undertaking, adventure, venture, attempt, effort, essay, endeavor, cause.
- 2. Energy, activity, efficiency, force of character.
- Enterprising, a. 1. Adventurous, venturesome, venturous, dashing, daring, audacious, bold.
- 2. Active, prompt, alert, stirring, smart, energetic, efficient, spirited, zealous, strenuous, eager, on the alert, in earnest.
- Entertain, v. a. 1. Lodge, treat hospitably, show hospitality to, receive as a guest.
- 2. Feed, maintain, support.
- 3. Hold, cherish, harbor.
- 4. Take into consideration.
- 5. Divert, amuse, please.
- Entertainer, n. Host.
- Entertainment, n. 1. Hospitable treatment.
- 2. Feast, banquet, treat, COLLATION, festival.
- 3. Amusement, diversion, recreation, pastime.
- Enter upon, Begin, commence, take the first steps in.
- Enthrall, v. a. [Written also Inthrall.] Enslave, reduce to servitude, put under restraint.
- Enthralment, n. [Written also Inthralment.] Enslavement, servitude, slavery, bondage, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, captivity.
- Enthrone, v. a. 1. Invest with sovereign power, seat upon a throne.
- 2. Exalt, elevate, raise to superiority.
- Enthusiasm, n. 1. Ecstasy (from a belief of being inspired), fanaticism, religious frenzy.
- 2. Ardor, zeal, warmth, earnestness, passion, devotion, heat of imagination, mental excitement.
- Enthusiast, n. 1. Fanatic, devotee, bigot, zealot, religious madman.
- 2. Zealot, visionary, dreamer, castle-builder.
- Enthusiastic, a. 1. Fanatical, bigoted.
- 2. Visionary, extravagant.
- 3. Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning, flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.
- Enthusiastical, a. 1. Fanatical, bigoted.
- 2. Visionary, extravagant.
- 3. Ardent, earnest, vehement, zealous, fervent, fervid, burning, flaming, glowing, passionate, impassioned.
- Entice, v. a. Allure (to evil), lure, attract, decoy, seduce, tempt, coax, inveigle, wheedle, cajole, persuade, lead astray.
- Enticement, n. Allurement, lure, attraction, temptation, decoy, bait, seduction, inveiglement, inducement, persuasion.
- Entire, a. 1. Whole, complete, perfect, undivided, unbroken, undiminished, unimpaired.
- 2. Full, plenary, thorough, unalloyed.
- 3. (Bot.) With even margins, not toothed, not notched.
- Entireness, n. 1. Wholeness, completeness, totality, entirety, integrity.
- 2. Fulness, thoroughness.
- Entirety, n. Wholeness, ENTIRENESS.
- Entitle, v. a. 1. Name, designate, denominate, style, call, dub, christen, TITLE.
- 2.
- Entity, n. Being, existence, essence.
- Entomb, v. a. Bury, inhume, inter.
- Entombment, n. Burial, interment, sepulture.
- Entrails, n. pl. Intestines, bowels, viscera, guts, inwards.
- Entrance, n. 1. Ingress.
- 2. Entry, inlet, mouth, avenue, passage, door, gate, portal.
- 3. Beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction.
- Entrance, v. a. Charm, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, captivate, delight, bewitch, ravish, electrify, throw into ecstasies.
- Entrap, v. a. 1. Ensnare, catch.
- 2. Inveigle, seduce, allure, entice.
- 3. Entangle, involve, perplex, embarrass, confound, bewilder, mystify, stagger, pose, nonplus.
- Entreat, v. a. Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, ADJURE, solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer to.
- Entreaty, n. Supplication, prayer, petition, suit, solicitation, appeal, importunity, ADJURATION.
- Entrée, n. [Fr.] 1. Admittance, admission, free access.
- 2. First course (of dishes).
- Entremets, n. pl. [Fr.] Side dishes.
- Entre nous, [Fr.] Confidentially, privately, in confidence, between ourselves, between you and me, under the rose, SUB ROSA.
- Entrepot, n. [Fr.] Magazine, warehouse, storehouse.
- Entry, n. 1. Ingress, entrance.
- 2. Passage (into a house), avenue, inlet, hall.
- 3. Record, note, minute, memorandum.
- Entwine, v. a. [Written also Intwine.] 1. Twine, twist together.
- 2. Encircle, surround, embrace, wind about, wind around.
