Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: endure – English
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endure (-s, -d), v. [OFr 'to make hard'.] (webplay: borne, death, die, fortitude, hands, his, hold, long, pain, perishing, presence, remain, sons, wrought).
Survive; prevail; persist; last; bear pain; live through trials; tolerate desperate situations; [fig.] live forever.
enemy (-'s, -ies), n. [OFr < L. in, not + amīcus, friendly, friend.] (webplay: another, do, foe, friend, hate, him, love, nation, one, you).
Adversary; opponent; foe; antagonist; unfriendly one; hostile person.
energy, n. [L. < Gr. 'work'.] (webplay: God, his, requires).
Vigor; vitality; power; work; effort; strength; intensity; vividness; animation.
enfeeble (-s), v. [see feeble, adj.] (webplay: reduce).
Weaken; undermine; debilitate; sabotage; subvert; make feeble.
enfold (-s, -ing), v. [see fold, v.]
Embrace; enclose; encircle; surround; protect; cover in safety; wrap in warmth; envelop with affection.
enforce (-d, -s), v. [see force, v.] (webplay: energy, old, put).
- Force; coerce; compel; obtrude; cause by an outside source;
- Implement; impose; forcefully produce; cause by force;
enfranchized, adj. [OFr en, in + franc, free.]
Freed; liberated; unimprisoned; set free; released from confinement.
enginery, n. [OFr in, in + gen, to beget.]
Science; engineering; design; engine; apparatus; machine; processor; producer; manufacturer; maker; the work of an engine; the application of engine-power; (I just don't know what “enginery” means in this context. It could be an abstract idea (science, etc.) or a more concrete thing (machine, apparatus, etc.), or something completely different. Good luck. R'el).
England, [see New England, proper n.]
English, proper adj. [OE < L. < Germanic 'hook-shaped'.]
Of Great Britain; pertaining to the United Kingdom; originating with the Anglo-Saxon tribes; based on West Germanic dialects.