Emily Dickinson Lexicon

charm (-ed), v. [see charm, n.]

Captivate; enchant; enthrall; entrance; please greatly or irresistibly.

charming, adj. [see charm, n.]

Delightful; enchanting; heavenly; giving great pleasure or delight.

chart, n. [OFr charte, card, map < L. charta, paper, leaf of paper; later also 'card, chart, map', etc.]

Sheet bearing information of any kind arranged in a tabular form.

chart (-ed), v. [see chart, n.]

Map; plot; lay out; show the location or direction graphically; [fig.] record; remember.

charter, n. [ME chartre < L. cartula, charter, small paper or writing.] (webplay: rights).

Bestowal of rights or privileges; written instrument that is evidence of an agreement or contract.

chase (-d, -ing), v. [ME < late L. captare, seize, catch.] (webplay: fame, follow, running, hunting, object, sea, seeking, taking).

1. Pursue; run after; try to apprehend; follow with the intent of overtaking.
2. Approach rapidly; draw near with haste; [fig.] transform into.

chasm, n. [L. chasma < Gk. chasma, a yawning hollow.] (webplay: fissure, gap).

Cleft, fissure, or gap in the earth; [fig.] a break marking a divergence, or a wide and profound difference of character or position, a breech of relations, feelings, interests, and so forth.

chasten (-ed, -est, -s), v. [OFr chastie-r < L. castigare, make chaste or pure, correct, chastise.]

Chastise; correct; rebuke; reprove; castigate for the purpose of improving; [fig.] humble; purify; refine.

chastened, adv. [see chasten, v.]

Chastised; corrected; rebuked.

chastened, verbal adj. [see chasten, v.]

Corrected; humbled; reproved.