- Enumerate, v. a. Reckon, compute, count, number, tell, cite, recount, numerate, call over, relate in detail, mention one by one.
- Enumeration, n. 1. Numbering, computation, citation, mention, detailed account.
- 2. (Rhet.) Recapitulation, summing-up.
- Enunciate, v. a. 1. Declare, speak, proclaim, publish, express, relate, promulgate, state, propound, announce, enounce.
- 2. Utter, pronounce, articulate.
- Enunciate, v. n. Articulate, speak, utter articulate sounds.
- Enunciation, n. 1. Declaration, utterance, expression, announcement.
- 2. Elocution, articulation, manner of utterance.
- Enunciative, a. Declarative, expressive, declaratory, enunciatory.
- Enunciatory, a. Declarative, enunciative.
- Enure, v. n. [Written also and usually Inure.] (Law.) Be applied, come into use, take effect.
- Envelop, v. a. 1. Infold, inwrap, wrap, fold, wrap up, put a wrapper about.
- 2. Surround, encircle, encompass, cover, hide.
- Envelop, n. Envelope.
- Envelope, n. [Fr.] 1. Wrapper, covering, case, capsule.
- 2. (Fort.) Mound (to cover a weak part).
- 3. (Astron.) Coma.
- Envenom, v. a. 1. Poison.
- 2. Enrage, exasperate, incense, provoke, irritate, madden, aggravate, inflame, make furious.
- Enviable, a. Desirable, to be envied.
- Envious, a. 1. Jealous, disposed to envy.
- 2. Grudging.
- Enviousness, n. Envy.
- Environ, v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, gird, begird, engird, enclose.
- 2. Invest, besiege, beset.
- Environs, n. pl. Neighborhood, vicinity, vicinage.
- Envoy, n. Minister, ambassador, plenipotentiary.
- Envy, v. a. 1. Hate (for excellence or success), view with jealousy, feel ill-will towards.
- 2. Grudge, begrudge.
- Envy, n. 1. Hate (on account of excellence or success), hatred, jealousy, spite, enviousness, ill-will.
- 2. Grudging.
- 3. Object of envy, person to be envied.
- Ephemeral, a. Short-lived, transitory, transient, fleeting, flitting, evanescent, fugitive, fugacious, momentary, brief.
- Ephemeris, n. [Gr. pl. Ephemerides.] 1. Journal, diary.
- 2. (Astron.) Astronomical almanac or calendar.
- Epic, a. Narrative.
- Epic, n. Narrative, poem, epic poem, heroic poem.
- Epicedial, a. Elegiac, mournful, funereal.
- Epicedian, a. Elegiac, mournful, funereal.
- Epicedium, n. Elegy, dirge, lament, mournful song, funeral song.
- Epicure, n. Voluptuary, sensualist, Sybarite, free-liver, man of pleasure.
- Epicureanism, n. Doctrines of Epicurus, Epicurism.
- Epicurism, n. 1. Sensuality, luxury, luxurious living.
- 2. Doctrines of Epicurus, Epicureanism.
- Epidemic, a. General, prevailing, prevalent, pandemic.
- Epidemical, a. General, prevailing, prevalent, pandemic.
- Epidermis, n. 1. Cuticle, scarf-skin.
- 2. (Bot.) Exterior coating.
- Epigrammatic, a. Concise, laconic, terse, pointed, poignant, piquant, sharp, pungent.
- Epigrammatical, a. Concise, laconic, terse, pointed, poignant, piquant, sharp, pungent.
- Epilepsy, n. Falling sickness.
- Epiphany, n. 1. Manifestation, appearance (especially that of Christ by the star which guided the Magi to Bethlehem).
- 2. (Eccl.) Festival of the Epiphany.
- Epiphyte, n. Air-plant.
- Epiploön, n. (Anat.) Omentum, caul.
- Episcopacy, n. Episcopalianism.
- Episcopal, a. Episcopalian.
- Episcopalian, a. Episcopal.
- Episcopalian, n. Churchman.
- Episcopalianism, n. Episcopacy.
- Episcopate, n. 1. Bishopric, office of a bishop.
- 2. Body of bishops.
- Episode, n. Digression, incidental narrative.
- Epistle, n. Letter, note, written communication.
- Epistyle, n. (Arch.) Architrave.
- Epitaph, n. Inscription (on a tomb or monument).
- Epithalamium, n. Nuptial song.
