Emily Dickinson Lexicon

emaciate, v. [L. < ē, out + maci-es, leanness.]

To reduce to leaness; to waste away; to become lean by pining with sorrow or by loss of appetite or other cause.

embark (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. in, in + barca, a small ship.]

1. To undertake, to engage in any business.
2. To go on board a vessel.

embarrass (-es), v. [Fr. 'to block, obstruct'.]

1. To confuse; to confound; to perplex.
2. To disconcert, make uncomfortable.

embarrassed, adj. [see embarrass, v.]

Self-conscious; abashed; humiliated; ill at ease; not composed; disconcerted.

embarrassment (-s), n. [see embarrass, v.]

1. Temporary inability to act appropriately; confusion; perplexity.
2. Entanglement; intricacy.

embellish, v. [OFr in, in + bel, beautiful.]

To make beautiful; to grow more beautiful; to adorn; to decorate; to make graceful [word play on full of Grace.]

ember (-s), n. [OE ymbren.]

1. Residue of something combustible not yet extinguished.
2. Word play on ember, the vigil of an Ember day which is a period of fasting and prayer.

emblem (-s), n. [L. 'a raised ornament, inlaid work'.]

1. A painting or a figure which represents something else and acts as a standard.
2. A symbolic representation of bread and/or water in sacrament/communion.

embody (-ied), v. [see body, n.]

To form or collect into a united whole; to incorporate; to concentrate.

embolden, v. [see bold, adj.]

To encourage; to make bold; to give courage.