Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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

1. Occupy; keep busy; fill.
2. Use; use as a means.
3. Commission; intrust.

empower (-ed), v. [see power, n.]

Enable; give physical strength or authorization.

empress, n. [ME < OFr, see emperor, n.]

Queen; commander's wife.

emptiness, n. [see empty, adj.]

[Lit.] nothingness; [fig.] loneliness.

empty, adj. [OE < æmetta, leisure.]

1. Without; void.
2. Vacant; abandoned.
3. Phrase. “empty pack”: loneliness; barreness; poss. spinsterhood, widowed, childless.

empty (-ied), v. [see empty, adj.]

Pour out; drain.

enable (-s, -d, -ing), v. [see able, adj.]

Give power to; allow.

enact (-s, -ed, -ing), v. [L. en, in + see act.]

1. Perform or represent in action.
2. Create; influence; cause to act.
3. Happen; take place; put into place.
4. Accomplish; do.

enamel, v. [AFr.]

To form a glossy surface.

enameled (enamelled), adj. [see enamel, v.]

Glossy; coated.