- Epithet, n. [Technical term of the Rhetorician.] Adjective, name, appellation, designation, title, qualifying word or term, descriptive term.
- Epitome, n. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, conspectus, syllabus, brief, breviary, summary, synopsis, digest, sum and substance.
- Epitomist, n. Abridger, epitomizer, writer of an epitome.
- Epitomize, v. a. 1. Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, condense, reduce, contract, make an abstract of.
- 2. Curtail, cut short.
- Epitomizer, n. Epitomist.
- Epoch, n. Period, date, era, age, point or period of time (remarkable for some event).
- Epsom-salts, n. pl. Sulphate of magnesia.
- Equability, n. Evenness, uniformity, equableness.
- Equable, a. Even, uniform, equal, steady, regular, always the same.
- Equableness, n. Evenness, equability.
- Equal, a. 1. Like, alike, tantamount, equivalent; of the same extent, measure, degree, or value.
- 2. Uniform, even, regular, equable.
- 3. Impartial, unbiassed, equitable, fair, just, even-handed.
- 4. Proportionate, commensurate.
- 5. Adequate, competent, fit, of sufficient strength or ability.
- Equal, n. Peer, compeer, fellow.
- Equal, v. a. 1. Equalize, make equal, make alike.
- 2. Rival, rise to the same level with.
- 3. Be adequate to, be equal to, be commensurate with.
- Equality, n. 1. Likeness.
- 2. Uniformity, evenness.
- Equalize, v. a. Equal, make equal, make alike.
- Equanimity, n. Evenness of mind or temper, steadiness of disposition.
- Equate, v. a. Average, reduce to an average.
- Equator, n. 1. Equinoctial, equinoctial line, celestial equator.
- 2. Terrestrial equator.
- Equestrian, n. 1. Horseman, rider.
- 2. Knight, cavalier, chevalier, horse-soldier, CHASSEUR.
- Equestrianism, n. Horsemanship.
- Equilibrium, n. Equipoise, even balance, equality of weight.
- Equinoctial, n. Celestial equator, equinoctial line.
- Equinoctial, a. 1. Of the equinoctial.
- 2. At the time of the equinoxes.
- Equinox, n. Equinoctial point, intersection of the equator and the ecliptic.
- Equip, v. a. 1. Furnish, provide, arm, fit out, supply with outfits or apparatus.
- 2. Dress, accoutre, array, dress out.
- Equipage, n. 1. Apparatus, equipment, furniture, baggage, effects, bag and baggage.
- 2. Carriage, vehicle, turnout.
- 3. Train, retinue, attendance, procession, suite.
- Equipment, n. Accoutrement, furniture, apparatus, rigging, gear, outfit.
- Equipoise, n. Equilibrium, even balance, equality of weight.
- Equipollent, a. [Rare.] Equivalent.
- Equitable, a. 1. Upright, just, honest, impartial, candid, unbiassed, unprejudiced, even-handed.
- 2. Reasonable, fair, justifiable, right, proper.
- Equity, n. 1. Justice, right.
- 2. Chancery.
- Equivalence, n. Equality.
- Equivalency, n. Equality.
- Equivalent, a. 1. Equal, commensurate, tantamount, EQUIPOLLENT.
- 2. Synonymous, interchangeable, of the same meaning or import.
- Equivocal, a. 1. Ambiguous, of doubtful meaning, to be taken in a double sense.
- 2. Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, indeterminate.
- Equivocate, v. n. Quibble, shuffle, dodge, palter, PREVARICATE, evade the truth, use equivocal expressions (for the sake of deception).
- Equivocation, n. 1. Quibbling, prevarication, evasion, shuffling, ambiguity of speech.
- 2. Quibble, equivoke, double meaning.
- Equivoke, n. 1. Ambiguous expression, double meaning.
- 2. Quibble, equivocation, double meaning.
- Equivoque, n. [Fr.] EQUIVOKE.
- Era, n. 1. Series or succession of years (marked by any administration or dispensation).
- 2. Epoch, period, date, age, point or period of time (from which dates are reckoned).
- Eradicate, v. a. 1. Extirpate, uproot, root out, pull up by the roots.
- 2. Destroy, exterminate, annihilate.
- Eradication, n. 1. Extirpation, rooting out.
- 2. Extermination, destruction, annihilation, excision.
- Erase, v. a. Efface, obliterate, rase, expunge, cancel, blot, scratch out, scrape out, rub out, blot out.
