Emily Dickinson Lexicon

estimable, adj. [see esteem, v. + estimate, v.] (webplay: taken, two).

Valuable; worthy; deserving; capable of merit.

estimate (-s), n. [see estimate, v.] (webplay: comparative, friend, known, land, men).

Computation; rating; reputation; educated guess; probable outcome; judgement without ascertainment.

estimate (-s, -ing), v. [L.] (webplay: different, distance, friend, known, loss, thing).

Approximate; gauge; assess; calculate; guess; forecast; value; appreciate; inspect; judge; take account of.

estrange (-d), v. [see strange, adj.]

estranged, verbal adj. [see strange, adj.] (webplay: cease, know).

1. Kept at a distance.
2. Separated; alienated; removed; withheld; bereft; severed; detached.
3. Lost; withdrawn.
4. Not familiar with.

estranging, adj. [see strange, adj.]

Distant; reserved; unusual; foreign.

etching (-s), n. [Du. etsen to cause to eat or be eaten.] (webplay: places).

Engraving; impressions; markings; writings; [fig.] memories.

eternal, adj. [OFr < L. ævum, age.]

1. Infinite; without beginning or end; continuing before and after life; esp the Divine Being.
2. Everlasting; without end of existence; constant.

eternally, adv. [see eternal, adj.]

Ceaseless; without end; continuing throughout eternity.

eternity (-ies, -'s), n. [see eternal, adj.]

1. Immortality; heaven; a period of time or state of being which the soul enters at death, which is never-ending.
2. Pre-existence; a period of time which occurred before birth, which has no beginning.
3. Endlessness; a space or period of time felt to be endless [more commonplace than def. D.]
4. Timelessness; all encompassing time, including before birth and after death. E.D. describes it as an ocean upon an ocean and yet a further ocean [see 695]; [Spiritual connotations.]