Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: emaciate – embolden
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emaciate, v. [L. < ē, out + maci-es, leanness.]
To reduce to leanness; 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.]
- Board a vessel.
- Undertake; venture; take courage.
embarrass (-es), v. [Fr. 'to block, obstruct'.]
Disconcert; discompose; make uncomfortable.
embarrassed, verbal adj. [see embarrass, v.]
Confused; perplexed; confounded; abashed; humiliated; disconcerted; self-conscious; not composed; ill at ease.
embarrassment (-s), n. [see embarrass, v.]
- Uneasiness; perplexity; confusion; temporary inability to act appropriately.
- Entanglement; intricacy.
embellish, v. [OFr in, in + bel, beautiful.]
Adorn; decorate; beautify; make graceful; [fig.] illuminate; shine on; [metaphor] clothe; invest; inhabit; populate.
ember (-s), n. [OE ymbren; first entry in NW 1844 mentions ember-days.]
- Hot cinder; residue of combustion; firewood not yet extinguished; [fig.] emotion; passion; warmth of affection; feeling of love.
- Burning ash; smouldering bundle of sticks; [fig.] memory; memorial; remembrance; recollection; [metaphor] martyrdom; fiery trial; execution of a witch by fire; [allusions] burning at the stake of Joan of Arc in 1431; holiday of fasting and prayer sometimes associated with witchcraft.
emblem (-s), n. [L. 'a raised ornament, inlaid work'.]
- Token; symbol; Eucharist element; communion component; symbolic representation of bread and water in the sacrament; [fig.] image of natural beauty; lovely aspects of late summer weather.
- Image; figure; representation; standard; depiction in memory.
embody (embodied), v. [OE; see body, n.]
Incarnate; incorporate; form a united whole.
embolden, v. [see bold, adj.]
Encourage; hearten; make bold; give courage.