- Erasure, n. Obliteration, scratching out, rasure.
- Ere, ad. [Poetical.] Before, sooner than.
- Ere, prep. [Poetical.] Before, prior to.
- Erebus, n. (Myth.) [L.] Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below, region of darkness.
- Erect, v. a. 1. Set up, place upright, set upright.
- 2. Raise, build, construct.
- 3. Exalt, elevate, magnify.
- 4. Institute, found, form, plant, establish.
- 5. [Poetical.] Cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourage.
- Erect, a. 1. Upright, not prone.
- 2. Elevated, turned upward.
- 3. Bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken.
- Erection, n. 1. Erecting, setting upright.
- 2. Raising, building, constructing.
- 3. Building, structure, edifice.
- Erelong, ad. Soon, before long.
- Eremite, n. [Poetical.] Hermit, anchoret, anchorite, solitary, SOLITAIRE, recluse.
- Ergo, ad. [L.] Therefore, consequently.
- Ergot, n. Spurred rye.
- Erin, n. Ireland.
- Ermine, n. 1. Stoat (Mustela erminea).
- 2. Fur of the stoat.
- Erode, v. a. Consume, destroy, canker, corrode, eat away.
- Erosion, n. Corrosion, eating away.
- Erosive, a. Corrosive, corroding, caustic, acrid, virulent, eating, catheretic.
- Erotic, a. Amatory, amorous, Anacreontic.
- Erotical, a. Amatory, amorous, Anacreontic.
- Erotic, n. Amatory poem.
- Err, v. n. 1. Deviate (from the right way), wander, ramble, rove.
- 2. Mistake, blunder, misjudge, make a mistake, be at fault, labor under a mistake.
- 3.
- Errand, n. Message, mandate, mission, commission.
- Errant, a. Wandering, roving, rambling.
- Errata, n. pl. [L.] Errors (in printing), mistakes, misprints.
- Erratic, a. 1. Wandering, roving, nomadic, not stationary.
- 2. Irregular, eccentric, abnormal.
- Errhine, n. Sternutatory.
- Erring, a. Sinful, fallible, peccable, liable to err.
- Erroneous, a. False, incorrect, inexact, inaccurate, wrong, untrue.
- Error, n. 1. Mistake, blunder, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy.
- 2. Sin, fault, offence, trespass, transgression, delinquency, iniquity.
- Errors, n. pl. (In printing.) Errata, misprints.
- Erse, n. Gaelic language.
- Erubescent, a. Reddish, blushing, rubicund.
- Eructate, v. n. [Rare.] Belch, eject wind from the stomach.
- Eructation, n. Belching.
- Erudite, a. Learned, lettered, well-read, deep-read.
- Erudition, n. Knowledge (gained by reading and study), learning, lore, scholarship, science, literature.
- Eruption, n. 1. Explosion, outburst, outbreak.
- 2. Sally, sudden excursion.
- 3. (Med.) Rash, exanthem.
- Erysipelas, n. Saint Anthony's fire.
- Escalade, v. a. Scale.
- Escapade, n. 1. Impropriety (committed by one who is unconscious of it).
- 2. Vagary, prank, frolic.
- Escape, v. a. 1. Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way of.
- 2. Pass unobserved.
- Escape, v. n. 1. Flee, fly, abscond, decamp, VAMOSE, ABSQUATULATE, SLOPE, make or effect one's escape, make off, steal away, hasten away, slink away, run away, break loose, break away, gain one's freedom, whip off, take one's self off, beat a retreat, take to one's heels, cut and run, take French leave, be among the missing.
- 2. Slip, pass, go by, slip through the fingers, be passed over, be omitted.
- Escape, n. 1. Flight.
- 2. Release (from threatened danger).
- Escarp, n. Scarp.
- Eschar, n. (Med.) Crust (made by caustics), scab, slough.
- Escharotic, a. Caustic, searing, cauterizing, catheretic.
- Escharotic, n. (Med.) Caustic, caustic application.
- Escheat, v. n. Be forfeited.
- Eschew, v. a. Avoid, shun, flee from, keep away from, keep clear of, steer clear of, keep out of the way of, be shy of, have nothing to do with.
- Escort, n. 1. Convoy, guard, conduct.
- 2. Protection, safeguard, safe conduct.
- Escort, v. a. Attend, accompany, convoy, conduct, wait on, go along with.
