Emily Dickinson Lexicon

embrace, n. [see brace, v.]

1. The act of enclosing in the arms in token of affection; [word play on to embrace, to seize eagerly; to lay hold on; to receive or take with willingness that which is offered.]
2. Reception of one thing into another.

embryo, n. [med.L. embryon.]

1. Beginnings of anything still imperfectly formed; beginning or first state of anything not fit for production.
2. Poss. word play on embryo, a metal or chemical substance not disengaged from its native state of combination.

Emeline, proper n. [see Emily, proper n.]

Emeline Kellogg (1827-1900); ED's cousin and childhood friend; daughter of James Kellogg and Fidelia Dickinson; wife of Henry Nash; young maiden; [see ED's letters.]

emerald (-s), n. [OFr.]

1. A precious stone.
2. Green; grassy green; lively green varying to pale, yellowish, or bluish green.
3. A stone which is often transparent, sometimes only translucent.

emerge (-s, -d), v. [L. ē, out + mergěre, plunge.]

1. To leave the sphere of an obscuring object; to reappear, after being eclipsed.
2. To rise out of a surrounding substance; to issue, to proceed from.
3. To rise out of depression or despondency.

emergency, n. [see emerge, v.]

An unexpected event which calls for immediate action or remedy; act of coming into view.

emigrant (-s, -'s), n. [see emigrate, v.]

Something or someone who leaves one region to settle permanently in another; someone who leaves where he or she usually lives.

emigrate, v. [L. e, out + migrā-re, to migrate.]

To leave one state and settle in another.

Emily, proper n. [fem. Emil < Fr. < L. 'admirable, beloved' < Germanic 'industrious'.]

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886); daughter of Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross; sister of Austin and Lavinia; aunt of Ned Dickinson born in 1861; alias “Socrates” in ED's circle of fellow students; [see ED's letters.]

eminence, n. [see eminent, adj.]

1. High place; lofty position. 11281150 From Eminence remote / Drives ponderous perpendicular.
2. Lit. small mountain; fig. exalted state.