Emily Dickinson Lexicon

vend (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. veděre, to sell.] (webplay: men).

Sold; exchanged.

venerable, adj. [OFr < L. venerārī, see venerate, v.] (webplay: old).

venerate, v. [L. venerārī, to reverence, worship, adore.] (webplay: state).

Honor; reverence; regard with feelings of respect.

Venetian, proper n. [see Venice, proper n.]

Latticed blind; window screen made from thin strips of wood; [fig.] wealthy person; rich medieval merchant; golden one; person wearing fine-twilled velvet cloth with sequins; finely painted masterpiece.

vengeance, n. [OFr < L. vindicāre, vindicate, avenge.] (webplay: came).

Retribution; harm from vindictive motives.

veni, v. [L. 'I came'.]

Phrase. “Veni, vidi, vici!”: I came, I looked, I conquered; Caesar's boast to the Roman senate about his victory in Gaul.

Venice, proper n. [L. Venetia < Illyrain tribe Veneti, white, marsh dwellers.]

Rich trading port; maritime power of northeastern Italy; European city known for female beauty (see ED letters); [fig.] Shakespeare's Juliet, who “[hung] upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel” (see Romeo & Juliet 1.5. 47).

venom (-s), n. [L. venēn-um.] (webplay: injurious).

Poison; gall; malice; bitterness; rancor.

venture, n. [OFr auenture < L. adventūra, a thing about to happen to anyone.] (webplay: bold, boy, dare, fearless, know, made, presumption, sea, seeing, ship, trusted).

venture (-d), v. [see venture, n.] (webplay: act, gains, know, made, presumption, sea, West Indies).