- Escritoire, n. [Fr.] Writing-desk.
- Esculent, a. Eatable, edible.
- Esculent, n. Edible substance.
- Escutcheon, n. Shield, scutcheon, ensign armorial.
- Esophagus, n. [Written also and usually Œsophagus.] Gullet.
- Esoteric, a. Private, secret, acroamatic, acroatic, not public, not exoteric.
- Especial, a. Particular, principal, chief, special.
- Espial, n. Notice, observation, discovery.
- Espousal, n. 1. Espousing, betrothing.
- 2. Adoption, defence, support, maintenance.
- Espousals, n. pl. Betrothment, promise of marriage.
- Espouse, v. a. 1. Betroth, promise marriage with.
- 2. Marry, wed, join in wedlock.
- 3. Adopt, defend, embrace, maintain, support.
- Esprit de corps, [Fr.] Class feeling, mutual interest in one another (as between members of the same society or of the same profession).
- Espy, v. a. Discern, descry, perceive, spy, discover, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of.
- Espy, v. n. Watch, observe, spy, take notice.
- Esquire, n. Squire.
- Essay, v. a. Attempt, try, endeavor.
- Essay, n. 1. Attempt, trial, endeavor, effort, struggle, aim.
- 2. Tract, dissertation, treatise, disquisition, brief discourse.
- Essayist, n. Essay-writer.
- Essay-writer, n. Essayist.
- Essence, n. 1. Nature, substance, quintessence, essential part.
- 2. Extract, volatile part, rectified portion.
- 3. Odor, perfume, scent.
- 4. Being, existence, entity.
- Essence, v. a. Perfume, scent, odor.
- Essential, a. 1. Vital, necessary, requisite, indispensable, highly important.
- 2. Volatile, pure, highly rectified.
- 3. (Med.) Idiopathic, not symptomatic.
- Essential, n. 1. Nature, first principle.
- 2. Chief point, most important part.
- Establish, v. a. 1. Fix, settle, plant, found, institute, constitute, organize, form.
- 2. Confirm, ratify, sanction, approve.
- 3. Prove, substantiate, verify, make good.
- Establishment, n. 1. Planting, founding, institution, organization, settlement.
- 2. Confirmation, ratification, sanction, approval.
- 3. Verification, substantiation, proof.
- 4. Residence (with all that pertains to it), place of residence.
- 5. Style of living, expenses of living.
- 6. Place of business.
- Estate, n. 1. State, condition, position, rank.
- 2. Property, effects, possessions, fortune.
- 3. Class (of those who constitute the state or the government of a state), order, division.
- 4. (Law.) Interest (in any species of permanent property).
- Esteem, v. a. 1. Estimate, appreciate, value, rate, reckon, set a value on.
- 2. Admire, like, prize, honor, revere, respect, think well of, think highly of, set a high value on.
- 3. Regard, consider, deem, think, account, believe, suppose, imagine, hold, view, fancy, look upon.
- Esteem, n. 1. Estimation, estimate, appreciation, valuation, reckoning, account, opinion, judgment.
- 2. Respect, reverence, honor, credit, high regard, favorable opinion.
- Esthetics, n. [Written also and usually Æsthetics.] Philosophy of the fine arts, theory or philosophy of taste, science of the beautiful.
- Estimable, a. Worthy, good, excellent, meritorious.
- Estimate, v. a. 1. Value, appraise, rate, prize, esteem, appreciate, set a value on, set a price on.
- 2. Compute, reckon, count, calculate.
- Estimate, n. 1. Valuation, estimation.
- 2. Calculation, computation.
- Estimation, n. 1. Valuation, appraisement, appreciation, estimate, judgment, opinion, esteem.
- 2. Respect, honor, regard, reverence, favorable opinion.
- Estop, v. a. (Law.) Bar, stop, impede, preclude, stop the progress of.
- Estoppel, n. Bar, impediment.
- Estrange, v. a. 1. Withdraw, withhold, keep away.
- 2. Disaffect, alienate, make unfriendly, make disaffected.
- Estrangement, n. 1. Withdrawal.
- 2. Disaffection, alienation.
- Estuary, n. Frith, inlet, arm of the sea.
- État-major, [Fr.] Staff, commissioned officers, staff officers.
- Et cætera, [L.] And others, and so forth, and so on.
- Etch, v. a. Engrave (by corrosion of an acid).
- Eternal, a. 1. Endless, everlasting, interminable, ever-during, perpetual, ceaseless, unceasing, perennial.
- 2. Imperishable, undying, never-dying, immortal.
- 3. Immutable, unchangeable.
- Eternally, ad. Endlessly, interminably, perpetually, ceaselessly, continually, everlastingly, always, ever, AYE, evermore, for everlasting, for ever, for AYE, for ever and ever, world without end, time without end, to the end of time, till doomsday.
- Eternity, n. Perpetuity, endless duration.
- Eternize, v. a. 1. Perpetuate, make perpetual.
- 2. Immortalize, make immortal.
- Ethereal, a. 1. Airy, aerial, empyreal, light, volatile.
- 2. Celestial, heavenly.
- Etherealize, v. a. Subtilize, make ethereal.
- Etherealness, n. Airiness, rarity, subtilty, subtileness.
- Ethical, a. Moral.
- Ethics, n. Morality, morals, moral philosophy, science of human duty.
- Ethiops-mineral, n. Black sulphuret of mercury.
- Ethnic, a. 1. Heathen (as distinguished from Jewish and Christian), pagan, gentile.
- 2. Ethnological.
- Ethnical, a. 1. Heathen (as distinguished from Jewish and Christian), pagan, gentile.
- 2. Ethnological.
- Ethnologic, a. Ethnic, ethnical.
- Ethnological, a. Ethnic, ethnical.
- Ethnography, n. Description of races (especially as regard manners and customs or external peculiarities).
- Ethnology, n. Science of races (treating of the mental as well as of the physical differences of the races of mankind).
- Ethology, n. Treatise on ethics, system of ethics.
- Etiolate, v. a. Bleach, blanch, whiten, make or render white.
- Etiolate, v. n. Become white, be whitened, be blanched, be bleached.
- Etiolated, a. Whitened (by exclusion from light), blanched, bleached.
- Etiquette, n. Prescribed form (of behavior, as that set down on a card or ticket on the occasion of ceremonies at court), fashionable ceremony, ceremonial code, forms of good breeding, conventional decorum.
- Etymology, n. 1. Science of etymons.
- 2. Derivation.
- 3. (Gram.) Inflection (of the parts of speech).
- Etymon, n. Root, radical, radix, primitive word.
- Eucharist, n. Communion, sacrament, Lord's Supper, Christian sacrament.
- Eulogist, n. Encomiast, panegyrist, praiser, extoller.
- Eulogistic, a. Encomiastic, panegyrical, commendatory, laudatory.
- Eulogistical, a. Encomiastic, panegyrical, commendatory, laudatory.
- Eulogium, n. Praise, EULOGY.
- Eulogy, n. Eulogistic speech or discourse, praise, eulogium, encomium, panegyric, commendation, good word, tribute of praise.
- Eupepsy, n. Good digestion.
- Euphemism, n. Softened expression (to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy).
- Euphonic, a. Euphonious.
- Euphonical, a. Euphonious.
- Euphonious, a. Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, silvery, musical, sweet-toned, not harsh, sweetly flowing.
- Euphony, n. Agreeable sound (in language).
- Euphrasy, n. (Bot.) Eye-bright (Euphrasia officinalis).
- Euphuism, n. Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy (in the use of language), affected elegance.
- Euthanasia, n. Euthanasy, easy death.
- Euthanasy, n. Euthanasia.
- Eutrophy, n. Healthy nutrition.
- Euxine, n. Black sea.
- Evacuant, a. (Med.) Purgative, cathartic, abstergent, cleansing.
- Evacuant, n. Cathartic, purgative, purgative medicine.
- Evacuate, v. a. 1. Empty, make empty.
- 2. Eject, expel, excrete, void, discharge, throw out, clear out, clean out.
- 3. Quit (as a house or a country), leave, relinquish, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from.
- Evacuation, n. 1. Emptying.
- 2. Discharge, ejection, excretion.
- 3. Quitting, withdrawal.
- Evade, v. a. 1. Elude, escape, escape from, steal away from, get away from (by artifice).
- 2. Avoid, shun, decline.
- Evade, v. n. Equivocate, shuffle, quibble, dodge, prevaricate, palter, cavil.
- Evanesce, v. n. Vanish, disappear, be seen no more.
- Evanescence, n. Transitoriness, transientness, speedy passage, short continuance.